Financial Reporting Specialist, US Life and Health Carrier Management

About the Position

Are you an experienced finance professional with strong financial reporting expertise and the ability to turn complex results into meaningful insights? We are looking for someone who can apply sound judgment, provide technical guidance, review reporting deliverables, and help advance our financial reporting capabilities through automation, AI-enabled solutions, and modern technologies.

About the Role

As a Financial Reporting Specialist, you will take ownership of financial reporting and analysis for the US L&H Reinsurance legal entities. This role is designed for an experienced professional who can combine hands-on execution with review, technical judgment, and continuous improvement. You will apply your financial reporting and insurance accounting expertise to produce and review accurate, timely, and insightful information, investigate complex reporting matters, and provide guidance to colleagues and stakeholders across Finance and business functions. You will also play a leading role in strengthening controls, improving reporting processes, and advancing automation through AI-enabled solutions and modern technologies. This is a fantastic opportunity to build upon your strong foundation in U.S. Statutory reporting while helping shape the future of Finance in a fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver high-quality U.S. Statutory financial reporting for assigned legal entities or reporting areas, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established accounting guidance, controls, and deadlines
• Execute financial reporting deliverables and performance analysis providing constructive feedback and ensuring issues are resolved before submission
• Analyze and interpret legal entity performance, including significant variances, emerging trends, and underlying business drivers, partnering across Finance and business functions to collect insights and validate key performance drivers
• Lead assigned period-end close and reporting activities, coordinating dependencies, monitoring deliverables, and resolving issues that could affect reporting quality or deadlines
• Own and oversee key control activities, ensuring documentation is complete, evidence is retained, and identified control or reporting issues are addressed appropriately
• Identify and lead process improvements that increase efficiency, strengthen controls, and simplify workflows through AI-enabled solutions and modern reporting technologies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 5+ years of relevant experience in insurance, reinsurance, financial reporting, or public accounting/audit, including experience supporting financial statements or U.S. Statutory reporting
• Experience independently preparing and reviewing financial reporting deliverables, account analyses, reconciliations, and period-end close activities, while demonstrating strong intellectual curiosity to understand results, perform root cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement
• Ability to research reporting questions, evaluate supporting information and key financial control evidence, exercise sound judgment, and clearly document conclusions
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate deliverables and influence outcomes across teams and reporting lines
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and the ability to use data and reporting technologies to improve Finance processes
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines and resolve issues in a reporting environment

Nice to Have

• CPA certification or equivalent preferred
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial reporting systems and automation tools such as Power BI, Alteryx, or similar platforms
• Experience leading process improvements, system implementations, or cross-functional projects
• Experience working with complex reinsurance arrangements and multiple accounting/reporting bases

We Offer

• Competitive base salary range from $84,000 to $126,000
• Hybrid work model requiring at least three days in the office each week
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
• Professional growth and development opportunities

About the Company

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.

Swiss Re is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice to recruit, hire, and promote without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, pregnancy, sexual orientations, marital status, military status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Decisions on employment are solely based on an individual's qualifications for the position being filled.

During the recruitment process, reasonable accommodations for disabilities are available upon request. If contacted for an interview, please inform the Recruiter/HR Professional of the accommodation needed.

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.

Keywords: Financial Reporting, Insurance Accounting, Automation, AI-enabled Solutions, Microsoft Excel

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