Start your career in Payments (suitable for fresh graduates)

About the role

Have you ever dreamed of handling piles of money? Then this is the right career opportunity for you. Why do we believe so? Well, we are the payments and receipts team, responsible for all incoming and outgoing payments of Swiss Re. We ensure that we pay out that hundred million dollar claim on time, but also that we don't miss a ten euro invoice for apples brough to our offices. Our support covers local branches globally, providing you with an opportunity to work in an international environment and with different cultures. We are a company that supports curious people, autonomous problem solvers, who are up for a challenge to not only learn what we do, but continuously think about possible improvements to our processes.

If you join us, you will perform various tasks. Among others, you will process payments, perform account reconciliations, divide and accurate previously received installments. You will also actively communicate with banks investigating and resolving discrepancies in account movements. You will become a part of an outstanding team with team members that support each other and help new-joiners assimilate quickly. Team spirit is not just a phrase her

In case you are still not sure if it suits for you, let us walk you through your future day at work:

• You will get your own portfolio of bank accounts, which will allow you to build professional relationships with your business partners

• Your main everyday tasks will be: control all entries on the bank account posted into the system, as well as reconcile bank statement balances with system balances to ensure they equal

• During first months in the team, experienced colleagues will train you to perform additional tasks, such as setup of partner´s banking details into internal master data system, splitting of received incomings from clients, or evaluating compliance risk for outgoing payments

• You will liaise with banks to make sure all payment details are clear and precise. We are positive that you will find exploring the way how banks communicate in their banking environment amazing.

• At the end of every single day, month and quarter we will expect you to check if everything you processed was accurately posted and that all balances are on target

• We know you will encounter errors from time to time, however we always stand behind our staff and will assist you with resolution

• The best part of our job is helping internal staff and external parties (suppliers, banks) resolve their queries. We make sure that you feel energized by rotating your daily agenda.

We are convinced you still need some more info for your decision

The Payments & Receipt team consists of 23 members of different ages. The scope of our team covers Europe, and South Africa, administration of payment connections and daily communication with our partners is essential. Another aspect of our work is involvement in both global and team projects and initiatives. This gives everyone a chance to take part in sculpting the future way of doing things, it will inspire you to come up with and develop new ideas and creative solutions. We value team work, but also individuality and self-realization and make certain that the So, do you go for it now?

This job offer is suitable for people who have been impacted by the invasion of Ukraine. 

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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