- Posting Location: New York, New York
Description and Requirements
The Opportunity
For over 150 years, MetLife has continuously sought to make a meaningful impact in the lives of our customers and our communities. Today, MetLife continues its purpose, “Always With You, Building a More Confident Future”.
Retirement and Income Solutions (RIS) is a part of MetLife’s U.S. Business and issues products for transferred pension liabilities, stable value, institutional income annuities, benefits funding, and structured settlements. As part of the RIS Contracts team, this role works closely with the product, sales, pricing, implementation, operations, and legal teams to develop and file contracts and related documents for pension risk transfer, institutional income annuities, and structured settlements products.
This role is primarily responsible for filing forms with state insurance departments and required periodic reporting with supervision for the RIS organization. Forms primarily include contracts, amendments, certificates, letters, and separate account memoranda of operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and submit state and Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission (Compact) regulatory filings, primarily using the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF).
- Respond to insurance regulators’ questions and requests related to SERFF filings.
- Track the status of regulatory filings and update all relevant stakeholders.
- Manage recordkeeping for issued forms and other filing documentation and maintain appropriate databases and systems.
- Assist with development and issuance of forms and documents to support new and existing products within RIS.
- Maintain knowledge and understanding of company policies and state rules and regulations impacting contracts.
- Collaborate with internal business partners as necessary to accomplish objectives.
- Assist with special compliance, product development and team projects on an as needed basis.
- Support the scaling and utilization of RIS’ digital contracts management platform.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years relevant experience - or equivalent business experience of 4+ years.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, e.g., Copilot, Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, SharePoint, and Teams.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and research skills to handle complex issues.
- Attention to detail, organizational skills and the ability to multitask.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills to successfully collaborate with stakeholders of various disciplines and obtain regulatory approval from state insurance department officials.
- Self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic.
- Outcome-focused and deadline oriented.
- Strong interpersonal relationship skills to maintain positive working relationships with peers, leaders and business partners.
- Strong interest in identifying and implementing process improvements and digital/automated business solutions.
- Strong customer focus.
Preferred Qualifications
- 1-2 years of regulatory filing experience with SERFF and the Florida Insurance Regulation Filing System (IRFS).
- Knowledge of annuities business (particularly pension risk transfer, institutional income annuities and/or structured settlements), qualified defined benefit plans, qualified defined contribution plans and/or ERISA.
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.