Senior Financial Systems Analyst

Zurich is seeking a Senior Financial Systems Analyst to join our North American headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois. This role offers a hybrid work environment, providing flexibility to work both in-office and remotely in partnership with your manager to support business and customer needs.

The Senior Financial Systems Analyst serves as a key liaison between Finance, Actuarial, business units, and IT, supporting the implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of core financial systems. This role plays a critical part in driving process improvements, ensuring data integrity, and enabling effective financial reporting and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support the design and implementation of enhancements to financial processes, systems, and reporting
• Ensure strong change management practices to support successful delivery and adoption of system and process changes
• Serve as a primary point of contact for financial systems, bridging Finance, IT, and business stakeholders
• Partner across Finance, Actuarial, and business teams to deliver accurate, timely, and reliable financial outputs
• Lead or contribute to medium-complexity projects and key phases of larger initiatives
• Develop deep knowledge of business processes and accounting principles; act as a subject matter expert for financial systems and data flows
• Support the delivery of timely, high-quality financial insights to inform business decisions
• Identify and implement process improvements using analytics and automation tools (e.g., RPA, Alteryx, Microsoft Power Platform)
• Mentor and support the development of team members

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and 5 or more years of experience in the Finance Operations area

OR

• High School Diploma or Equivalent and 7 or more years of experience in the Finance Operations area

Preferred Qualifications:

• Insurance industry experience
• Strong knowledge of general ledger processes and financial reporting tools
• Experience with SAP, Analysis for Office or other enterprise financial systems
• Project management experience
• Professional certifications (e.g., CPA, MBA, CPCU, CFA, CTP)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience applying emerging technologies, including AI, in finance or systems environments

Your pay at Zurich is based on your role, location, skills, and experience. We follow local laws to ensure fair compensation. You may also be eligible for bonuses and merit increases. If your expectations are above the listed range, we still encourage you to apply-your unique background matters to us. The pay range shown is a national average and may vary by location. The proposed Salary range for this position is $95,900.00 - $157,000.00, with short-term incentive bonus eligibility set at 15%.

We offer competitive pay and comprehensive benefits for employees and their families. [Learn more about Total Rewards here.]

Why Zurich?

At Zurich, we value your ideas and experience. We offer growth, inclusion, and a supportive environment-so you can help shape the future of insurance. Zurich North America is a leader in risk management, with over 150 years of expertise and coverage across 25+ industries, including 90% of the Fortune 500.

Join us for a brighter future-for yourself and our customers.

Zurich in North America does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy or other characteristics protected by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer disability/vets.

Zurich complies with 18 U.S. Code § 1033.

Please note: Zurich does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Preferred vendors should use our Recruiting Agency Portal.

Location(s): AM - Schaumburg

Remote Working: Hybrid

Schedule: Full Time

Employment Sponsorship Offered: No

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Nearest Major Market: Chicago