Team Leader GL Accounting Services

About the Role
As team leader, you are responsible for the management, coordination of the Non-Technical Accounting team and you ensure that the respective services are provided in the quality and timeline agreed with the stakeholders. You provide hands-on support when required, seek possibilities to further develop, streamline and improve the team's processes and talent. Further, you ensure compliance with the risk and control framework and audit requirements.

Your job will include:
- Lead and develop a team of accounting professionals, involved in staffing topics, performance management feedback
- Ensure the completion of monthly/quarterly/annual accounts for assigned entities and branches- Manage payroll, compensation and related benefits accounting
- Own and approve balance sheet reconciliation processes where not controlled by other Finance teams
- Review VAT / equivalent reporting for VAT / equivalent managers (including reconciliations)
- Review reporting for the various jurisdictions served by Finance
- Manage end to end intercompany recharge processing and related activity, i.e. accounting for intercompany recharges in / out and International Assignee accounting / processes in conjunction with the Intragroup Service Model team.
- Act as focal point for audit activities and review requested information - Drive policy reviews / settings and process improvements
- 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
- Participate and support Finance related projects and perform ad hoc tasks as required - Perform other position related tasks as instructed by Supervisor

Other:
- Provide cover for roles in other teams
- Any other ad hoc tasks as required from time to time

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.We provide feedback to all candidates via email. If you have not heard back from us, please check your spam folder.