Deloitte AG

Manager, Audit & Assurance Insurance

📍 Zurich

Role and responsibilities

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 into their daily business and prepare their systems through testing. You will conduct internal audits and FINMA regulatory assignments for Insurance and Reinsurance companies.

Team / description

Our Audit & Assurance Team is working on finance transformation projects and delivers internal and external audit engagements. We are collaborating 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. Become part of a diverse, multinational and highly motivated team of 22 at our Zurich office. In Switzerland, we provide industry-specific services in the areas of Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal, Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory, and Technology & Transformation. With close to 3,000 employees at six locations, we serve companies and organisations of all sizes in all industry sectors.

Qualifications and Skills

  • You are a certified auditor (e.g. Swiss CPA or ACCA) with a minimum of 5 years’ practical experience working with various reporting standards (e.g. IFRS, Swiss GAAP FER) within the financial services sector, specialising in insurance contracts and financial instruments

  • You have a minimum of 5 years of experience in external auditing in the insurance field, ideally at one of the Big 4, or minimum 6 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