VP, Structured Solutions

Location

Brookfield Place New York - 250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor

Business - Reinsurance

Brookfield’s publicly traded Reinsurance business, Brookfield Reinsurance Partners Ltd., is a newly formed division of Brookfield focused on providing capital-based solutions to insurance companies and their stakeholders. Brookfield Reinsurance is positioned to act as a strong, long-term partner to the insurance sector, with a primary focus on the life, annuity and pension market in North America and Europe. The business provides annuity-based reinsurance products to insurance and reinsurance companies and also acts as a direct issuer of pension risk transfer products for pension plan sponsors. In doing so, the business seeks to match long-duration liabilities with a portfolio of high-quality investments in order to generate attractive, risk-adjusted returns.

Brookfield Culture

Brookfield has a unique and dynamic culture.  We seek team members who have a long-term focus and whose values align with our Attributes of a Brookfield Leader:  Entrepreneurial, Collaborative and Disciplined.  Brookfield is committed to the development of our people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse businesses.

Job Description

We are seeking a VP-level individual to support the global structured solutions effort within Brookfield Credit.

Position Summary

The Structured Solutions Specialist is responsible for supporting the Credit business in building and expanding the tools and solutions available to meet the needs of those private credit investment partnerships.  That would include Brookfield Funds, SMAs and other forms of partnership. . The position will work closely with Brookfield Client  Relationship Managers (CRMs).  As a member of the team, the individual will play a significant role in strategizing, leading projects, and helping Brookfield to meet its capital-raising objectives.

Acting on behalf of BAM, the individual must develop a knowledge of the firm’s products and strategies as well as the markets in which they operate. The successful candidate must know insurance company and pension investing, be resourceful, proactive, detail-oriented, have a strong ability to problem solve / multi-task, and be a collaborative team player. The role will report to the Managing Director –Credit Structural Solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, modeling and structuring of insurance capital efficient asset structures including rated feeders, ABS and CLO structures, depending on the asset and form of ownership

• Have a deep knowledge of the clients goals such as ALM, regulatory accounting framework for multiple insurance jurisdictions

• Design products that meet the unique needs of pension, endowment, and sovereign wealth funds.  These would include ALM, liquidity and regulatory where applicable

• Understand and analyze investment trends across the private credit space

• Aid in the design of comprehensive offerings and holistic solutions to insurance companies, pensions and other credit investors

• Deep understanding of the rating agency processes for Structured Finance and Closed End Fund Methodology to optimize on both collateral types and structures to meet regulatory, ratings, duration, and other structural goals.

• Requires someone who has both an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to work well as a team player in Brookfield’s collaborative culture

• Coordinate and collaborate with multiple teams and departments, interacting with all levels of the organization, to work on various initiatives in an organized, concise fashion

Qualifications & Requirements

• Candidates must have at least 7 to 10 years of relevant experience in identifying and, designing asset management products that solve the needs of the private credit investor, specifically, life and P&C insurance companies

• Must be able to manage the entire product development process from modeling, developing term sheets, working through the rating agency, and legal process.  In addition, working with the relative BAM Fin Op teams to be able to deliver to the client a wholistic, institutional experience from start to finish

• Have a good understanding of the various insurance and pension regulatory regimes

• Be able to work with the relevant teams to develop marketing materials for the solutions that are scalable

• With regard to culture, the candidate MUST be a team player, highly ethical, a good communicator and a long-term thinker

• Experience working with private funds and knowledge of the alternative asset management industry preferred

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to handle pressure ef