MetLife

The Team You will Join:

MetLife Investment Management 

Based in Whippany, New Jersey, MetLife Investment Management (MIM) is one of the largest institutional investors and asset managers in the world, with nearly $616.9 billion in combined managed assets, and has consistently generated superior returns for both policyholders and shareholders. The enterprise has more than 1,100 dedicated professionals with extensive experience and expertise in all asset classes, with a strength in public and private fixed income and private assets, including real estate. MIM was named a “2024 Best Place to Work in Money Management” by Pensions & Investments. Visit us at www.metlife.com/investments to learn more about MIM.

MIM’s Global Real Estate and Agricultural Investments maintains a portfolio invested in commercial real estate and agricultural mortgages, as well as real estate equities.  In addition to sourcing and managing these investments, the groups are responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key industry contacts and referral sources.  The mortgage portfolio and equity portfolio units are organized according to specialty, and they actively manage MetLife’s portfolio of mortgage loans and equity investments in agricultural, office, apartment, retail, industrial, and hotel properties. The portfolio units are responsible for overall portfolio strategy, pricing, transaction approval and credit approval on new loans, as well as the active management of the overall mortgage and equity portfolios.  Real Estate Investments sources and manages commercial real estate investments through seven regional field offices (Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Whippany, NJ) and four international offices (London, Mexico City, Tokyo and Santiago).  

How You'll Help Us Build a Confident Future (Key Responsibilities)  

This senior leadership role within the Research, Valuations & Analytics (RVA) team oversees a four-person group that serves as a critical resource for analyzing and understanding the composition and performance of MetLife Investment Management’s commercial and agricultural mortgage portfolios. The position functions as a strategic liaison across key internal stakeholders - including Finance, Portfolio Management, Investment Management, Treasury, Audit, and Senior Management—and plays a central role in regulatory and audit interactions.  The position supports engagements with state regulators and both internal and external audit teams. In addition to its domestic responsibilities, the role has a global mandate, supporting the integration of international subsidiaries into MIM’s systems and processes. The position demands a high level of analytical skills and the ability to independently execute complex reporting and valuation tasks under tight deadlines. Success in this role requires a proactive, self-directed leader with deep mortgage or fixed income expertise, strong data visualization capabilities, and a passion for leveraging emerging technologies such as large language models (LLMs) to enhance insights and efficiency.

•  Lead and Inspire: Provide strategic direction and mentorship to a high performing team of five, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Deliver High-Impact Analytics: Generate insightful analyses and reporting for a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, grounded in a deep understanding of the commercial and agricultural mortgage portfolios and their supporting systems.
• Execute Critical Portfolio Tasks: Manage time-sensitive deliverables including:
  • Coordinating responses to Investment Management client portfolio inquiries.
  • Completing regulatory, rating agency, and industry portfolio surveys.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Finance, IT, Operations, and International Loan Managers to enhance portfolio reporting and analytics capabilities.
• Drive Systems and Process Innovation:
  • Lead the design and implementation of new mortgage management and database solutions to support new products, clients, and platforms.
  • Define business requirements and serve as the subject matter expert for user acceptance testing (UAT) during system upgrades and new product rollouts. Champion automation and data quality initiatives including using AI to develop new capabilities and streamline existing processes and calculations.

· Support MetLife Investments and MIM Stakeholders:

• Serve as the authoritative source for portfolio composition and investment holdings.
• Maintain and evolve reporting systems to meet internal and external customer needs including for senior MetLife leadership.
• Oversee the monthly market value process for domestic and international portfolios, including pricing standardization and approvals.
• Present impairment recommendations to the Impairment Committee and develop supporting tools and communication frameworks.
• Develop quarterly CECL reserve estimates and maintain reserving tools.
• Produce Risk-Based Capital (RBC) calculations and forecasts for commercial and agricultural portfolios.
• Deliver detailed holdings and market value data to fulfill external reporting requirements.
• Liaise with Internal Audit on market values, holdings, impairments, and SOX compliance.
• Review and contribute to materials for Earnings Calls, 10-K, 10-Q, QFS, and Schedule B.
• Support Asset Liability Management (ALM) and cash flow testing processes.

Key Relationships: 

• Reports to: Managing Director of Credit, Ratings and Analytics, RVA
• Direct Reports: 4 in total 
• Other Key Stakeholders: 100+ MREI professionals, Accounting/Finance, Rating Agencies, State and Federal Regulators, IT, Risk Management, Internal Audit

What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications)

• 10+ Years of investment experience.
• Fixed income investment knowledge (e.g. cash flows, pricing and data elements) 
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills; including ability to generate new approaches and ideas to improve efficiency and information quality. 
• Advanced data analysis skills, including ability to identify and mitigate data issues.
• Advanced commercial and agricultural mortgage investment knowledge (e.g., loan characteristics, cash flows, pricing and data elements).
• Ability to manage a wide variety of analysis and reporting responsibilities very efficiently and under tight timeframes.
• Working knowledge of GAAP reporting and accounting requirements.  
• Bachelor’s degree required

What Will Give You an Edge (Additional Skills)

• The ideal candidate will lead the adoption of advanced analytics, including AI and LLM technologies, to enhance portfolio insights, automate reporting, and develop new, repeatable capabilities. Experience with Python, SQL, and Power BI is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of STAT reporting and accounting requirements.