Senior Finance Business Partner

<p><span><span><span><span><span>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.    </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span> </span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>Allianz Services is a company which belongs to the legal entity, Allianz Technology SE.    </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><b><span><span><span>Job role</span></span></span></b></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>The Senior Financial Business Partner plans, forecasts, reports, analyzes and challenges Financial KPIs and their main drivers in close collaboration with the business owners, and coordinates improvement measures. He / she acts as a finance business partner and supports the management in all financial decision topics.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><span><b><span><span><span>What you will do</span></span></span></b></span></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Create and provide financial analyses, reports and dashboards for various stakeholders (ad-hoc, monthly, quarterly, yearly base)</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Monitor actuals vs. plan, analyses deviations and their drivers, recommend measures to ensure plan achievement and tracks ongoing progress of e.g. major project initiatives</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Provide full transparency on Financials by taking care of the monthly revenue and cost accrual process</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Support and challenge business representatives based on financial analysis</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Develop recommendations for financial targets within the strategic and operational planning and forecasting process (long-, mid- and short-term perspective)</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Support and challenging price and rate card calculations together with service owners within annual pricing process, and coordinate with central pricing team according to pricing framework</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Contribute, establish and further develop guidelines, methods, processes and systems </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Strong collaboration with central and local team members</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Drive best practice sharing, efficiency increases, standards setting and process harmonization for controlling topics</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Provide guidance and feedback to more junior team members</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span><span><b><span><span><span>What you bring</span></span></span></b></span></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span><span>University degree in finance, business administration, economics or related area</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Fluent in English; Knowledge in German is a plus</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>min 5 years work experience within Controlling / Financial Steering in an international matrix organization or in comparable Consulting Company</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Experienced in the application of systems that are relevant for Controlling, e.g. SAP FI-CO/BW</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Excellent analytical capabilities and problem-solving attitude as well as moderation and presentation techniques</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Ability to work fully independent and solve complex problems or situations based on multiple sources of information</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Role model character with talent to