Associate Quantitative Analyst

Salary Range: $110,000 - $150,000

Job Posting End Date: November 13, 2025

We’ve Got You Under Our Wing

We are the duck. We develop and empower our people, cultivate relationships, give back to our community, and celebrate every success along the way. We do it all…The Aflac Way.

Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, is an industry leader in voluntary insurance products that pay cash directly to policyholders and one of America's best-known brands. Aflac has been recognized as Fortune’s 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity and as one of World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere.com.

Our business is about being there for people in need. So, ask yourself, are you the duck? If so, there’s a home, and a flourishing career for you at Aflac.

Worker Designation – This role is hybrid. This means you will be expected to report to one of our Aflac offices located in New York, NY for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership. 

What does it take to be successful at Aflac? 

• Acting with Integrity
• Communicating Effectively
• Pursuing Self-Development
• Serving Customers
• Supporting Change
• Supporting Organizational Goals
• Working with Diverse Populations

What does it take to be successful in this role?

• Knowledge of standard quantitative finance models (and stochastic calculus) on a practical level.
• Deep orientation toward probabilistic thinking; Bayesian mindset. 
• Appreciation for the financial meaning and economic basis of models.
• Familiarity with major fixed income asset classes, basic bond math, Vanilla FX/IR derivatives.
• Knowledge of source control (Git/GitHub), databases (Snowflake), visualization tools (Plotly/Dash) and Big Data / ML frameworks (Scikit-learn, Apache Spark) is a plus.
• Takes ownership of problems and seeks to add value, not just complete assigned tasks.
• Systematic thinker who acts to increase, not decrease, the organization and clarity of information.
• Ability to seek conceptual understanding, not just technical precision.
• Comfortable with explaining quantitative ideas to non-quants and strives to break-down technical ideas into intuitive, digestible bits.
• Intellectual curiosity, with the ability to generate and brainstorm ideas with colleagues.
• Team player.

Education & Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree Mathematics, quantitative finance, physics, financial engineering, computer science or other related field.
• 1+ years of relevant hands-on programming experience involving large projects, implementation of quantitative models, and intuition for how to write usable, and understandable code.
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Education & Experience Preferred

• Advanced degree
• Python, C++, SQL or similar experience is preferred.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development and calibration of models concerning: Hedging strategies and optimization in FX, IR, credit, and equities domains; Strategic asset allocation with both total[1]return and income lenses; Economic scenario generation and portfolio optimization; Tactical asset allocation.
• Supports capital measurement and regulatory analytics (US and Japan focus) with potential exposure to other regulatory jurisdictions and rating agencies.
• Manages longer-term projects associated with building out key functionality in the platform.
• Provides tactical analysis using existing tools, with immediate impact on business decisions.
• Explains modeling methodology and model results to non-quants within the business.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Total Rewards

The salary range for this job is $110,000 to $150,000. This range is specific to the job and salary offers consider a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including, but not limited to: education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and peer compensation. The range has been created in good faith based on information known to Aflac at the time of the posting.

At Aflac, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for the role to allow for future and continued salary growth, and compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each case. This salary range does not include any potential incentive pay or benefits, however, such information will be provided separately when appropriate.

In addition to the base salary, we offer an array of benefits to meet your needs including medical, dental, and vision coverage, prescription drug coverage, health care flexible spending, dependent care flexible spending, Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity offered at no costs to employee), 401(k) plans, annual bonuses, and an opportunity to purchase company stock.  On an annual basis, you’ll also be offered 11 paid holidays, up to 20 days PTO to be used for any reason, and, if eligible, state-mandated sick leave (Washington employees accrue 1-hour sick leave for every 40 hours worked) and other leaves of absence, if eligible, when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being. Aflac complies with all applicable leave laws, including, but not limited to, sick and safe leave, and adoption and parental leave, in all states and localities.