Job Description

About the role:

We are looking for an ambitious, dynamic, and high performing team player excited to be part of the FP&A Products team in Bangalore with focus on the FP&A topics for the newly build Solutions division within Business Unit Reinsurance. As a senior financial analyst, you will:

- contribute to the foundation of the end-to-end finance operation for the newly created Solutions division

- gain an in-depth understanding of the performance measures, reporting standards and analysis of a fee business.

- use your strong analytical, data processing and communication skills to provide opinions and value-added input while helping to make sure data is comprehensive, complete, and well understood

- analyse the performance of the Solutions portfolios and regularly work on quickly emerging ad-hoc tasks

- quickly familiarise yourself with new and changing concepts, so that the analysis provided always reflects the latest requirements of the company

- provide, and ensure the accuracy of data and analysis/insights needed to support the Solutions Management Team' presentation requirements for board meetings, external events, internal meetings and similar

- work in close collaboration with all colleagues in Finance, Operations and Sales on developing pipeline management, USG, EVM and IFRS reporting

- communicate results in a way that is easily understood by people not dealing on an every-day basis with data/reports

- have opportunities to work with senior management

About the team:

This position is an exciting opportunity to create and build the Bangalore Solutions FP&A team within the Reinsurance Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) department. This team is integral part of the Global Performance Management Hub (PMH) with a mandate to enable the central & regional FP&A teams by supporting in reporting analysis, planning and reporting of all Finance related topics in Solutions. The Solutions FP&A team in Bangalore works together with the Solutions FP&A team in Zurich as one team of financial partner for the Solutions Management Team, supporting them in all financial data related topics.

The Solutions FP&A Bangalore team will consist of 2 employees working closely with 2 members in the Zurich FP&A team. The team is a diverse mix of languages and gender.

About you:

• Overall, 7 -8 years of working experience in (re-)insurance analytics, controlling or similar function
• Successfully completed university degree, preferably in Mathematics, Economics, Natural Science, Finance or equivalent
• Strong interest in/motivation to learn about insurance/reinsurance
• Strong analytical/data processing skills and methodological/conceptual understanding; can focus on details without losing track of the bigger picture
• Ability to sustain high level of work output and meet very tight deadlines
• Approaches problems with curiosity and open-mindedness, is a fast learner
• Innovative, showing a high degree of own initiative
• Team-player, willingness to contribute actively to the overall team spirit
• Ability and enthusiasm to work in a global and multicultural environment,
• Aptitude to express him-/herself effectively in one-on-one conversations and small groups
• Mature & self-confident; Able to work with clients, business partners or senior colleagues
• Capacity to readily adapt to a changing and dynamic environment
• Proven expertise to work independently and proactively
• Excellent oral and written English skills
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access)
• Very good communication and interpersonal skills

About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.

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