Governance & Controlling Investment Assurance Associate

What are we looking for?

We are looking for an Investment Governance and Controlling Associate to join in our headquarters office based in Barcelona. Your main goal will be supporting assurance, business and administrative local activities with specific investment expertise, so that local entities effectively mitigate risks in areas of investment assurance: compliance with policies, operational risk, control frameworks, assessments and reviews 

Your day to day will be the following:

• Supporting monitoring of team, department or country compliance with internal policies and with external regulations
• Maintaining governance documentation (e.g. charters, policies, etc.)
• Supporting audit coordination by acting as interface between auditors and business in consultation with their manager
• Supporting other assessments and reviews including coordination across assurance functions
• Monitoring actions and facilitates progress reporting
• Following up on relevant actions in consultation with assurance subject matter experts
• Preparing relevant topical presentations and awareness / training / communication sessions)
• Supporting implementation of procedures to ensure compliance to published policies, procedures and controls
• Monitoring published regulation, policies, procedures and controls to support policy analysis and implementation
• Maintaining and oversees internal control frameworks to maintain organizational standards in financial reporting and operational key controls, etc
• Supporting generation of management oversight reports in order to communicate assurance topics to management

What do we need?

• Bachelors degree (or equivalent) and 3 or more years of experience in related field 
• Masters degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration, Law, Risk Management or 3 or more years of experience in related field
• Fluent in English.
• Experience in Bloomberg AIM tool.
• Chartered Financial Analyst or equivalent
• Experienced in collaborative projects and communication with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize, manage deliverables independently, multitasking.
• Welcomed some audit, compliance or risk management experience.

For being from Zurich

At Zurich we want to take care of you and these are some of your benefits:

• Option to work remotely within Spain even up to 80% - you choose
• Flexible working hours
• Wide range of internal and external trainings
• Ticket restaurant
• Life Insurance
• Pension Plan - after 1 year in the company
• Referral bonus if you bring other talented people like you
• Special banking and insurance conditions
• Exclusive Employees discounts

About us

Our nearly 55,000 employees in more than 215 countries and territories are the foundation of our success. They are the ones who enable companies and communities to confront a world of risk with confidence. Imagine if you could help people do this all over the world. You would give them confidence and peace of mind by protecting what they love the most. It is a great challenge, but you will have the support of a great international team that is ready to help you so that you can reach your full potential and thus fulfill our promises.

We have already started and we are changing the way of making insurance. For this we need talented people, the desire to learn and passion! Will you join us?

"Zurich, 15 consecutive years as Top Employer"

Zurich Insurance has the policy to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to attract and retain the best qualified individuals available, without regard to criteria such as race/ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.