Controlling Expert

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 Controlling Expert plays a key role for the management of the strategic procurement budget in the procurement area. This role requires a deep understanding of the budget cost drivers, service provisioning and related documentation. The responsibility spans from the planning as well as the monitoring part of the controlling process.

What You Will Do

• Proactively steering the P&L and cost measures
• Planning and continuous monitoring of the Procurement budget (for both cost and revenues) in close alignment
• Maintenance of the relevant documentation of the service provisioning and charging methodology (incl. tax and compliance relevant aspects) in close collaboration with Group Tax and Group Legal
• Improvement and update of current budget management framework
• Act as knowledge owner for the transformation program, defining business requirements and working closely with developers to improve tooling landscape
• Ensure financial reporting and manage the annual budgeting process, working closely with department heads to develop, monitor, and analyze budgets. Provide analysis and recommend corrective actions as needed
• Monthly forecasting of financial figures
• Compare historical results against forecasts, and perform variance analysis to explain differences in performance and make improvements going forward
• Support the cost center controlling and financial processes by tracking the time and costs
• Controlling of service provider contracts and follow up (all necessary tasks incl. contract approval, PR, PO and SIO process in Ariba; Tracking Actual vs. PO/SIO values, setup for external resources)
• Assisting in designing, developing and implementing effective controlling tools and procedures
• Understand business and technical operations, to support with financial analysis and budget requests/approvals
• Preparing financial reports/presentations for the management team

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, information management, business administration or similar
• General knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting, and budgeting processes
• At least 5 years of working experience in data analysis and/or Procurement
• Excellent knowledge of SAP R/3 or SAP4HANA
• Strong IT skills, proficient MS Excel

You have

• Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills; Creative mindset – and the ability to approach a problem creatively
• Strong analytic and conceptional skills, affinity for numbers and attention for detail
• Knowledge of best practices in data analysis
• Proven passion for the data quality discipline; a strong drive for results
• Extremely meticulous in approach to work; outstanding attention to detail
• Talent for quickly learning new tasks
• Good multi-tasking skills
• Good influencing skills, strong character, team player
• Demonstrated focus for customer satisfaction
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• High proficiency in English

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 subscriptions, meal tickets, private pensions plans, life insurance, Allianz Tiriac insurance discounts, and many more.
• Prioritize what truly matters with time off for your birthday, extra days off for each year in Allianz (up to 5), days off for legal holidays that fall on weekends, as well as 24th and 31st of December, plus special allowances to support diverse life events.

We invest in your growth
Benefit from an extensive learning curriculum designed to support your career advancement and meet your professional needs, with access to technical and soft-skills trainings, international certifications (Agile, Lean Six Sigma, Prince, ITIL, IFOA, ACCA, IACCM and more), learning resources from LinkedIn and Allianz platforms, opportunities to advance your languages skills(German, French, English) and elevate with our leadership Program.

We value you and your work
We acknowledge and recognize your work through performance based-rewards to celebrate your achievements, team and individual recognition programs to celebrate your contributions and internal referral bonuses.

Your personal information, including sensitive data, may be shared with Hiring Managers to assess your suitability as a candidate. Only suitable candidates will be contacted, and all applications are confidential. Allianz Group, a trusted global insurance and asset management company, values employee ambitions and challenges, fostering an empowering environment. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming applications from all backgrounds, regardless of ethnicity, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation. Allianz is an equal opportunity employer, encouraging you to bring your whole self to work.

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