Ref. 6669

Manager Finance & HR

Our client is part of a network of leading insurance companies in Europe. As a think tank and driver of innovation, it addresses all core processes and key value drivers in the insurance industry. This includes fascinating topics such as digital transformation, data-driven business models, AI and sustainability, to name but a few. The think tank is made up of stakeholder delegates and a permanent core team.As part of a succession plan, we have an opportunity to fill the position of Head of Finance, Controlling & HR.

How you can benefit from talking to us:

  • Salary comparison, current salary to market salary
  • Understanding your career options
  • Identification of development and promotion potential
  • 65% of candidates will be making a career move within the next 12 to 24 months

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Why is this position interesting for you?

Positioning

  • Your benefit: Gain insight into the top players in the insurance industry. An established organisation in its field, our client still ticks like a start-up in many ways.

 

Writing a new chapter

  • Your benefit: Development and expansion of management reporting, establishment of MIS data for the board & C-level.

 

Establish Finance & HR as business enabler

  • Your benefit: Develop your department into a proactive business enabler, contributing strategically to the business.

 

Modern leadership culture

  • Your benefit: Responsibility, expertise and tasks are aligned, you decide and implement.

 

Fun & succsess

  • Your benefit: Innovation and great ideas thrive in a fun and relaxed environment. You work with the best and become part of the success story.

Tasks

  • Responsibility for the finance, accounting and HR functions of the business
  • Preparation and analysis of financial reports, budgets and forecasts, including reporting
  • Preparation of financial statements, VAT returns and tax documentation, including payroll
  • Oversee cash flow and liquidity planning
  • Ensuring compliance with tax and regulatory requirements
  • Legal: Serving as the primary internal point of contact for legal matters within the Alliance as well as external legal matters, working closely with internal and external counsel
  • Board & company secretary: Planning and organising board meetings
  • Demand management for ERP and BI

 

Role, function

  • Reporting directly to the CEO
  • Your team makes a significant contribution to the positive development of the business by providing sound decision support in an operational business context
  • One colleague will work in your team

 

What you can expect?

  • A respectful, straightforward, open and transparent leadership culture
  • A stable, decades-old, established and solid business
  • State-of-the-art office infrastructure in the heart of Zurich, with "work remote" as an established model

 

Conditions

  • A dynamic, technology-driven, international environment combined with Swiss values
  • Salary commensurate with high expectations

 

What set you apart?

  • You have a personality that convinces with deep expertise and you can laugh at yourself from time to time
  • In addition to expertise in finance, controlling and HR, you have a passion for data and analytics (university degree, FH, federal diploma or equivalent)
  • As a leader, respect and trust combined with a down-to-earth, hands-on mentality define your style
  • You find optimisation and digitalisation exciting and see them as opportunities
  • You have experience in contract review

 

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  • Pascal Hänggi is personally responsible for this mandate - get in touch with us. We look forward to meeting you!

Application & Contact

Erik Wirz
Erik Wirz
Managing Partner
wirz phone +41 44 515 02 60 wirz email erik.wirz@w-gruppe.com

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Recruitment Process

In an initial conversation, we will give you a detailed insight into the role, the company, the culture and your development opportunities.

After an initial conversation with the partner (headhunter), you will receive further information about the role and our client's expectations. If you are interested, please send us your documents. Wirz & Partners will draw up a longlist which will be discussed with the client. From this longlist, 4-6 candidates are selected for the shortlist.

 

Time until feedback: 2-3 weeks

If you make it to the shortlist, you will move on to the next round. During the interview with Wirz & Partners, we will get to know you professionally and personally. You will receive additional information about the client, the offering, the services, the team and the KPIs. Based on all interviews and documents, we prepare a complete dossier on you for the client, including an executive summary. These documents form the basis of the structured interview process with the client. We prepare you for the interview.

 

Duration until the interview with the client: Up to 2 weeks

The first meeting with the client is about getting to know each other on an equal footing, getting to know the people and the culture. This takes place in person at the client's location and usually lasts around an hour.

The second interview focuses on professional competencies and leadership issues. You will get to know the team, the strategy and the operational goals.

You will then receive a salary proposal and an overview of the overall offer.

 

Duration until feedback: 1-2 weeks

A de-briefing with you and the client takes place after the final meeting.

We help you negotiate the contract and clarify further details. The contract is drafted and we support the onboarding process with the client.

 

Duration until feedback: Up to 1 week

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