Analyst - Risk Management and Insurance

DESRI (formerly D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments) is a market-leading owner and operator of renewable energy projects throughout the United States. We have acquired or developed approximately 13 gigawatts of contracted capacity across a portfolio of over 85 renewable energy projects in 24 states. DESRI is run by a dynamic team with offices located at New York, Denver, Houston, and Hyderabad (India).

The ideal candidate should hold –

• A bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field with 2-6 years, or a master’s degree or professional qualification (MBA) with 1-4 years, of relevant experience in insurance broking, underwriting, risk consulting, or a corporate risk and insurance function. Experience supporting infrastructure, energy, or project finance transactions is a strong plus.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including complex lookups, large dataset reconciliation, and model building, with the discipline to construct workbooks that a third party can independently audit. Comfort working with large asset schedules where a single transposed value carries real financial consequence.
• Working knowledge of commercial property and casualty coverage, including layers and sublimits, deductibles and self-insured retentions, additional insured and waiver of subrogation mechanics, and certificate review. Familiarity with U.S.-placed programs and with renewable energy loss drivers across PV, wind, and BESS assets is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to correspond directly with brokers, underwriters, and internal stakeholders across geographies, and the ability to manage several concurrent workstreams against fixed external deadlines such as renewal dates, financing closings, and claims notification windows.
• Preferred exposure to catastrophe modelling concepts and outputs, and to U.S. renewable energy tax credit mechanics including investment and production tax credits, transferability, and recapture risk. Familiarity with Power BI, SQL, or Python for data preparation and reporting. Familiarity or experience with utilizing artificial intelligence to create efficient workflows or applications. Professional certifications such as Licentiate or Associateship of the Insurance Institute of India, ARM, RIMS-CRMP, CPCU, or ACII, completed or in progress, are viewed favourably.