Job Description
This position is embedded in our worldwide Payments & Collections department, belonging to our Non-Life Operations Unit within Finance. Our mission is to provide timely cash flow for PartnerRe, clients, and brokers. In this role you will be responsible for executing the global Payments & Collections strategy aligned with PartnerRe’s overall business goals. In addition, you will be leading and mentoring a team of professionals across two locations (Dublin and Zürich); supporting staff planning, budgeting, and professional development within the department. Furthermore, your duties will be as follows:
* Supervising and enhancing effective and efficient Payments & Collections operations:
o Ensuring timely and secure payments to and from reinsurance brokers.
o Overseeing reconciliation and monitoring of unsettled balances.
o Maintaining and managing payment partner bank accounts.
* Ensuring adherence to global regulations and maintaining a well-controlled environment and internal control framework to mitigate risks.
* Identifying and implementing new technologies to improve payment operations; including the implementation of eMessaging and ongoing maintenance and development of the Technical Accounting workflow tool.
* Working closely with internal and external stakeholders on all payment-related matters to streamline processes.
* Establishing performance metrics and preparing regular management reporting.
* Participating in or leading special tasks or projects.
Qualifications
You bring minimum of 5 years of experience in Payments & Collections, in Reinsurance Accounting or in a similar role, including a minimum of 5 years people management experience. Ideally, you hold a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, or a related field is considered an asset, but an equivalent professional experience will also be taken into account. In addition, your profile is surrounded by the following skills and knowledge:
* Good SICS and eMessaging understanding
* Strong analytical and organizational skills
* Advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge
* Well developed communication skills and ability to build effective working relationships with internal and/or external parties
* Advanced understanding of processes, guidelines and controls and capability to determine and enforce them
* Good training skills
* Excellent verbal and written English skills. French verbal and written skills an asset
Additional Information
PartnerRe provides a working environment in which diversity is valued, where all employees feel welcome, respected, and empowered to perform at their best. We invite you to learn more about D&I at PartnerRe.
Thank you,
PartnerRe Hiring Team
Seniority level
* Director
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Finance
Industries
* Insurance
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