Investment Manager
PURE is a leading high-net-worth personal lines insurance company headquartered in White Plains, NY. With offices in over eleven cities, PURE insures families across all fifty states and Canada. Last year PURE wrote over $2.4 billion in direct written premiums and the Group's investment assets grew to approximately $2 billion. PURE invests across fixed income, equities, and alternatives.
About the Role
We are seeking a talented individual to lead the Investment Management function of PURE. The individual will serve as a senior leader reporting into PURE's Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer and work closely with the Controller, Investment Accountants and General Counsel to manage the day-to-day oversight and all aspects of PURE's investment strategy. This will be a hybrid role based out of our White Plains, NY office. This individual will take a proactive approach to monitoring performance, directing asset allocation, as well as selecting and overseeing external investment managers. A successful candidate will provide advice, analyses, presentations, and recommendations on various aspects of asset allocation and investment strategies to meet the long-term goals, regulatory requirements, and needs of the insurance company.
What You'll Do
Major responsibilities will include:
- Helping to set investment risk appetite to align with business objectives
- Monitoring performance, liquidity, and regulatory changes
- Developing approaches to portfolio construction and asset allocation
- Identifying and evaluating new investment opportunities
- Completing due diligence on external managers
- Implementing investment strategies and associated operations
- Delivering findings and insights to the Chief Financial Officer and Investment Committee
- Maintaining relationships with external managers, custodians, and other counterparties
- Partnering with Controller & Finance team for cash management and to ensure accurate reporting
- Working closely with actuarial and risk to ensure investment strategies align with business needs
- Reporting processes, procedures, and findings to internal and external auditors
- Providing all support to the organization as it relates to investment management
- Prepare materials for board meetings with key stakeholders including PURE's board and Tokio Marine, PURE's parent company
What We're Looking For
- Knowledge of asset allocation, portfolio construction and risk management
- A proven record of investment due diligence and manager selection
- A demonstrated ability to present data, financial information, and new investment ideas
- Effective communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
- Self-starter; able to set direction and lead efforts
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business administration or a related field required. Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Business administration or a related field preferred.
- CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation preferred.
- 7+ years of prior experience, ideally within insurance, asset management or financial services
Why PURE?
- A purpose-driven culture centered on service, transparency, and doing the right thing.
- A dynamic, collaborative work environment with smart, hardworking, and kind colleagues.
- Competitive Total Rewards package, including student loan debt repayment, generous time off, wellness programs, and retirement contributions.
- Opportunities for professional development and growth in an innovative organization.
The base salary for this role can range from $200K - $225K, based on a full-time work schedule. An individual's ultimate compensation will vary depending on job-related skills and experience, geographic location, alignment with market data, and equity among other team members with comparable experience.