Senior Assistant / Assistant Manager, Audit & Assurance Insurance

Job Description

Location: Zurich

Work Pattern Percentage: 60-100%

Our Audit & Assurance Team is working on finance transformation and accounting advisory projects and delivers internal and external audit engagements. We are collaborating closely across all Service Lines of Deloitte to help our global and diverse customers to achieve their corporate goals, manage their risks and improve their business performance.

Do you have strong skills in insurance accounting and reporting, a strong audit or insurance industry background and ready to help our clients in addressing the complex challenges faced by their finance teams? Then we are the right company for you.

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

We provide tailored coaching and support for this role, specifically designed for returners to help refresh your knowledge and skills and ease your transition back into the workplace after an extended career break. If this applies to you, please inform your recruiter when submitting your application.

What You Can Expect From Us

• You advise clients on the implementation of internal control frameworks, finance transformation and new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS & US GAAP) of particular importance to the Insurance Industry.
• You will conduct external audit engagements for both national and international insurance clients, ensuring compliance with relevant national / international reporting standards and regulatory requirements.
• You will help the clients incorporate new regulatory requirements and related processes into their daily business and prepare their systems through testing the clients in harmonizing of existing and development of new reporting processes for financial and non-financial data in (re)insurance
• You will conduct internal audits and FINMA regulatory assignments for Insurance and Reinsurance companies

Your Qualifications

• You are currently pursuing your Swiss CPA or ACCA qualification and have 2 to 5 years of practical experience in accounting or auditing within the financial services sector
• You have a minimum of 2 years of experience in external auditing in the insurance field, ideally at one of the Big 4, or minimum 3 years of experience with an insurance company’s accounting/reporting function
• You are a team player and able to work well with individuals from other areas and with customers to build up customer relationships
• You communicate confidently in English as well as German. Any further languages would be an advantage

Your team

Become part of a diverse, multinational and highly motivated team of 22 at our Zurich office. We will help you grow both personally and professionally: through our trainings, mentoring programmes and on-the-job learning, but also by connecting with your colleagues across all business lines.

Careers at Deloitte. Choose your impact.

At Deloitte, your ideas create impact and spark meaningful change for our clients, people and society. Your unique expertise, background and perspective helps us find new ways into the most complex challenges so we can brighten the futures of those our work affects. At Deloitte, you can build a career that inspires and energises you. At Deloitte, you can choose your impact.

In Switzerland, we provide industry-specific services in the areas of Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal, Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory, and Technology & Transformation. With more than 3,000 employees at six locations, we serve companies and organisations of all sizes in all industry sectors. We offer meaningful and challenging work, an inclusive and supportive environment where you can be your best self and where you will never stop growing. You will benefit from flexible and hybrid working conditions, wellbeing and parental programmes as well as many opportunities to connect, collaborate and learn.

Join us and become part of a global network of like-minded people dedicated to making a difference, whether by addressing climate change or improving 100 million futures by 2030. Want to know more about opportunities at Deloitte? Visit www.deloitte.com/ch/careers .

How To Apply

We look forward to hearing from you! Please click on “apply now” to submit a complete application, including CV, cover letter, references and degree certificates.

If you have any questions, please contact Nadia at [email protected]

• We consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability, in accordance with applicable law. Research shows that women are less likely to apply for roles unless they match all the criteria; don’t hold yourself back – apply today.

We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.

Deloitte Consulting AG and Deloitte AG are affiliates of Deloitte NSE LLP, a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee (“DTTL”)

Requisition code: 19232