MetLife

Global Risk Management (GRM) oversees MetLife’s financial and non-financial risks to support responsible growth and ensure we deliver on our promises to customers. GRM accomplishes this through proactive advice, independent and effective challenge, and implementation and enforcement of guardrails. The Climate Risk team, within GRM, is responsible for developing climate risk capabilities across MetLife, including climate risk identification, analysis, management. 

The Climate Risk Director role will be responsible for supporting the ongoing development of MetLife’s climate risk capabilities. This person will assist with designing, implementing, and executing enterprise analysis and assessments of climate risks, particularly focused on investments; being a company subject matter expert for climate risk management, including industry news, regulations, peer activities & disclosures, actively engaged in creation of company disclosures; and work across the enterprise  to integrate climate risk into the risk management framework.

Successful candidates will leverage skills including relationship building, professional communication, risk management & qualitative analysis, and strategic vision to execute the analysis and reporting of climate risk program activities and engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

• • Support the development and implementation of an analytical framework for assessing climate risks across MetLife;
  • Monitor regulations and financial industry standards, including best practices, climate risk scenarios and measurement approaches;
  • Support global coordination and climate risk-related reporting (e.g., drafting responses to external requests). Develop action plans, as appropriate;
  • Contribute to the design of climate risk scenario analysis and/or stress testing capabilities;
  • Perform analysis of climate risks on MetLife’s investment portfolio;
  • Assist in developing approach to other Sustainability-related risk management policies and procedures, as needed;
  • Support preparation of materials for senior staff and key stakeholders;
  • Works independently on complex and/or important risk management projects;
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned.

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  • Familiarity with existing frameworks and increasing regulatory expectations with respect to climate and/or Sustainability risks
  • Advance degree (e.g., MBA or law degree or master’s degree in finance, Accounting or Economics) and professional designation is preferred (CFA, FRM, CPA, etc.)
  • Prior asset management, risk management or Climate Risk experience are a plus
  • Quantitative skills and experience analyzing/modelling large data sets