Finance Operations & Reporting Specialist M/F

The Finance Operations & Reporting Specialist’s duties encompass various responsibilities, including financial reporting and analysis, process optimization, and plays a central project management role within the Italian branch, acting as the Finance representative in cross-functional and group-wide initiatives. He/she is expected to drive, coordinate and deliver projects that support the branch's strategic and operational objectives. He/she prepares comprehensive financial dashboards and reports for internal and regulatory stakeholders, control data quality and analytics, and supports business operations through detailed financial analysis. Collaborating with IT project teams and supporting new product launches are also part of his/her responsibilities. Furthermore, he/she contributes to continuous process improvement and provides analytical support across the organisation.

Project Management

• Leads and coordinates Finance workstreams within central and local development projects, ensuring deliverables are met on time and within scope.
• Acts as a Finance representative in new product launch projects, proactively anticipating financial requirements and ensuring readiness of reporting and control frameworks ahead of go-live.
• Manages project timelines and stakeholder communication between the Italian branch and HQ central project teams, ensuring alignment on priorities and dependencies.
• Drives the end-to-end delivery of process improvement initiatives, from identification of inefficiencies through to implementation and post-deployment monitoring.
• Coordinates cross-functional project contributions involving IT/Data teams, Administration, Accounting, and Business Operations to ensure coherent and integrated outcomes.
• Participates in projects related to Italian branch activities, contributing Finance expertise and ensuring regulatory and fiscal constraints are embedded from the outset.

Reporting and Financial Analysis

• Prepares monitoring dashboards for products and business lines (premiums, results) and financial performance metrics
• Produces ad-hoc reporting for management and group stakeholders
• Prepares comparative analysis with other branches (Benchmark)
• Prepares Italian transfer pricing documentation according to Revenue Agency guidelines
• Supports HQ teams in producing insurance Technical Accounts
• Prepares data for ISVAP/IVASS regulatory reporting
• Collects reporting requests from internal stakeholders
• Prepares annual reporting to authorities (Tax reports, etc.)
• Prepares data for internal reporting requirements
• Collects and prepares regulatory reporting requests (Revenue Agency, etc.)
• Communicates with relevant departments on reporting matters

Support to Business Operations

• Assists in analyzing premium collection schemes with commercial partners
• Supports analysis of financial contractual clauses in business agreements
• Assists Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) and call centers in premium collection telemarketing processes