Controlling Expert (m/f/d)

105194 | Finance & Accounting | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Services | Full-Time | Permanent

130 years of trust, time to shape what's next. Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers - built on over a century of stability, expertise, and financial strength. Allianz Services is where that legacy meets the future. 8,200+ people. Eight countries. Three continents. We deliver specialized services to clients within Allianz Group, powered by AI, advanced analytics, and a mindset that refuses to stand still. From core insurance operations to engineering and consulting services, we reimagine how insurance works. What truly sets us apart are our people and the trusted partnerships we build, anchored in our values of expertise, integrity, and empowerment. We don't support the business. We shape it.

Role overview

The Controlling Expert is responsible for all financials in his/her respective area and their accuracy, including costs, revenues, and operating profits. He/she plans, reports, forecasts, analyzes and challenges financial KPIs and their main drivers in close collaboration with the business owners, and coordinates improvement measures. The Controlling Expert acts as a finance business partner and supports the management in all financial decision topics.

What you do:

• Ensure completeness and accuracy of all financials, including costs, revenues, and operating profits for the area of responsibility.
• Monitor financial performance against plan and forecast, analyze deviations, and recommend corrective actions to ensure target achievement.
• Create and provide comprehensive financial analyses, reports and dashboards for internal stakeholders on ad-hoc, monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis.
• Oversee monthly billing, revenue accrual, and cost provision processes ensuring financial transparency and compliance with IFRS and relevant accounting principles, and Allianz's internal policies.
• Develop recommendations for financial targets within strategic and operational planning and forecasting processes, considering long-, mid-, and short-term perspectives.
• Collaborate closely with central and local team members and business representatives to drive best practice sharing and standardize guidelines, processes, and systems for efficiency in controlling topics.

What you bring:

• Proven working experience in Finance, Controlling, and/or Accounting – ideally as a Business Controller, with a minimum of 3 years of experience.
• Deep understanding of financial planning, analysis, and performance monitoring.
• Ability to develop and enhance financial guidelines, processes, and systems.
• Proficiency in financial software and tools.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.
• Fluent in English; fluency in German or other local languages is highly desirable.
• We highly welcome candidates with a genuine interest and affinity for Information Technology (IT) andGenerative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), as these attributes are considered valuable assets to our team.

What we offer:

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location)
• From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

Tipo de contrato: FULL_TIME