Senior Financial Analyst

We are searching for a qualified and highly motivated candidate to take on an exciting position in our Reinsurance Finance EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) department.

You will be part of our Life & Health (L&H) team, which is involved in the preparation, monitoring and commenting on our L&H financial results, helping the business to steer its performance and execute strategic tasks, as well as supporting our internal partners on all business related matters.

Work within this team offers a unique opportunity to gain comprehensive understanding of the financial steering and reporting of a Reinsurance industry leader. You will work in a small team of specialists in a dynamic and fast paced environment and collaborate closely with experienced colleagues that will support your professional and personnel development.

Your main tasks include:
• Preparation of our quarterly reporting packages under various accounting valuations with underlying trends / issues identified for presentation to senior management.
• Ensure accuracy and quality of L&H financial figures over the closing cycle in close collaboration within Controlling & Reporting EMEA and other relevant partners.
• Review quarterly L&H business, actively monitor closing relevant events, develop know-how and become a L&H specialist.
• Perform financial analytics and substantiation for the EMEA legal entities and the region, provide comprehensive and important business insight to the relevant partners.
• Develop data controls and reconciliations to ensure a high level of data quality. Identifying relationship between the business variables, developing quality indicators, determining pattern and trend analysis. Follow up on identified issues, collaborate with FP&A, Divisional Controlling, the Actuarial team and the Accounting & Reporting department to ensure accurate issues resolution.
• Undertake specific financial projects and ad hoc activities as required by the business.
• Find opportunities for improvements, take personal leadership to make a proposal and initiate implementation.
• Ensure accurate knowledge sharing with other team members including organizing of training process for new team members.
• Establishes strong working relationship with our key business partners and become a strong team member and point of contact.



About the team
We are the Controlling & Reporting EMEA team; whose main responsibility is to monitor, substantiate and comment our financial results and to help the business. We are further developing and strengthening our capabilities to act as challengers to our decision makers. By joining our team, you will get the opportunity to master your reporting, consolidation & analytical capabilities. So, don't hesitate and join us!

*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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