Claims & Restructuring Specialist Credit & Surety (Hybrid; m/f/x/d; 80-100%)

Do you like to work in a global and dynamic sector with knowledge leaders of your field? Does the world of finance and insurance fascinate you? Are you an experienced and ambitious finance professional looking for the next challenge? We are enlarging our Credit & Surety team by a Claims Specialist, and this could be your opportunity.

About the Role

As a Claims Specialist you are responsible for managing claims and restructuring cases for Credit & Surety: monitoring our watchlist, support restructuring and mitigation of loss, strategy and monitoring of consistency and adequacy in reserving and managing of claims, payment of claims and rejection of unjustified claims, collection and enforcement of recoveries and securities, timely and accurate reporting, including compliance with all best practice claims processes, group guidelines and local regulatory requirements

You are committed to support the development of technical expertise, training, knowledge sharing and lessons learned with respect to claims

You actively engage with customers, beneficiaries and key internal and external stakeholder, including key brokers, loss adjusters, law firms and service providers

You support growth initiatives and deliver on team targets including costs

You research and provide input on claim trends, data regarding claims, loss development, wording issues and any other information requested by other units within Swiss Re

About the Team

The Credit & Surety Claims Team EMEA is part of the Global Claims Unit within Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and responsible for efficiently supervising and managing the entire restructuring and claims management process of the Credit & Surety EMEA portfolio and supporting other regions. Our goals are to provide effective and efficient claims management resulting in the maximization of Swiss Re claims and legal positions and the minimization of the company's overall claim and loss liability while meeting contractual obligations and provide exceptional customer service to external and internal customers. This also includes the monitoring of the performance of an assigned portfolio against expectations, collaboration with other units and development of new and existing products and wordings. We meet clients to review the handling of individual losses as well as to gather client and market specific insights.

About You

• You hold a legal or economical University degree, or you have equivalent work experience
• You have claims and/or restructuring, bank and/or insurance related legal experience and a background in Credit & Surety with exposure to handling restructuring cases and claims and an understanding of reinsurance and insurance contracts and wordings
• You have financial and statistical acumen with understanding of reserving rationale and the resulting impacts
• You are a strategic and solution focused mind with the ability to solve complex problems
• You have experience in establishing positive and productive client relationships. You are a seasoned personality, a strong negotiator and a good listener with excellent presentation skills
• Working in a multi-cultural and cross-functional environment energizes you. Your communication and networking skills allow you to work with ease with colleagues and clients globally
• We are looking for a great teammate with strong interpersonal skills and a positive personality who likes to take initiative, is curious, has a can-do agile mind-set, and enjoys both working independently as well as in a team
• Excellent oral and written English skills; German and/or Spanish language skills advantageous
• Affinity to innovative technologies and data & analytics a big plus.
• Readiness to travel, if required

Are you curious to learn more about what we do, how we do it, and what your role could be? Contact us to find out.

For Germany, the base salary range for this position is between EUR 70,000 and EUR 116,000 (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers: ​

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,​
• the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.​

In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.​

Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.