Deal Manager - Lead Transaction Accountant (Alternative Risk Transfer)

Take Ownership of Complex Specialist Portfolios in Commercial Insurance

Join one of the world's leading commercial insurance organizations to manage a complex, specialist portfolio within the Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) Line of Business. In this full-time, hybrid role based in Wallisellen near Zurich, you will provide innovative solutions as an alternative to, or enhancement of, conventional insurance. You will take end-to-end ownership of bound transactions, ensuring accurate policy administration and systems entry while coordinating with key internal functions including Underwriting, Claims, and Finance. Reporting to the Global Head of Deal Services, you will contribute to portfolio-level oversight and proactively drive improvements in underlying processes to enhance team effectiveness and efficiency.

What You'll Do

• Take ownership of a portfolio of bound ART transactions, including the onboarding of new transactions and monitoring of associated processes and evolving needs
• Work closely with underwriters on deal management, coordinating all relevant transactional activity across the deal lifecycle
• Coordinate with Finance colleagues on booking activity and support cash management and tracking activities across functions
• Collaborate with Claims colleagues on overall deal management, ensuring seamless cross-functional alignment
• Communicate proactively and respond in a timely manner to brokers and clients; support Credit Control as required
• Perform Know Your Customer (KYC) checks for new transactional counterparties and control complete and accurate binding activities
• Execute administrative tasks related to policy and other documentation; ensure accurate representation of policies in relevant systems for tracking and booking purposes
• Prepare quarterly controls for your assigned portfolio, covering all transactional aspects; proactively review and resolve outstanding items within quarterly cycles
• Contribute to portfolio-level monitoring and oversight beyond your direct portfolio, supporting the broader Deal Services team
• Independently support assigned projects, contributing to process improvement initiatives that enhance team efficiency and effectiveness
• Provide coaching, guidance, and day-to-day support to more junior team members, sharing knowledge and best practices to strengthen overall team capability

What You'll Bring

• 5-7 years of experience in insurance operations, operational underwriting, or insurance accounting/finance
• A background in Finance/Accounting is essential, including a solid understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, and booking processes as they apply to insurance transactions
• Knowledge of insurance business, including operational underwriting and finance fundamentals
• Experience working with underwriting support tools, document management systems, tracking and reporting tools, and system entry recording
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office tools; high affinity for digital topics and advanced uses of technology in insurance operations and deal services
• Data protection knowledge, particularly in relation to information acquisition and transfer in an insurance context
• Knowledge of applicable laws and jurisdictions relevant to insurance operations
• Strong problem-solving skills; reliability and creativity when analyzing relevant information and managing complex, multi-stakeholder tasks
• Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship management skills - able to engage effectively with internal stakeholders and external counterparties including brokers and clients
• Conscientious, flexible, and resilient; capable of managing conflict and working effectively in a team-oriented, service-focused environment
• Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field
• Familiarity with AI-powered tools or data analytics platforms to support portfolio tracking, reporting, and operational workflows is a plus

What's in it for you?

We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We offer a hybrid working model, which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working. Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.

We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.

From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.

From our support for flexible working, health and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. We've got your back.

With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry and our clients.

About the Organization

Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family-owned and medium-enterprises. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions. Our clients trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling. Allianz Commercial helps customers to prepare for what's ahead.

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matters, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust. We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.