**_If you are an internal associate, please login to Workday and apply through Jobs Hub._** **About Jackson** Jackson Financial Inc. is committed to helping Americans grow and protect their retirement savings and income to enable them to pursue financial freedom for life. We are uniquely positioned in our markets because of our differentiated products and our well-known brand among distributors and advisors. Jackson is a leader in the annuity industry with over $40b of invested assets under management (June 30, 2024) and sales reaching almost $8b in annuities in the first half of 2024. **Job Purpose** The Financial Risk Management function plays a key role in designing the framework and developing the analytical toolkit necessary to adequately assess Jackson’s capital and liquidity risk exposures. The Risk team partners with Asset/Liability Management, Actuarial and Treasury functions to protect Jackson’s financial strength and ensure our ability to deliver on promises made to policyholders while meeting stakeholder expectations. The FRM intern will have an opportunity to work on challenging and value-add projects on topics such as stochastic analysis of capital and liquidity risk, simulation of hedge strategy performance, process automation in Python, and using machine learning techniques to fit estimation functions. The 12-week summer internship experience will provide the candidate with a unique experience in a leading financial services company with direct exposure to senior financial risk management professionals. **Essential Responsibilities** The FRM intern will work closely with the Director, Financial Risk and other senior Risk professionals to improve Jackson’s capabilities for projecting and assessing Jackson’s capital and liquidity positions. During their internship, the FRM intern will: + Assist in the development and testing of financial risk models. + Write and test code to value complex financial derivatives and their use in risk management. + Run models and summarize findings for consumption by senior members of the Risk function and other members of the management team. + Review and update model documentation. **Other Duties** + Performs other duties and/or projects as assigned. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities** + Strong understanding of financial mathematics and modeling concepts. + Strong quantitative, analytical, and organizational skills. + Experience with general purpose programming languages, preferably Python. + Effective interpersonal/communication skills. + Ability to effectively manage time and competing priorities. + Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel. **Qualifications** + Undergraduate level rising senior required. + Master’s level candidate preferred. + Major in Finance, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, or closely related field of study **Location** Onsite at one of our offices in Lansing, MI, Nashville, or Chicago. Hybrid opportunities may be considered, with a portion of the internship spent at our Corporate Headquarters in Lansing, MI. We don't just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. Jackson is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. The Company subscribes to and endorses federal and state laws and regulations relating to equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, legally-recognized disability, marital status, legally-protected medical condition, citizenship, ancestry, height, weight, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other factor not related to the needs of the job. The Company is committed to a policy of equal opportunity. Company facilities and campuses are tobacco-free environments. At Jackson, our employees are empowered to bring a fresh perspective, confront new challenges, and define their own career paths. We value the unique perspectives and innovative ideas that come from our employees' diverse backgrounds. Jackson is the marketing name for Jackson National Life Insurance Company (Home Office: Lansing, Michigan) and Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York (Home Office: Purchase, New York). Jackson National Asset Management, LLC (JNAM) located in Chicago, Illinois, is an SEC-registered investment adviser and Jackson subsidiary. Annuities are distributed by Jackson National Life Distributors LLC, Member FINRA. Jackson companies offer an outstanding benefits package including competitive pay, bonuses, comprehensive health insurance benefits, a matching 401(k) retirement plan, adoption assistance, education matching gift program and dependent tuition program. Online applications requested. Contact human.resources@jackson.com for alternate formats for accommodation. To learn more about Jackson's financial strength and results, visit jackson.com (https://www.jackson.com/our-company/financials/landing.xhtml) .