IT Economics Manager (m/f/d)

79956 | Finance & Accounting | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent

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

Responsible for supporting IT budget planning and reporting processes using SAP IP, ensuring data quality, tool performance, and continuous process improvement. The role includes collaboration with internal stakeholders to analyze IT spend and contribute to financial steering and decision-making.

What you do

• Support the execution of the Group IT spend management process via SAP IP.
• Coordinate run and change activities related to SAP IP, ensuring proper alignment with AZ Tech development processes.
• Contribute to the evaluation and implementation of new target solutions for the SAP IP application.
• Deliver comprehensive analysis of IT Spend and Cost data extracted from SAP IP.
• Monitor and track Group IT spend, identifying and analysing critical topics (e.g., financials, timeline, scope), and recommending appropriate measures to support issue resolution.
• Facilitate collaboration between Operating Entities (or regions), Allianz SE, and AZ Technology.
• Drive continuous improvement of Group IT spend management processes (e.g., definitions, data provisioning, quality reviews).
• Prepare and deliver training and information materials to support SAP IP usage across entitie

What you bring

• Exceptional academic background in IT, Economics or Business Administration (diploma or master’s degree)
• Excellent knowledge of SAP solutions
• Theoretical as well as practical experience in one of the main project management frameworks ideally with a certification (e.g. PMI, PRINCE2, and/or SAFe)
• Excellent MS-Office skills in particular MS Excel and MS Power Point
  Excellent Experience with SAP Integrated Planning as well as ServiceNow
• VBA and PowerBI skills a plus
• Very good German and English skills (written and spoken), additional languages a plus
• More than 10-years work experience in Operations and IT in the financial industry or consulting
  Good understanding of the insurance industry and experience in international project management (waterfall as well as agile set-up) within large and complex IT projects (system implementation/ integration programs, IT transformation)
• Good understanding of Operations and IT and their interrelation with business
• Excellent understanding of financial and operational steering, benefits reporting and their impacts
• Excellent knowledge regarding IT planning/reporting applications as SAP or Wave
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate financial topics for a non-finance audience
• Highly self-driven and proactive mindset
• Business maturity and ability to interact effectively senior stakeholders
• Strong sense of cooperation and ability to work toward team success
• Willingness to continuously learn and curiosity
• Willingness to challenge oneself and counterparties to strive for continuous improvement

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

About Allianz Technology

Allianz Technology is the global IT service provider for Allianz and delivers IT solutions that drive the digitalization of the Group. With more than 12,000 employees located in 51 countries around the globe, Allianz Technology works together with other Allianz entities in pioneering the digitalization of the financial services industry.

We oversee the full digitalization spectrum – from one of the industry’s largest IT infrastructure projects that includes data centers, networking and security, to application platforms that span from workplace services to digital interaction. In short, we deliver full-scale, end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age.

D&I statement

Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the working environment. We are interested in your strengths and experience. We welcome all applications from all people regardless of gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity and cultural background, age, nationality, religion, disability, or philosophy of life.

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