Accountant General Ledger

About the Role

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:

- Account for and contribute to the production of monthly/quarterly/annual accounts for assigned entities and branches
- Payroll, compensation and related benefits accounting and associated balance sheet entries and reconciliations where appropriate
- Handle, or control, balance sheet reconciliation processes where not controlled by other Finance team Prepare reporting for the various jurisdictions served by Finance
- Processing and overview of end to end intercompany recharge processing 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 from time to time
- Assisting in policy setting and process improvement identification and implementation
- Act as the interface between Finance team and rest of Group, e.g. Tax and Legal teams, Group Cost Management / Controlling, Group FP&A, wider business community for the respective branches / entities
- Provide cover for roles in other teams
- Any other ad hoc tasks as the need arises