Functional Enablement Manager (m/f/d)

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 Functional Enablement Manager is the Global Owner of Functional Enablement at Allianz Services. The role is accountable for Internal Audit processes, methodology, tools, data analytics, and AI enablement across Allianz Services. The position drives the continuous evolution of audit practices, supports the Global Audit Universe, and promotes innovation through data-driven and AI-enabled audit approaches.

What you do

• Drive the definition, implementation, and continuous improvement of Internal Audit methodologies, processes, standards, templates, and tools across Allianz Services.
• Own and maintain the Audit Universe (AU), supporting risk assessment, audit planning, and annual planning activities.
• Act as the center of competence for audit tools, analytics, and operational reporting, ensuring consistency and efficiency across the function.
• Develop and promote data analytics and AI capabilities to enhance risk identification, control assessment, audit coverage, and audit effectiveness.
• Roll-out and maintain AI-enabled solutions and emerging technologies to improve audit execution, knowledge management, reporting, and quality assurance.
• Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), providing global reporting and meaningful insights to management and stakeholders.
• Support audit teams with advanced analytical techniques, data visualizations, dashboards, and innovative audit methodologies.
• Shape the future of Internal Audit by establishing functional rules, fostering innovation, and driving a culture of continuous improvement and digital transformation.

What you bring

• Strong understanding of Internal Audit Standards, Methodology, Risk Management, and Internal Control frameworks.
• Proven experience in audit transformation, process improvement, or functional enablement within an audit, risk, or control environment.
• Solid knowledge of data analytics concepts, including data extraction, analysis, visualization, data quality assessment, and reporting.
• Familiarity with AI technologies and their practical application in audit, risk management, governance, or business processes.
• Experience with analytical and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or similar technologies is highly beneficial.
• Ability to translate complex analytical insights into practical and actionable recommendations for business and audit stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to influence across a global organization.
• Agile mindset, curiosity, and commitment to continuous learning, innovation, and professional development.
• We highly welcome candidates with a genuine interest and affinity for Information Technology (IT) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), as these attributes are considered valuable assets to our team.

Qualifications & Experience:

• University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Information Systems, Data Analytics, IT, or a comparable field.
• Experience of 3-5 years in internal audit, risk management, controls, audit methodology, audit transformation, or functional enablement.
• Knowledge of data analytics, AI-enabled audit approaches, and digital audit tools.
• Professional audit certifications (CPA, CIA, CISA) and Allianz Group experience are advantageous.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.

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.

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.
We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions.
Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future – for our customers and for the world around us. At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural Internal background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

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