Team Leader Subledger Closing L&H Bratislava

About the role:
Is leadership your goal and you love numbers?

The Accounting & Closing L&H team is responsible for the quarterly financial closing for external US GAAP and Statutory valuation for our reinsurance entities in Europe. The core mandate is the closing of the technical L&H sub ledgers for all relevant valuations which includes external and intra-group (IGR) business. The team also contributes to the quarterly EVM (Economic Value Management) reporting.

We are now looking for a team leader interested in our core business activities L&H reinsurance. Your primary responsibility is to lead and support the team in the quarterly closing activities for US GAAP and Statutory with a focus on reconciliations between the different valuation layers and on executing all relevant controls to ensure accuracy of balance sheet and income statement. If people development combined with love for accounting is what defines you, we are looking for you!


Your main tasks:
-Lead and support efficient and effective reconciliation process across all valuations
-Review IGR figures and ensure that IGR accounting is consistent and compliant with the accounting principles (US GAAP and Local Statutory).
-Supervise the development and production of regular reports and analysis
-Supervise and maintain control environment by reviewing, performing checks, investigating and supervising the data clean up as required
-Act as contact for any process or control related inquiries for different valuations and for different stakeholders including internal and external audit
-Support Accounting and Closing L&H unit's role in the economic valuation management process (EVM)
-Supervise, train and develop the local finance team
-Ensure trustful and open communication – lead by example

*We are required by law to disclose basic wage component (minimum salary) for the advertised positions. We carefully consider your professional competencies, qualifications and experience in our compensation package and/or when offering you other positions. Our compensation philosophy is to pay fairly, also considering market situation and the value employees may bring to Swiss Re.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. Our aim is to live visible and invisible diversity – diversity of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities and experiences – at all levels and in all functions and regions. We also collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing you with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.

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