Location: 

Zurich, Zurich, CH

Associate Product Controller (Hybrid; m/f/x/d)

Are you passionate about financial markets and have a keen eye for detail? Join our team at Swiss Re as an Associate Product Controller supporting our Fixed Income investment strategies. In this role, you'll help ensure the accuracy and integrity of daily P&L and financial reporting across a diverse portfolio of fixed income products. 

 

About the Role

 

As an Associate Product Controller, you'll be at the intersection of finance and investments, providing critical performance analysis and reporting support across fixed income portfolios. You'll leverage your analytical skills and financial expertise to ensure accuracy, transparency, and actionable insights in our reporting and control processes. 

 

Key Responsibilities: 

 

  • Generate and deliver accurate daily and monthly P&L performance reports to senior leadership, including detailed attribution and performance commentary across fixed income asset classes 

  • Support reporting and control processes for a broad range of fixed income products, including corporate bonds and interest rate products 

  • Serve as a key point of contact for performance-related inquiries from Front Office, Investment Reporting, Risk Management, and other internal stakeholders 

  • Partner with business teams to ensure reported P&L is complete, accurate, and aligned with investment activity; proactively investigate and resolve discrepancies related to accruals, market movements, and trade activity 

  • Collaborate with IT and Analytics teams to enhance reporting infrastructure and develop scalable tools that support deeper performance analysis and operational efficiency 

  • Maintain and strengthen procedural controls around reporting processes, ensuring consistency, transparency, and compliance with internal standards and governance frameworks 

  • Assist in the review and analysis of market risk sensitivities impacting reported results 

  • Lead and contribute to cross-functional initiatives and ad-hoc requests that drive process improvement, reporting enhancements, automation, and strategic insights 

 

About the Team

 

Asset Management Finance is a specialized finance team focused on Swiss Re's global investment portfolio with responsibility for performance reporting, financial planning & analysis, and product control. The team supports the Swiss Re Group Chief Investment Officer (CIO) as well as the various Business Units and relevant Group functions with investment-related financial performance reporting and related deliverables. 
 
Our function, with a focus on developing and maintaining a superior control environment, interfaces with a wide variety of stakeholders across the organization in support of these efforts. With members located in Zurich, New York, London, and Bratislava, we are a global team providing support for a broad-based portfolio invested to add value to Swiss Re's core re/insurance business units. 

 

About You

 

You're a detail-oriented professional with strong analytical capabilities and a passion for financial markets. You thrive in collaborative environments where you can apply your technical expertise while building strong relationships across teams. Your ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and your commitment to accuracy make you an ideal candidate for this role. 

 

Required Qualifications: 

 

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field, with 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in asset management, banking, or financial services 

  • Strong understanding of fixed income markets, with hands-on experience across corporate bonds and interest rate products 

  • Familiarity with market risk concepts such as duration, spread sensitivity, curve movements, and hedging strategies 

  • Strong grasp of end-to-end reporting and control processes, with a focus on accuracy, transparency, and governance 

  • Excellent analytical skills—both quantitative and qualitative—with high attention to detail and data integrity 

 

Additional Nice-to-Haves: 

 

  • Effective communication skills with the ability to build strong working relationships across cross-functional teams 

  • Collaborative team player who thrives in agile environments and contributes to a culture of continuous improvement 

  • Proactive and adaptable, with a problem-solving mindset and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes 

 

Salary Information

For Switzerland, the base salary range for this position is between 77,000 CHF and 115,000 CHF for a full-time role.

The specific salary offered considers:

  • The requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role
  • The applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience

In the situation where you do not meet all the requirements or you significantly exceed these, the offered salary may be below or above the advertised range. In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based annual bonus.

 

Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.

 

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. 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 15,000 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.

If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.

 

We may use AI-powered tools to support the review and evaluation of applications for this position. These tools provide additional insights to our recruitment teams, but all hiring decisions are carefully reviewed and made by people. To learn more about how we use AI in recruitment and how we handle your personal data, please review our Data Privacy Statement before applying.

 

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