Senior Financial Governance Professional

About the Role
In your role you will be part of the Finance Group Operations (FGO) Governance team in Bratislava, a newly established team providing guidance, information and a strong risk & control framework to support the objectives of FGO and Swiss Re.

Our division, FGO, reports directly to the Group COO and the Group CFO of Swiss Re, offering you ample career opportunities within the unit and beyond. In FGO we manage the cost for the entire Group, drive performance management holistically of Group Operations, and we execute cash & cost operations for the entire Swiss Re Group. We are a team full of diverse backgrounds and skills, which continuously learns. We are curious, helpful and courageous – and all of this with a good sense of humour.

In this role, you will
• Have a deep end-to-end understanding of the processes and solid understanding of risks in the Accounts Payable area;
• Constantly identify process improvements and drive their implementation;
• Maintain and oversee process and control documentation and operating procedures in Accounts Payable;
• Perform Operational Risk Self-Assessment and support Operational Events and Issues reporting, perform root cause analysis, support design and implementation of management actions and monitor progress of resolution;
• Analyse and understand data out of system and prepare various reports to management;
• Contribute to Group-wide as well as FGO-specific projects with a governance element to ensure risk and controls are addressed and you will be involved in the change management process;
• Liaison with members of Coordinated Assurance Functions (Governance, Operational Risk Management team, Group Internal Audit) and external auditors;
• Collaborate with other teams - Accounts Payable, Payment & Receipt and Treasury and your colleagues in Governance FGO; and
• Perform other ad-hoc tasks as required from time to time