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Internal Control Assurance Professional

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Job Description

About the Role:

As an Internal Control Assurance Professional in ICAR Team, you will participate in various control testing activities. You will have the opportunity to learn about many areas of Swiss Re, as well as their processes and controls. This role offers you regular exposure to Swiss Re's Management and an opportunity to deal with themes that have organizational impact and drive the risk culture of Swiss Re.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform testing procedures on internal controls over financial reporting or non-financial operations value chain across various areas
  • Ensuretimelyandaccuratedocumentation of testing procedures and clearpresentation of findings to the relevant stakeholders
  • Assess and validate identified control deficiencies, ensuring appropriate severity assessment and clear, well-articulated documentation of observations
  • Engage with various stakeholderssuch as control owners, business stakeholders, External Auditorsand Control functions across the businessrepresentingthe ICAR team
  • Develop and maintain automated control testing solutions by leveraging data analytics

About the Team:

The Internal Control Assurance & Reporting (ICAR) Team is a global team of Assurance Professionals, responsible for assessing the design adequacy and operating effectiveness of Swiss Re's internal controls. We liaise closely with Operational Risk Management, Group Internal Audit, Governance teams, external Audit and Swiss Re Management. Through our controls testing and assurance activities, we identify areas of control weaknesses and contribute to an improved control framework to ensure operational rigor and effective control related behavior across the Swiss Re Group.

In our work we apply innovative techniques and use data analytics and automation within our assurance and testing processes.

The ICAR Team is part of Group Functions and Operational Risk Management, which consists of Risk Professionals with diverse backgrounds spanning different locations and competencies.

About You:

Essentials:

  • 6+ years of work experience in the financial services sector (insurance and/or reinsurance industry preferred), with exposure to finance or assurance functions like internal control testing, risk management, internal/external audit, financial reporting and controlling
  • Good understanding of key business processes and controls over financial reporting or non-financial operations value chain as well as knowledge/experience of IFRS 17 (preferred)
  • University degree in related field
  • Critical thinker that sees the big picture (e.g. overall themes, trends, goals)
  • Result oriented individual with agile mindset and ability to work independently, able to plan well, work in the field and able to deliver results in time
  • Good communicator, able to gain and maintain trust while delivering difficult messages
  • Strong analytical professional with problem-solving and interpersonal skills
  • Team worker, able to listen to others but also influence
  • Fluent in English, written and spoken

Nice to Have:

  • Expertise or related experience in Underwriting, Claims handling or Re-insurance business operations
  • Qualified or working towards a CPA, CA, CIA or CFA professional certification
  • Hands-on experiencewithAIis considered a value-add,particularly inapplying AIfordriving audit efficiencyandleveragingGenerative AI solutions for automated testing, documentation, and data analysis

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About Company

Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, commonly known as Swiss Re, is a reinsurance company based in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the world's largest reinsurer, as measured by net premiums written

Job ID: 152172199

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