This role provides independent assurance to senior management and supports the continuous improvement of the company’s risk and control environment. The Team Leader fosters a collaborative team culture, develops junior staff, and acts as the main point of contact for stakeholders in Zurich and other locations.
Lead the planning, execution, and reporting of control testing activities in line with the annual risk-based testing plan.
Supervise and coach team members, ensuring high-quality and timely delivery of testing assignments.
Review and challenge test results, ensuring robust documentation and clear communication of findings.
Liaise with 1st line process owners and other stakeholders to clarify control design and remediation actions.
Support the Head of Operational Risk Management and Head of Internal Controls in developing and enhancing the control testing methodology.
Prepare and present reports on control testing outcomes to senior management and relevant committees.
Identify process improvements and contribute to the continuous enhancement of the control environment.
Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
Promote a strong risk and control culture within the team and across the organization.
Strong understanding of internal controls, risk management, and audit methodologies.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to lead, motivate, and develop a team.
High level of integrity, independence, and professional scepticism.
Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
Strong organizational and project management abilities.
Proficiency in English; other languages are an advantage.
Education: Completed university degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Technology or a related field. Professional certifications (e.g., CIA, CISA, ACCA) are a plus.
Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience with an audit firm, including experience supervising or leading teams. Experience in insurance, reinsurance, or financial services is highly desirable.
As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.
Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.
As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.
SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.
SCOR, one of the world's largest reinsurers, provides its clients with a diversified and innovative range of solutions to control and manage risk. Using its experience and expertise, “The Art & Science of Risk”, SCOR provides cutting-edge financial solutions, analytics tools and services in all areas related to risk – in Life & Health as well as in P&C.
The reinsurance industry is about combining technical expertise and experience with the developments of science. However many tools we use to conduct our activities (models, databases, pricing tools, reserving tools, and so on), we also need expert judgments and human experience to correctly underwrite. This is what we call the art of underwriting. Reinsurance is a knowledge industry. Expertise is an accumulation variable.
The most advanced tool will never replace the intuition of a seasoned underwriter facing a complex risk. Because at the end of the day, you have to make a decision, to sign, to underwrite. And what we have underwritten, we cannot overwrite - our word is our bond, as is our signature. This dimension of our business, linked to the art of underwriting, is more important than some observers would have people believe.
One way to acquire this art is to share experiences – both good and bad – and to share doubts and questions. Artists always belong to a school, from which they learn their craft.
Like artists, we have to learn, imitate, mimic, and then innovate, in order to find our own style and create our own distinctive work.
