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About the Role

The Global Insurance Client Solutions (GICS) team is seeking a Principal to lead liability origination efforts, focusing on sourcing, evaluating, and executing reinsurance and capital solutions opportunities. This senior role involves managing client relationships, orchestrating cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior members, with significant ownership over the team's commercial agenda and direct engagement with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead the pitching and origination of liability solutions, owning the development of new client relationships and the deepening of existing ones.
Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, directing ongoing dialogue and driving the client management process.
Work with reinsurance pricing/deal teams and the firm's insurance business to structure and execute reinsurance transactions, and to shape the deal pipeline and market positioning.
Work with Finance/Operations/Compliance/Legal professionals to manage complex client engagements and execution matters.
Provide direction and oversight to junior team members, providing mentorship, review, and development.
Own the strategic narrative and quality of product pitch materials, bespoke proposals, and supporting analyses.
Manage and resolve high-priority, client-specific initiatives and follow-up requests.
Lead transactions and play a central role in the end-to-end client management process.
Lead financial analysis to evaluate new business opportunities and assess existing business trends, framing findings for senior decision-makers.
Direct and oversee transaction processes from initiation through completion.

Requirements

Approximately 6-10+ years of relevant experience at an investment bank, (re)insurance company, asset management firm, or private equity firm in an M&A/structuring, corporate development, and/or senior client-facing role.
Deep, hands-on experience with insurance M&A, corporate finance, capital markets, and a sophisticated understanding of the (re)insurance market and strategies.
Direct experience structuring and executing (re)insurance transactions and insurance capital solutions is strongly preferred.
Outstanding analytical rigor combined with proven commercial judgment, leadership presence, and a demonstrated ability to own client relationships and lead transactions from origination through close.
Proven ability to lead multiple teams and complex transactions simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, setting priorities and maintaining excellence under heavy workloads.
Sophisticated critical and creative thinking across the quantitative and qualitative spectrum.
Intellectual curiosity, self-motivation, and the ability to operate with significant autonomy.
Deep interest and demonstrated expertise in reinsurance, product development, and insurance capital solutions.
Outstanding oral and written communication skills, including the ability to read varying perspectives and tailor messages to senior internal and external audiences.
Meticulous organization with an emphasis on accountability and attention to detail across a portfolio of priorities.
Technical and aesthetic mastery of PowerPoint and Excel.
Comfort using AI-powered tools to improve productivity and quality of work.
Content-driven leadership, with the ability to distill complex and nuanced topics for a wide range of audiences, including boards and senior management.
Maturity, presence, sound judgment, and the credibility to form, express, and defend opinions to cross-divisional teams and senior leadership.
Strong relationship-development skills, including remotely, with global teams and with senior internal and external stakeholders.
A leadership orientation: the ability to mentor and elevate junior colleagues while maintaining a positive, team-oriented attitude.
Adaptable and flexible, able to navigate and steer shifting priorities.

Skills

Insurance M&A
Corporate finance
Capital markets
(Re)insurance market strategies
(Re)insurance transactions structuring
Insurance capital solutions execution
PowerPoint
Excel
AI-powered tools

Location

New York

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

6-10+ years

Salary/Compensations

$190,000—$230,000 USD

Benefits

Discretionary bonus based on individual and team performance
Reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws

About the Company

KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions.
KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities.
KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds.
KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group.
References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries.

Equal Opportunity

KKR is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by applicable law.
KKR will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.
Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email Benefits@kkr.com.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access https://www.kkr.com/careers because of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to Benefits@kkr.com.
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