Planning 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. 

Job Role

As part of the Planning, Pricing and Controlling Team, The Planning Expert will offer support on planning and forecasting for Allianz Services.

What you will do

• Support the coordination and quality assurance of planning and forecasting processes and tools;
• 1st level support for end users of planning & forecasting users and power users;
• Validation of planning and forecasting data, perform consistency checks in data model;
• Regular progress tracking of Planning and Forecasting process;
• Documentation of process and tools (user guide and “handbook”) to perform 1st level support and create knowledge base for team members;
• Maintenance and user management of AZ Tech planning and forecasting tool;
• Consolidation and quality assurance of bottom-up plans and forecast, delivered by pillars and locations;
• Coach user/ power user on best means to fulfil planning and forecasting tasks;
• Review user/ power user tickets and perform 1st level investigation / route further in organization;
• Monitor completion of planning steps and validate quality / YoY deltas in strong collaboration with Functional Controlling Team.

What you bring

• Professional experience in Finance/ Controlling area (>3 year);
• University degree in Finance, Business, Management or comparable;
• Profound skills in MS Office, especially Excel and Power BI/Query;
• Solid knowledge of controlling tools (SAP CO/OM, CO-PA, SAP BW/BO, SAP Analytic Cloud is beneficial);
• Fluent in written and spoken English. German language skills would be a plus;
• Planning process understanding beneficial;
• 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.

You have

• Proactive, structured, result- and team-oriented working style;
• Mental agility, engagement and performance orientation;
• High Analytical skills to identify inconsistencies in data / quality issues;
• Technical affinity towards Tool landscape and underlying data model;
• High quality standards in daily work and follow-up routine on open topics;
• Ability to work resilient with high quality and focus within peak times of planning period;
• Good communications skills;
• Customer oriented attitude.

What we offer

We support your well-being

• Access dedicated counseling services, mental health resources, and well-being sessions designed to keep you feeling your best.
• Enjoy a personalized benefits package through a monthly budget on the Benefit platform, covering medical subscriptions, meal tickets, private pension plans, life insurance, Allianz Tiriac exclusive insurance discounts, and many more.
• Prioritize what truly matters with time off on your birthday, additional vacation days for each year with Allianz (up to five extra days), Paid leave on December 24th and 31st, plus the flexibility to swap weekend holidays for extra days off, and special allowances for significant life events.

We invest in your growth

Take advantage of an extensive learning curriculum tailored to support your career growth and meet your professional needs, with access to a wide range of technical and soft skills trainings, international certifications (including Agile, Lean Six Sigma, PRINCE2, ITIL, IFOA, ACCA, IACCM, and more), learning resources from LinkedIn and Allianz platforms, language development opportunities (German, French, English), and our dedicated Leadership Program to help you reach the next level.

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 evaluate your suitability for the role. Only candidates who meet the criteria will be contacted, and all applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.

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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