SCOR SE Performance Analyst

Expected outcomes and success measures:
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Planning and reporting deliverables are complete, accurate, documented and submitted within agreed deadlines.
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Financial variances and underlying drivers are clearly explained,
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Forecasts and DTA projections are supported by transparent assumptions and a robust audit trail.
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Planning and analysis processes become more efficient, controlled and decision-oriented.
Stakeholders receive timely, concise and credible insights that support management decisions.
Key accountabilities:

• Operating plan, forecast and landing
• Lead the preparation and consolidate the annual operating plan for SCOR SE under IFRS and French GAAP.
• Lead the preparation and consolidate the operating plan and landing for the French tax perimeter, including DTA-related projections.
• Define, document and challenge key assumptions, business drivers and dependencies,
• Monitor delivery against the planning calendar, resolve data-quality issues and provide transparent progress reporting for each iteration.
• Prepare concise management insights to support validation.
• Quarterly and annual financial performance analysis
• Produce quarterly analysis of the SCOR SE income statement and balance sheet under IFRS and French GAAP.
• Explain actual-versus-plan and period-on-period variances, linking financial movements to underlying business, technical, capital and financing drivers.
• Identify emerging trends, risks and opportunities, and escalate where required.
• Prepare clear, auditable commentary and presentation materials

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Contribute performance-related inputs to SCOR SE regulatory narrative reporting, including the RSR and SFCR.

• Valuation
• Perform or coordinate the annual valuation of SCOR SE goodwill, intangible assets and affiliates.

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Maintain supporting documentation, assumptions, controls and audit trails, and coordinate reviews with relevant experts and stakeholder

• Tools, data and process improvement
• Own and continuously improve the entity planning and analysis tool, associated data flows and documentation.
• Strengthen controls, reconciliation, traceability and repeatability of planning and performance-analysis processes.
• Identify and implement opportunities for automation, standardisation and improved management reporting.

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Ensure that process documentation and key controls remain current and usable.

• 5. Stakeholder management and functional leadership
• Act as a key interface with Group Performance, SCOR SE branches CFOs or Financial Controllers, Tax, Accounting and other relevant functions.
• Challenge inputs constructively, align stakeholders on assumptions and deadlines, and escalate issues early with solution options.

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Required experience & competencies

• Professional experience:
• Minimum five years of relevant experience in insurance or reinsurance finance, performance management, financial analysis, controlling or audit.
• Practical knowledge of IFRS and French GAAP in an insurance context is required for the role scope.
• Experience with financial planning, forecasting, variance analysis
• Ability to work with complex financial datasets and convert analysis into recommendations and action plans.
• Behavioural competencies:
• Autonomous, proactive, pragmatic and solution-oriented.
• Ability to work across functions and geographies in a matrix environment
• Rigorous, organised and able to prioritise in a demanding, deadline-driven environment.
• Collaborative, reliable and comfortable working with international stakeholders.
• Technical and digital skills:
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Strong data-management, reconciliation and financial-modelling capabilities.
• Ability to use or rapidly learn the planning, consolidation, reporting and visualisation tools used by SCOR.
• High standards of documentation, control evidence and auditability.

Required Education
Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent relevant experience