Senior Financial Controller (m/f/d)

137751 | 80 - 100% | Oerlikon, Zürich | Hybrid

Would you like to actively help shape the financial management of our insurance business through sound financial analyses and innovative controlling solutions? Does it excite you to understand complex cost drivers, create meaningful decision-making bases, and continuously develop financial processes through digitalization and automation?

As a Senior Financial Controller, you will strengthen our Finance team at Zurich Schweiz and take on a central role in the cost controlling of our insurance and pension solutions. You will analyze cost development, be responsible for planning and forecasting processes, and support our reporting teams and product managers as a competent Finance Business Partner. With your analytical eye and your initiative, you will create transparency, identify optimization potential, and make an important contribution to the efficient financial management of our business.

What awaits you

• You analyze and comment on the monthly and quarterly cost development of our insurance and pension products and prepare the results in a target-group-oriented manner.
• You are responsible for budgeting, medium-term financial planning, and the regular forecasting of segment and product costs, analyze deviations, and derive concrete recommendations for action.
• You act as a Finance Business Partner for reporting teams and product managers, question cost drivers, and support sound financial decisions.
• You further develop meaningful reports, dashboards, and data-based analyses and drive the standardization and automation of our controlling processes.
• You actively participate in cross-departmental projects and initiatives and contribute innovative ideas to improve our financial systems, data quality, and cost control.

What distinguishes you

• University or Fachhochschule degree in Business Administration, Finance, Controlling, or a comparable field; further qualifications are an advantage
• Several years of professional experience in Financial Controlling, Financial Planning & Analysis, or cost management, ideally in the insurance or financial services environment
• Strong analytical skills, understanding of complex financial relationships, and the ability to translate numbers into understandable, decision-oriented recommendations
• Very good Excel skills, ideally experience with SAP, Power BI, Anaplan, or comparable reporting and planning solutions, as well as interest in automation and digital technologies
• Initiative, a structured and solution-oriented way of working, as well as strong communication skills in German and English

Good to know

Work location: Oerlikon, Zürich

Other possible work locations: None

Start date: from 01.01.2026 or by arrangement

Travel activity: None

Hybrid working: up to 40%

Everything regarding your application

In a first step, you can apply directly to us online - for this, you only need your CV. Further information on the application process can be found here.

We value an efficient and appreciative application process. The Talent Acquisition Team reviews your application personally, without the use of artificial intelligence. From your first personal meeting with the responsible manager, you will always receive individual feedback from us. Because we are convinced: meaningful feedback is based on personal exchange.

We do not work with recruitment agencies for this position. Unsolicited applications will neither be considered nor remunerated.

Do you have any questions? Bernd, Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant, is happy to assist you at +41 44 628 42 14.