Switzerland Job Openings

AXA

Senior Specialist Financial Reporting & Accounting (80%-100%)

Zürich

PART TIME

October 30, 2024

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DISCOVER your opportunity

In this role, you will join the Finance & Accounting department that is responsible for providing finance

support specifically involved in accounting, cash management, tax, financial regulatory reporting to internal and/or external stakeholders.

What will your main responsibilities include?

Financial & Regulatory compliance and quality assurance

o Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (FINMA) and fiscal developments

o Monitor and develop accounting standards and implementation of changes to policies, processes and controls to ensure continued compliance with accounting standards and other relevant reporting guidelines

o Ensure group accounting policies are consistently and effectively applied as far as permitted by local accounting standards

Monitor and develop key controls and ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial information
Manage interim and full year statutory and regulatory audits by external and internal auditors
Support our Risk Management, Capital modelling and Actuarial functions with finance relevant input for regulatory returns such as the SST, ORSA and Responsible Actuary reports
Expense management and controlling
Tax Reporting

o Ensure accuracy of tax filings in close collaboration with tax experts

o Support tax audits with financial data

You will report to the Head of Finance, Switzerland.

SHARE your talent

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Bachelors or Masters degree in financial accounting with a minimum 3 years experience gained working within general (re)insurance technical accounting/reporting/audit areas
Solid Accounting knowledge (mainly Swiss GAAP) with experience in US GAAP or IFRS, having grasp of overall Financial Statements (P&L and BS)
Proficient knowledge of financial regulatory environment for insurance companies in Switzerland
Strong analytical skills, with an inquisitive attitude and attention to detail
Good spoken & written communication & interpersonal skills; ability to communicate technical information to a non-technical audience
Comfortable taking ownership for own work, identifying the need for action (using initiative) whilst working effectively within a team
Able to organize self-including effective scheduling, prioritization and time management skills, completing tasks to tight deadlines. Demonstrates a ‘can do’ attitude
Proficient German (Mother tongue level) and English language skills.
Excellent working knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft Office programs as well as a sound understanding of system dependencies

FIND your future

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a strong and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Learn more at axaxl.com

Corporate Responsibility

At AXA XL our approach to corporate responsibility (CR) is the same as our approach to business; constantly seeking to provide innovative solutions to the world’s most complex problems. From offering our expertise, products and services to help build more resilient communities, to advancing understanding and response to climate change, our strategy – Our Impact. Our Future. – aligns key issues that are pertinent to our business – climate, water and financial resilience - and contributes to AXA Group’s purpose to “Act for human progress by protecting what matters.”.

Climate: We’re reducing our carbon footprint, protecting ecosystems and exploring how our business can help build a better world.
Water: We’re developing water resilience where it is — and will be — needed most.
Financial resilience: We’re helping create opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed, so they can be better prepared for unexpected changes.
Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as our “Hearts in Action” programs.

For more information please see the Corporate Responsibility section on our website.

Inclusion & Diversity

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most diverse workforce possible, while creating an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and can reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.

Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe
Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
Enhanced family friendly leave benefits
Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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