Swiss Life

Senior Financial Accountant

Luxembourg - Cloche d'Or Full time

Join our team. Your future starts here.

Swiss Life Group is one of Europe’s leading comprehensive life, pensions and financial solutions providers.

Within the Group’s International Division and with its two business lines, Swiss Life Global Solutions offers a broad range of tailored cross-border life insurance solutions to wealthy individuals for a suitable integrated wealth planning (Global Private Wealth Solutions) and to international companies to address the benefits needs of their local and mobile employees (Global Employee Benefits Solutions).

Swiss Life Global Solutions is located in Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Zurich and Singapore.

At Swiss Life, our purpose is to enable people to lead a financially self-determined life. Join us if:

  • you enjoy working in a truly international and entrepreneurial environment

  • you have strong business acumen and are able to think consistently from the customer’s point of view

  • you are willing to work in an efficient, committed and agile manner, in the best interests of our company

  • collaboration, trust and self-development are key elements for you in your future position.

Your Role

In 2022, Swiss Life Global Solutions bought elipsLife. elipsLife is a unique B2B insurance company offering solutions in life and disability insurance. elipsLife has 3 core markets, operating in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy.

Based in the Swiss Life Global Solutions office in Luxembourg, you will work for the elipsLife business. Your responsibilities will be:

  • Supporting the monthly and quarterly technical closing under Local Stat and IFRS

  • Preparing of periodic reporting (regulatory reporting, financial reporting, tax reporting)

  • Liaising with external auditors for statutory and consolidated results

  • Working independently on day-to-day accounting activities. Maintaining, processing and reconciling technical accounts, including premium, claims, and reinsurance recoveries.

  • Conducting premium and claims reconciliations, ensuring proper allocation and settlement

  • Maintaining weekly cash reconciliation and cash allocation across various markets  

  • Proactively analyzing and proposing areas of automation to improve the day-to-day process

  • Participating in projects in coordination with other team members and technical experts

  • Supporting the Team in improving processes to deliver the best quality accounts in a control minded environment

Your Profile

  • Graduate in Accounting, Finance, or any related field

  • Extensive expertise in accounting, generally acquired over several years in this field

  • Experience working in international settings and/or the insurance industry is considered as a strong asset.

  • Business fluency in English. Good communication skills (written and verbal) in German are an advantage

  • Computer literate (MS Office) with a sound knowledge of Excel. Prior SAP experience would be considered as an advantage

  • Comfortable collaborating with team members across multiple locations, detail-oriented, organized, reliable, and adaptable to changing priorities

  • Self-driven individual with strong analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to understand different perspectives

  • Highly motivated team player, able to deliver results and to cope with tight deadlines and high workload in a fast-changing environment

  • Flexibility to travel to other locations from time to time

Our Offer

  • A varied work within a multicultural team where you can shape your career

  • A company culture characterized by its agility, expert know-how, customer-centricity and collaborative mindset

  • After trial period, home working is possible according to our internal rules

  • An attractive remuneration package in line with your position and responsibilities, including fringe benefits such as lunch vouchers, pension scheme and additional health insurance

Please note that a criminal record extract and a copy of your diplomas will be required in case of hiring.