Senior Financial Controller

Allianz Services is proud to serve and be part of Allianz Group, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers. Our global footprint, with more than 7,300 employees located across ten countries and four continents, enables us to unlock value for our partners across the insurance value chain and deliver superior client experience within Allianz Group.
At Allianz Services, we have a strong specialization in core insurance operations, shared services, business analytics, engineering, and management consulting. Our people and our trusted relationships with partners are what matter most. These are rooted in our values of compassion, integrity, and expertise and we strive to continuously evolve, improve, and deliver excellence while contributing successfully to the transformation of Allianz.
Caring actively for the environment, for people, and for our customers is what makes us a great place to work and together we are shaping a better and more caring tomorrow.Allianz Services is a company which belongs to the legal entity, Allianz Technology SE.

 

Job role

The Senior Controller role contributes to forecast, plan and analysis of the financial performance of the company, supports decision making by providing useful and relevant information to senior leadership and the board of directors in driving and managing the business, assuring the strategic objectives of the business through evaluation of business cases.

What you will do

• Oversee and consolidate budget planning, cost controlling (monthly tracking and forecasting) and revenue planning for cross-cutting global services (initially 4 assets)
• Drive common approaches and methods for financial planning and tracking across cross-cutting global services
• Strongly align with all cross-cutting service owners and managers on their planning, budget and cost tracking and support on all related requests
• Responsible for consolidated financial reporting, committee preparations at Allianz Technology and Allianz SE and as well as consolidated OE fee transparency
• Create and maintain an easy-to-use reporting environment
• Serving as main contact for all controlling and financial topics at cross-cutting CPO area
• Support the cross-cutting services’ cost center controlling and financial processes by tracking the time and costs
• Control common service provider contracts across cross-cutting (all necessary tasks incl. PR, PO and SIO process in Ariba; Tracking Actual vs. PO/SIO values

 

What you bring

•    At least 5 years of relevant work experience in Finance and 3-5 years business experience in an international environment
•    Master Degree in Finance 
•    Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Excel-create dashboards, pivot, financial formulas, PowerPoint)
•    Strong knowledge of SAP (SAP CO and FI, SAP BO, SAP BW)
•    Fluent English written and spoken (Additional languages preferred)
•    Knowledge of Ariba and Service Now 
•    Knowledge of AZ Technology financial processes and requirements for planning and reporting 
•    Self-manage multiple priorities, routine work and urgent issues; ability to drive initiatives forward.
•    Independent working, proactive person able to identify the risk and proactively came up with solutions, details oriented mindset, driver of discussions.
•    Clear understanding of key business processes and strategic goals; anticipate the impact of economic and market trends

 

You have

•    Ability to work autonomously, attention to detail, critical thinking, can-do attitude, hands on approach 

•    Strong affinity to digital developments and strategy topics 

•    Excellent command of English, French and/or German/another language is a plus

•    Independent and intrinsically motivated; strong organizational skills with ability to work on own initiative; adaptable.

•    Excellent analytical skills, critical thinking, technical excellence, attention to detail, pragmatic.

•    Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, particularly in communicating complex and interdependent topics; fluency in written and spoken English.

•    Strong networker, excellent inter-personal and communication skills; collaborative leadership.

•    Strong judgement, investigation skills and quantitative and analytical skills.

We support your well-being

 

We foster an inclusive and healthy workplace with a flexible hybrid working model:

· Experience access to counseling services, mental health resources, and well-being sessions designed to keep you feeling your best

· Enjoy a monthly budget via the Benefit platform, for personalized benefits packages, including comprehensive medical subscripti