Reinsurance Accountant

About the Role Our team reviews inwards transactions and identifies, calculates, books, reports and collects the reinsurance asset.  This accountant position will be responsible to review and track detailed reinsurance/retrocession contracts and perform all related financial, regulatory and management tasks related to the contracts. 
Key responsibilities include :
Calculate, account, bill and drive collections for significant payables and receivables under detailed reinsurance contracts. Work with external clients and SR claims dept to substantiate and collect on balances due. Create required financial, regulatory and management reports. Participate in process development and improvement projects. About the Team Our External Reinsurance Team is a dynamic team that owns and manages the External Reinsurance portfolio globally for Swiss Re's Corporate Solutions. We are part of the Global Controlling Finance Corporate Solutions team under International Financial Management (IFM) and Reinsurance.  We work extensively with Swiss Re clients and brokers to substantiate our claims and to create productive relationships. We are involved in setting up new contracts as well as working on international transactions and are heavily involved in the financial reporting for the US retro asset.  Beyond retro, External Reinsurance is involved in Federal Excise Tax reporting and collateral acquisition.
About You Your ability to work independently with energy, initiative and strong attention to detail enable you to stay focused and manage multiple projects with competing deadlines, ensuring quality of work and timely completion.  You thrive multi-tasking in a fast past global team environment! 
Additional requirements include :
2-5 years' experience in a detailed finance or accounting role Reinsurance/insurance accounting experience strongly preferred. Strong working experience Microsoft Office products, especially Excel, is required. Excellent written and verbal communication skills College degree strongly preferred.