Swiss Re

Senior Structurer, Transaction Manager

Swiss Re

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Zurich • Switzerland

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Salary

💰 £96,000 - £144,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Drive the creation of innovative, tailor-made reinsurance structures that address complex client needs while optimizing company risk appetite and market positioning
  • Oversee the development of sophisticated Excel-based financial models and deliver high-impact analytics that shape strategic decision-making
  • Provide authoritative assessment of key drivers of financial performance in life insurance portfolios with exceptional precision
  • Independently lead complex deals from origination to treaty signature, orchestrating internal and external partners, managing critical timetables, and developing strategic documentation for approval processes
  • Apply advanced communication and negotiation skills to influence senior stakeholders and drive consensus in challenging environments
  • Direct collaboration with Client Markets, Business Development, and Financial Markets teams to develop market-leading presentations and client solutions
  • Mentor and develop team members, fostering professional growth and building organizational capability
  • Take full responsibility for transaction targets in key EMEA markets by defining strategy, pioneering new solutions, and cultivating high-level external networks

Requirements

  • Qualified actuary or finance professional with 10+ years of experience in transactions, reinsurance, capital management or financial market risk.
  • Excellent ability to interpret actuarial model output with regards to drivers of surplus emerging and other financials drivers of life insurance portfolios.
  • Expert in cash flow modeling.
  • Strong understanding of financial instruments, balance sheet impacts, and capital management concepts (funding, ALM, CoC).
  • Strong knowledge of risk-based capital, Solvency II and IFRS frameworks.
  • Experience in structing complex L&H transactions.
  • Strong transaction management skills.
  • Strong knowledge of some of the core EMEA markets in respect of underlying products, clients, regulatory regimes and transaction activity is a plus.
  • Experience in C-suite dialogue.
  • Advanced negotiation skills with proven ability to influence across functions and geographies.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, with German or French preferred. Additional European languages would be advantageous.
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Hard Skills & Tools
Excel-based financial modelingcash flow modelingfinancial instrumentscapital managementrisk-based capitalSolvency IIIFRS frameworkstransaction managementL&H transactionsactuarial model interpretation
Soft Skills
advanced communication skillsnegotiation skillsinfluencing skillsmentoringteam developmentstrategic documentationcollaborationclient solutions developmentorganizational capability buildingstakeholder management
Certifications
qualified actuaryfinance professional