Reinsurance Technical Accountant

Job Description

🚀 About the Team

Join the dynamic Finance team at Wakam, where we’re the driving force behind strategic financial decision-making and operational excellence. Safeguards Wakam’s financial health through strategic fiscal management, budgeting, and financial reporting.

The Finance team plays a crucial role in supporting the company’s growth objectives, from financial planning and analysis to risk management and compliance, we’re committed to driving efficiency and maximizing value across the organization.

🎯 Your Mission

As a Reinsurance Accountant (or Reinsurance Accounting Specialist), your mission is to support the production, control, and accounting integration of reinsurance statements, while contributing to the continuous improvement of processes and tools.

You will be involved in both day-to-day operations (production and booking of statements, follow-up with reinsurers) and closing / optimisation activities (inventory entries, reporting, process improvement).

✏️ Your Responsibilities

1. Production and Control of Reinsurance Statements

• Contribute to maintaining the reference database of reinsurance treaties, ensuring that treaty clauses/wordings are correctly reflected in the administration tools.
• Control and validate calculations in reinsurance statements, ensuring correct application of treaty conditions.
• Ensure proper posting of statements into the accounting system (Sage), including data entry, clearings, and reconciliation of related balance sheet accounts.
• Participate in financial follow-up with reinsurers, working closely with the Cash Manager to guarantee timely settlements and accurate cash flows.
• Contribute to quarterly closing activities: production and justification of inventory entries related to reinsurance.

2. Process Optimisation & Projects

• Help update reinsurer and cash flow mapping, ensuring a clear view of flows and counterparties.
• Contribute to the improvement of reporting and justification of reinsurance-related accounts.
• Participate in projects related to the reinsurance accounting perimeter (tool enhancements, process redesign, data quality initiatives).

In your role, you will interact directly with the Reinsurance Squad, Cash Manager, and the back offices of reinsurance brokers and reinsurers, as well as internal Finance stakeholders.

🧠 What You Bring

• A Master’s degree (Bac+5) with a specialisation in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• At least 5 years of experience either:

  • in an audit / advisory / accounting firm (ideally in an Insurance practice), or
  • within an insurance or reinsurance company, in accounting or reinsurance-related roles.

• Experience in producing and controlling reinsurance statements, ensuring compliance with treaty clauses.

• Ability to maintain and update reinsurance treaty references in management tools.

• Solid skills in accounting integration of reinsurance flows: posting, clearings, and reconciliation of accounts.

• Experience contributing to quarterly closings: production and justification of inventory entries.

• Demonstrated ability to optimise accounting processes, improve reporting, and support reconciliation and justification work.

• Experience participating in projects related to reinsurance accounting and working with multiple stakeholders.

• Strong command of accounting IT tools (general ledger, sub-ledgers, Excel, reporting tools).

• Good understanding of reinsurance mechanisms (proportional / non-proportional, treaties, statements, settlements).

• Full professional proficiency in English; French is a strong asset if not already your native language.

✨ Who You Are

• Rigorous, organised, and detail-oriented, with a strong sense of reliability and control.
• Comfortable working with complex flows and technical topics, while keeping a clear and structured overview.
• Analytical and solution-oriented, able to identify anomalies, propose corrective actions, and contribute to process improvements.
• A strong team player, at ease collaborating with Reinsurance, Cash, and external partners (brokers, reinsurers).
• Proactive and comfortable in a transforming environment where tools and processes evolve (new systems, new treaties, growing perimeter).
• Clear and concise in your written and verbal communication, able to explain technical topics to non-experts.

✨ 🤖 AI & Digital Mindset

At Wakam, AI and automation are transforming how we design, distribute, and manage insurance — and that includes reinsurance accounting. In this role, you will be encouraged to integrate digital and AI tools into your daily work to:

• Streamline workflows around statement production, reconciliations, and closing tasks.
• Automate repetitive or low-value tasks (data extraction, reconciliations, standard checks, documentation support).
• Enrich analysis and decision-making by using data and AI to detect anomalies, analyse trends, and improve reporting quality.

You don’t need to be a technical expert — what matters is your curiosity, adaptability, and willingness to learn. We’ll support your upskilling on AI and digital tools, so you can focus on high-impact accounting, analysis, and coordination work and help build the transparent, high-impact insurance of tomorrow.

🌟 Why Join Wakam?

• Join a leading European insurtech, active in 32 markets, at the heart of its reinsurance and finance engine.
• Take a key role in securing and improving reinsurance accounting processes, with direct impact on financial reliability and cash flows.
• Work closely with Reinsurance, Cash, and external partners, gaining a 360° view of Wakam’s reinsurance strategy and operations.
• Be part of a transforming finance organisation, involved in process optimisation and projects on tools and data.
• Evolve in a mission-driven company committed to transparent, impactful insurance, with a culture of ownership, autonomy, and continuous improvement.

🏆 Hiring Process

Our recruitment process is designed to be clear, structured, and efficient:

1. Screening interview with our Talent Acquisition Partner
2. Interview with our Chief Financial Officer
3. Final interview with our VP People & Communication

More About Us

Check out our website to learn about the 11 cultural markers that make Wakam truly special! If you’re adventurous, impact-driven, and ready to shape the future of insurance, we’d love to meet you!

💫 What Makes Us Unique:

• True remote work flexibility with our Wakam From Anywhere (WFA) program - yes, we even have a teammate working from a sailboat! ⛵

• Flat hierarchical system promoting direct impact and autonomy 🚀

• Monthly Free.day: dedicated time for personal growth and skills development 📚

• Lunch voucher with Swile card

• A meaningful company: we became a Mission-driven company in March 2021

• Work alongside passionate experts:  who will share their knowledge and help you develop and grow in your career.

At Wakam, our “Free to Impact” culture is built on four essential pillars that shape everything we do :

🗣️ Communication & Knowledge Management

• Foster transparent collaboration across our flat organizational structure

• Share knowledge freely in our highly collaborative environment

• Contribute to our collective intelligence through open dialogue

🔍 Curiosity

• Embrace our monthly Free.day for learning and skills sponsorship

• Think big and challenge conventional insurance norms

• Stay eager to learn and explore new possibilities

🔄 Continuous Improvement

• Take initiative to transform the insurance industry

• Turn challenges into opportunities for innovation

• Constantly evolve our ways of working

🎯 Outcome Oriented

• Focus on impact rather than hierarchy

• Drive results through clear objectives and autonomy

• Transform bold ideas into concrete solutions

At Wakam, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to your recruiter.