Reinsurance Accountant

PartnerRe Ltd.; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

PartnerRe in Dublin is seeking an experienced Reinsurance Accounting professional to manage an assigned facultative and treaty portfolio, verify, process, and analyze accounts.

You will work with cross-functional teams, ensure accuracy of cash statements, and support quarterly closes, with emphasis on SOX controls and collaboration with Claims, Payments & Underwriting Admin. Fluency in English and strong Excel skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business.
• 3–5 years in reinsurance accounting preferred.
• Fluent in English, strong Excel skills.
• Strong analytical and data analysis abilities.
• Excellent communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Identify, verify and process regular accounts, commutation accounts, cash losses, P&L calculations and year-end documents.
• Cedant premium and loss reserve handling, cedant statistic analysis and Letter of Credit & Pledged Securities handling.
• Monitoring and managing cash statements including confirmation letters and active communication with brokers and cedants.
• Close collaboration with Claims, Payments & Collections, Underwriting Administration and other departments.
• Performing periodic SOX and operational controls and assuring correctness of quarterly closing tasks.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Communication skills

English fluency

Data analysis

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Organization

Adaptability

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

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Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their needs, delivering superior returns to our owner, providing rewarding opportunities for our people and making a positive contribution to society. To achieve this, we live by our values of Integrity, Performance, Collaboration, Straightforward Communication and Respect and Care.

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Job Description

Job Summary

Your missionwill be to manage an assigned broker/cedent reinsurance facultative and treaty portfolio, which you will verify, process, monitor and analyse.

This role is based in our PartnerRe Dublin office and will report to the Team Leader of Reinsurance Accounting Non-Life based in Paris.

About the Role

• Identify, verify and process regular accounts, commutation accounts, cash losses, profit & loss calculations as well as year-end related documents against treaty terms and contractual conditions
• Cedant premium and loss reserve handling, cedant statistic analysis and Letter of Credit & Pledged Securities handling
• Monitoring and managing of cash statements including confirmation letters as well as active communication with brokers and cedants
• Close collaboration with the Claims Department, Payments & Collections Department, Underwriting Administration Department and other functional areas
• Performing periodic SOX and operational controls and assuring correctness of quarterly closing tasks as assigned

Work Experience and Qualifications

• Good technical and analytical skills, comfortable with data analysis, problem solving oriented and able to take decisions
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, good knowledge of Word and PowerPoint
• Strong communication and interaction skills
• Fluent in English (verbal and written), other languages are a plus
• Able to work on common goals both independently and as part of a team
• Well-organized, attention to detail is critical, you like change and you like to be challenged, and your openness to new ideas and your can-do attitude are part of your strengths
• 3 to 5 years of working experience in the reinsurance accounting field would be a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline

Additional Information

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