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Zurich is one of the world’s leading insurance groups, and one of the few to operate on a global basis. Our mission is to help our customers understand and protect themselves from risk. With about 53,000 employees serving customers in more than 170 countries, we aspire to become the best global insurer as measured by our shareholders, customers and employees. We help individuals, small and medium sized companies and global corporations around the world understand and protect themselves from risk by offering a wide range of insurance products, solutions and advisory services.

CFO (m/w/d)

Your role

To lead, develop and implement general accounting operations and produce internal and external financial reporting for the Business Unit in order to balance financial performance, compliance, and customer satisfaction.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the Finance and Actuarial team.
• Lead the production of statutory / regulatory /Solvency reporting.
• Responsible towards local Financial Accounting & Reporting Controller for supporting Group instructions on statutory and regulatory matters .
• Produce the annual account and manage the external audit relationship.
• Lead financial planning activities such as budgeting, forecasting, financial control, and capital investment, for a basic/ intermediate country or for strategic compliance within Group Financial Accounting &Reporting to meet the information needs of management, the company, regulator and government bodies.
• Produce Group Reporting results for the reporting units / legal entities towards the Local Financial Accounting & Reporting Controller.
• Review the accuracy of all balance sheet, Profit & Loss and Statistical items required by Group and in line with Group instructions, guidelines, and policies.
• Coordinate the end-to- end production process including activities performed by service centres towards local Financial Accounting &Reporting Controller.
• Proactively search for internal control and operational improvements within the accounting team.
• Develop, propose and, where appropriate, lead the implementation of initiatives or programs, including various IT projects, to improve processes, develop policies and generate innovation to maintain regulatory compliance.
• Develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders (External auditors, Government bodies…)

Your skills and experience

• Master degree (or equivalent) in Accounting and/or Finance
• Accounting degree and finance job experience of 7-10 years
• Understanding of IFRS 17 standards
• Fluent in English (mandatory) – good command in French
• Knowledge of Insurance Industry (Life & Risk Insurance)
• Knowledge of regulatory reporting in Luxembourg or with another EU regulator
• Good understanding of Solvency II regulations
• High level of user knowledge in MS-Office, in particular Excel
• Quick of comprehension as well as analytical thinking
• Team-oriented, systematic and goal-orientated operating
• Excellent oral and written communication & management skills
• High degree of flexibility expected
• Good level of problem- solving skills

We offer

• Full-time position in our friendly and motivated team in Luxembourg
• Be member of the local management team
• Reporting directly to the local CEO
• International working environment
• Compensation packages & benefits to high standard market rates
• A high standard Group health insurance & Pension plan
• Flexible working policy to support your work life balance
• Career path and opportunities within Zurich Group
• Executive Managers whose doors are always open
• A work model based on transparency and recognition
• Training & Development for upskilling your future experience