The Head of Group Capital Steering owns the Group capital steering mission, structured around the following key responsibilities:
Group Capital Steering & Governance
Definition and ownership of the Group-wide capital framework, ensuring consistency, robustness, and transparency across all entities and regions.
Steering of solvency, economic capital, and capital efficiency metrics in line with Group strategy and risk appetite.
Oversight of capital governance, including capital policies, limits, and escalation processes.
Preparation and presentation of capital analyses, insights, and recommendations to the CFO, COMEX, Boards, and relevant Committees.
Risk Partnership
Leadership of the Risk Partnership function, ensuring strong alignment between capital management, risk appetite, and strategic objectives.
Close collaboration with Group Risk to support coherent, forward-looking capital and risk discussions.
Support Executive Management in arbitrating capital and risk trade-offs linked to strategic initiatives, business development, and portfolio evolution.
Capital Performance & Capital Management
Oversight of capital performance, including measurement, monitoring, and communication of capital efficiency and returns.
Leadership of capital management activities, including capital allocation, optimisation initiatives, dividend capacity analysis, and balance-sheet efficiency.
Contribution to strategic transactions and major initiatives from a capital perspective.
Maintain a pricing methodology allocating the financial resources in line with the group’s objectives.
Capital Analytics & Decision Support
Development of appropriate methodologies, metrics, and tools to support effective capital steering and decision-making across the Group.
Leadership of stress testing, scenario analysis, and forward-looking capital assessments.
Strong anticipation and prioritisation to manage dependencies and ensure timely delivery of capital insights.
Transformation & Process Efficiency
Drive the simplification of capital-related processes and governance, ensuring proportionality and value creation.
Ownership of relevant digitalisation, automation, and analytics initiatives related to capital steering, in coordination with Technology & Services.
Stakeholder Communication
Regular presentation of capital deliverables to senior leadership, auditors, regulators, COMEX, and legal entity Boards. Ability to translate complex capital and risk concepts into clear, concise, and business-relevant insights.
Required experience & competencies
Minimum 15 years of post-qualified experience in capital management, risk, finance, or actuarial leadership within significant reinsurance, financial, and capital management experience.
Strong technical expertise in Solvency II, economic capital, and capital optimisation frameworks.
Proven experience operating at Executive Committee and Board level.
Demonstrated ability to lead and develop senior, global, and multicultural teams.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to bridge capital metrics with strategic and business insights.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, including interaction with Boards, regulators, and senior stakeholders.
Strategic mindset with a strong track record of contributing to Group-level strategy, transformation, and change initiatives.
Required Education
Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Risk Management, Actuarial Science, or equivalent.
As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.
Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.
As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.
SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.
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