Swiss Re is Hiring Bachelor’s/Master’s (Finance, Accounting, Economics)/MBA/CA/CFA As Senior Financial Accountant At Bangalore Full Time

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide timely and accurate legal entity and branch Non tech accounting, controlling and reporting tasks according to internal guidelines, regulatory and Group requirements, including closing and reporting of defined entities
• Ensure timely booking of accruals, payroll, fixed assets, tax bookings, intercompany recharges, and other non-technical accounting activities
• Support financial controlling of selected entities with focus on group requirements (payable/receivable signoffs, reconciliations for the accounts under the ownership, and related tasks)
• Provide accurate financial information to the management to enable timely and current decisions to be made
• Financial reporting to local tax teams
• Ensure compliance with the risk and control framework and the audit requirements
• Support audit activities and prepare requested information
• Participate and support Finance related projects and perform ad hoc tasks as required
• Identify and evaluate process improvement possibilities

 Other

• Provide cover for other roles in the team
• Any other ad hoc tasks as required

 KEY SKILLS

• 8+ years of work experience in General accounting, reconciliations monthly/Quarterly closing or financial reporting
• Professional degree (MBA/CA/CFA Preferred) in Accounting and/or University degree in the area of finance, accounting, economics or similar
• Profound knowledge regarding accounting policies and regulatory frameworks
• Understanding of accounting cycle financial reporting processes, risk, and controls
• Experience in USGAAP/IFRS desirable
• Adherence to deadlines and ability to work on own initiative and time pressure is a must
• Experience on SAP is must, should have Good comprehension of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills
• Engaged and motivated

KEY COMPETENCIES

ANALYTICAL: Solves business problems using own initiative, within parameters of own role.

CLIENT SERVICE: Aware of the importance of internal and external clients, understands their needs and works with them to meet these. Focuses on delivery, meeting deadlines and providing high quality service.

DECISION MAKING: Ability to make decisions within the parameters of the role.  Can explain the business rationale behind decisions and can demonstrate a methodical/rational process for decisions.

 TEAM ORIENTATION: The ability to collaborate with others and contribute as part of a high-performance team, as opposed to working independently or competitively, in order to achieve a common goal.

PROACTIVITY: The ability to think and act ahead, spotting problems or opportunities before they arise, in terms of delivery of tasks/projects and resource conflicts. Willing to initiate opportunities for improvement.

FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS ACUMEN: Understands the underlying economics of the industry and the business to ensure the best financial interests of both are maximized.