Beijing, BJ, CN
Technical Accountant
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 and their passion for sustainability.
About the Role
In this role of Associate Client Accounting, you will be accountable for effectively managing transactions for the allocated portfolios/end to end processing and ensuring deliverable are met (quality output within turn around times defined) through adequate understanding of reinsurance accounting principles. One of the key activities is to ensure that payments received from clients (for example premiums) and payments made to clients (for example claims) reconcile against those payments expected. The client management façade of this role would require you to correspond with internal and external clients to resolve issues with respect to information, next steps, actionable, etc. Improvising while working within a set framework of policies and processes is key to the role.
You will work independently with the respective business units and apply your service management skills and experience.
- Consistently deliver on operational commitments
- Delivering on the Technical Accounting mandates including Key Performance Indicator's & Quality Parameters to efficiently handle/accelerate Cash in the books while demonstrating Swiss Re Values.
- Be able to use SQL language to perform Premium and Claims validation on the Client Seriatim data to make sure Client data is aligning with the contractual terms.
- One of the key activities is to ensure that payments received from clients (for example premiums) and payments made to clients (for example claims) reconcile with client ledger.
- Deliver results in consultation and as part of multiple-matrixed teams besides directly assigned work.
- Handling efficient and effective relevant business processes, portfolios, and business coordination with Cross Functional Team'.
About You
Education and professional experience:
- Banchelor degree and above in Insurance, Information Management, Accounting, Actuarial Science, and Statistics etc. relevant majors
- 1-3 years' experience in insurance or reinsurance companies or consulting industry on relevant position
Skills requirements:
- Strong Analytical skills, experience in SQL is a must.
- Sound Insurance Product Knowledge & understanding of Insurance/Reinsurance Value Chain
- Strong computer skills (i.e. Outlook/Word/Excel/Power Point).
- Languages: fluent in English and Mandarin
Behaviour requirements:
- Result oriented working style, with strong focus on performance, targets and risk management
- Pro-active business oriented approach; understand stakeholders issues and concerns and actively seek to address them in developing solutions
- Ability to substantially contribute to and work with multi cultural and cross functional teams
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Claims, Risk Management, Actuarial, Accounting, Insurance, Finance