Financial Accountant

About the Role

As a Financial Accountant II within the International Financial Management (IFM) team at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the accurate and compliant technical accounting of international programme policy transactions. You will be at the heart of global risk transfers and cash flows, working with a diverse network of partners, offices, and reinsurers across the world. This is a role where precision meets purpose — and where your contributions directly support the financial integrity of international insurance programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Book, reconcile and settle technical accounts — including premium, commissions, fees, and claims payments — to and from the pooling carrier for assumed reinsurance Network Partner policies, skeleton technical bookings, and reinsurance transactions
• Produce monthly co-reinsurance and Network Partner statements of account, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all financial reporting
• Resolve reconciliation findings with internal and external counterparts, including Co-reinsurance and Network Partner discrepancies, driving issues to swift resolution
• Monitor and report open balances, coordinating with the International Desk, Network Partner Coordinators, regional Technical Accounting teams, and Underwriters to address outstanding items
• Act as the first point of contact within International Business for Local/Producing Office Technical Accounting teams, Finance FP&A, and other functions performing financial reporting on International Business
• Ensure reconciliation of International Business technical accounts in the administration system and support Finance on reconciliations in financial ledgers, including skeleton processes, local and central premium collection, and invoiced versus booked comparisons
• Review and authorize incoming co-reinsurance data in the system against real contracts, ensuring accuracy and compliance
• Liaise across functions — including the International Desk, Global Network Management, Regional Technical Accounting teams, Claims Operations, and Underwriting teams — to ensure service standards are consistently met
• Support internal and external audits as required and contribute to ongoing projects that strengthen core IFM processes

We Are Looking For Candidates Who Meet These Requirements

• Educational background in finance or accounting — CA, CS, ICWA, MBA (Finance), or equivalent degree — with a minimum of 2–3 years of relevant working experience in insurance, reinsurance, or a related financial domain
• Technical accounting experience in insurance or reinsurance, with a solid understanding of accounting principles including premium, commissions, claims, and reconciliation processes
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word, with the ability to manage, analyse, and present financial data effectively
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to summarise complex technical issues clearly for both expert and non-expert audiences
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify discrepancies, investigate root causes, and drive resolution independently

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