Head of Finance

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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.

Job role
Responsible for P&L, balance sheet and all Finance and Controlling related areas for Romania. This includes ensuring the overall profitability, financial planning and target setting, management of financial risks, management reporting, accountable for ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations for financial closing (process) and is responsible for the financial safeguarding of Allianz Technology 's assets.

Leads the Finance and Controlling team, legal, compliance and risk function; act as a Business Partner in all finance matters by developing and executing the finance and pricing strategy for Romania, in support of the overall business priorities in line with the global finance procedures.

What You Will Do

• Drive the day-to-day financial operations within Allianz Technology Romania, such as Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Billing, Pricing and Controlling.
• Responsible for Accounting (statutory, IFRS), Tax (VAT, CIT, withholding tax) and treasury. Root cause analysis of revenue, operating costs and EBIT variances to plan and projections.
• Responsible for reporting to local authorities and to Headquarter.
• Providers' relationship management for services pertaining to tax preparation, auditing, banking, investments, and other financial needs as necessary. Representation of the entity in front of external stakeholder (e.g. auditors, authorities).
• Lead the Planning Dialogue (process) and contribute to Strategic Dialogue.
• Manage profitability of Allianz Technology Romania by taking relevant means; together with Operation and Transformation function ensure internal productivity gains are being realized and provide insightful information and expectations to senior managers to aid in long-term and short-term decision making Implement framework for price calculations for global products and services (e.g. rate cards) and take accountability for compliance with AZ Group rules and external regulations.
• Set framework and standards for Allianz Technology Romania internal charges (e.g. internal overhead allocation), drive best practice sharing, efficiency increases, standards setting and harmonization.
• Provide leadership and manage the Finance and Controlling team in Romania + safeguarding.

What You Bring

• Highly motivated team player
• Demonstrated ambition, motivation, and a collaborative approach to teamwork.
• Strong attention to details
• Strong ability at interpersonal and communication skills

You have

• Master in finance or economics
• MBA, CFA or CPA highly desirable
• 10+ years' in the finance industry and leadership experience
• Solid knowledge of local statutory requirements, Transfer Pricing rules and International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS")
• Ability to engage with staff at all levels of the organization and exercise sound judgement
• Business English fluently

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 is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.

We at Allianz believe in a strong inclusive culture that encourages people to speak their minds, get involved and question the status quo. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love, or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

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