Associate Director, Investment Accounting & Reporting

Zurich; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Zurich North America seeks an Investment Accounting & Reporting Associate Director to lead the investment subledger, close cycles and analyses in Parsippany, NJ. The role blends deep technical accounting with automation and cross-functional leadership.

You will apply IFRS/US GAAP/NAIC, oversee reporting, and mentor associates while driving digitalization with Power BI, Python and AI tools. Hybrid work, strong compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Investment Accounting or Finance with 5 or more years of experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge and practical application of US GAAP, US Statutory & US Tax accounting principles.

Responsibilities

• Own the investment subledger; leading and overseeing subledger activities, applying deep expertise in security accounting, valuation and posting logic, and keeping system processes accurately configured and running
• Deliver a smooth close, every cycle; executing and reviewing monthly close and reporting, including monthly and quarterly investment reports for internal stakeholders, auditors and business partners
• Be the escalation point; taking on complex issues, performing advanced review, getting to the true root cause and driving corrective action through to the end
• Bring senior technical judgement; to perform the monthly hard-close cycle, making sure investment accounting results land on time and to a high standard
• Put your technical depth to work; applying IFRS, US Statutory (NAIC), US GAAP and US Tax knowledge to analyze instrument behavior, validate results, share insights and resolve audit or reporting queries
• Prepare and review NAIC statutory investment schedules; keeping reporting accurate and compliant as NAIC requirements evolve
• Ensure proper tax inputs ; preparing, reviewing and validating US Tax reporting data, tax basis calculations and tax schedules in line with IRS rules
• Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives; that strengthen reporting quality, sharpen internal controls and make the end-to-end process genuinely more effective
• Drive digitalization and automation; with tools such as Power BI, Power Automate, Python and AI agents to lift data accuracy, timeliness and productivity
• Strengthening the foundations; developing and maintaining internal controls and quality assurance across all investment accounting and reporting activities
• Grow the people around you; coaching Associates, building their analytical capability and making sure accounting policies and control standards are applied consistently across the team

Skills

US GAAP knowledge

IFRS knowledge

Analytical thinking

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Investment Accounting or Finance

High School Diploma with 7-10+ years experience

Tools

Power BI

Power Automate

Python

Job description

Zurich North America seeks an Investment Accounting & Reporting Associate Director to lead the investment subledger, close cycles and analyses in Parsippany, NJ. The role blends deep technical accounting with automation and cross-functional leadership.

You will apply IFRS/US GAAP/NAIC, oversee reporting, and mentor associates while driving digitalization with Power BI, Python and AI tools. Hybrid work, strong compensation and benefits.