Strategic Finance Associate

17 hours ago


Dubai, United Arab Emirates Zurich Gruppe Deutschland Full time

**Job Summary**:
Zurich Middle East is part of Zurich Insurance Group, one of the world’s largest and most experienced insurers. Our mission is to help our local community understand and protect themselves from risk both locally and globally.

Reporting to the Strategic Finance Manager, the Strategic Finance Associate will be required to solve complex business problems using critical analytical thinking and commercial pragmatism. He/she should be highly organised with demonstrated ability to turn around essential analyses balancing quality vs time to facilitate strategic decision making. The Strategic Finance Associate will also be required to collaborate closely with key stakeholders across the business to ensure ‘full picture’ analyses and solutions developed.

**Job Accountabilities**:
As Strategic Finance Associate, your role will involve:

- Act as first point of contact for all strategic initiatives, providing advanced financial analysis
- Lead the preparation of messages, reporting and financial analysis to brief leadership teams on projected outcome of specific initiatives
- Lead the production of monthly expense reporting
- Develop and maintain governance framework for the strategic finance team including adding internal controls and enhancing process flow documentation
- Act as a performance reporting expert to the business by utilising excellent data visualisation skills
- Provide key financial analysis to understand performance of the regional business, highlighting potential areas of concern, growing trends
- Management of the treasury strategy and oversight of banking relationships
- Provide support for annual planning and monthly forecast processes
- Provide support to the cost centre owners
- Provide coaching and support to junior team members

**Job Qualifications**:
To be successful in this role, you will need:

- 5 or more years of experience in a finance role in the Financial Services Sector
- Part or Qualified accountant - ACCA, ACA, CIMA
- Excellent analytical skills and data manipulation skills in order to make accurate and consistent interpretation
- Experience in managing banking relationships
- Experience with management of expenses
- Knowledge of indemnity commission
- Ability to automate reporting tasks desirable
- Knowledge of SAP would be advantageous
- Proactive and positive attitude
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Strong business acumen
- Team player with the ability to provide coaching
- Able to work independently with mínimal supervision

**Why Zurich**

At Zurich, we like to think outside the box and challenge the status quo. We take an optimistic approach by focusing on the positives and constantly asking What can go right?

We are an equal opportunity employer who knows that each employee is unique - that’s what makes our team so great

Join us as we constantly explore new ways to protect our customers and the planet.
- Location(s): AE - Dubai
- Remote working: No
- Schedule: Full Time
- Recruiter name: Leigh Jeremy Jaye Santander



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