Risk Management Solutions (RMS) part of Moody's Analytics is looking for a Senior Modeller in Agriculture to join the Emerging Risk Group. Emerging risk group, a multi-disciplinary group is part of RMS' model development group, which develops models for agriculture, pandemics, longevity, terrorism, casualty and workers compensation, liability and business interruption/supply chains.
The objective of the senior modeller, Agriculture in the emerging risk group is to develop crop risk models for a variety of climate perils and territories, as well as insurance types. Also to engage in the development of livestock and forestry loss solutions.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• Carry out research into novel methodologies and introduce them to the agriculture model development processes
• Be agile and adapt to the changing needs of solutions
• Willingness to explore and learn new technologies, particularly in data science and apply them to modelling
• Aspire to become a subject matter expert and “go to” person within the team as well as in the company for external clients
• Work with other modellers to execute and deliver solutions in projects
• Presenting work internally and to clients in meetings
• Publish the work in conferences, journals and attend scientific meetings to understand the latest science as well as raise the RMS profile
Experience Required
• MSc or PhD in crop science, agri-meteorology or related field
• Good understanding of the state of the art in crop growth simulation methods, modelling crop yields and physical damage to crops from weather events
• 2+ years of experience working in crop science or related is ideal
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment and projects, and integrating with other teams outside of modelling
• Excellent communication skills, presenting internally to staff as externally to clients
• Proficiency in data analysis and data manipulation
• Knowledge of statistics and statistical modelling, data science applications is a distinct plus
• Proficiency in data manipulation software and experience in programming languages, i.e. FORTRAN, C++, Matlab, R, Python or equivalent
• Experience or knowledge in DSSAT, APSIM or similar is a bonus
• Working knowledge of GIS and SQL server applications would be a bonus
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