Accountant

The position holder is accountable for cost related accounting and reporting relating to assigned entities including provision of information to other areas of the Swiss Re Group for tax and regulatory purposes. To include assistance with policy setting, process improvement, identification and implementation.
Your job will include :
- Assisting with the accounting for and contribute to the production of monthly/quarterly/annual accounts for assigned entities and branches
- Assisting with payroll, compensation and related benefits accounting and associated balance sheet entries and reconciliations where appropriate
- Accounting for accruals and prepayments for the respective entities
- Handle, or control, balance sheet reconciliation processes where not controlled by other Finance team
- Assisting with the preparation of VAT / equivalent reporting for VAT / equivalent managers (including reconciliations)
- Assisting with the preparation of reporting for the various jurisdictions served by Finance
- Assisting with the processing of end to end intercompany recharges and related activity, i.e. accounting for intercompany recharges in and recharges out and International Assignee accounting / processes in conjunction with the Intragroup Service Model team. All associated reconciliations
- Transactional level reporting to the business as required from time to time
- Assisting in policy setting and process improvement identification and implementation
- Any other ad hoc tasks as required from time to time