Compliance Expert

Job Level: Professional

Location:

Lisboa, PT, 1700-073

Area of Expertise: Legal & Compliance

Unit: Allianz Partners

Employing Entity: AP Solutions GmbH Branch in Portugal.

Job Type: Full-Time

Remote Job: Hybrid working

Employment Type: Permanent

ID: 96041

Position Cluster: Non-Executive

Allianz Partners is strengthening its Compliance capability at a critical point of growth and regulatory change. This role has been created to support the core Compliance Function in performing Compliance Quality Assurance activities in line with internal and external requirements across all entities.

This is a delivery-focused Compliance role. The emphasis is on contributing to a variety of Compliance Governance and Compliance Quality Assurance related tasks including some or all of the following: monitor the adequacy and effectiveness of business functions’ processes for performing steering and/or governance tasks, analyze operational incidents to identify potential Compliance Risks and to prevent non-adherence to External Requirements and/or Internal Corporate Rules, perform Risk Assessment procedures, prepare Compliance Reporting, discover innovative ways to improve the Compliance Management System.

You will work closely with international managers across several lines of business and jurisdictions, and will be expected to deliver stakeholder-customized communication, and drive tangible outcomes.

Reporting functionally to the Allianz Partners Compliance Governance Manager, you will be part of a virtual international team - taking into consideration local regulations, Allianz Partners’ internal rules and Allianz Group requirements.

Your main responsibilities are:

Identify risks and emerging trends, and follow-up on mitigation actions in line with Allianz Partners Compliance programs.
Support compliance‑related processes and quality assurance activities.
Engage with first line of defense representatives and sister functions’ colleagues as required, communicating compliance requirements in a clear, credible and pragmatic manner.
Analyze both structured and unstructured data to identify patterns and trends
Identify potential risks from business data and operational incident
Draft and maintain a dashboard to regularly analyze KPIs and KRIs
Design, document and visualize Compliance Quality Assurance related processes.
Proficiency in leveraging AI tools like ChatGPT and technologies to enhance productivity and drive innovative solutions in daily tasks is essential for this role.

What you bring

At least 3 years of experience in Compliance processes, Data analysis and dashboard reporting, Process management, Regulatory/ Legal environment.
Prior experience of leading quality and compliance projects in Regulatory Compliance will be added advantage.
Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Process design and mapping and/or OPEX certified (or equal qualification).
Excellence in MS Office, PowerBI, MS Forms, Visio, SharePoint lists
Client service mentality and problem-solution mindset, comfortable in interactions with various seniority levels.
High attention to detail, prioritizing tasks, focus on quality and deadlines. Ability to undertake initiative and deliver quality results often with competing deadlines.
Experience working in international, matrixed environments and collaborating across geographies.
A relevant university degree (e.g. Law, Finance, Economics or similar) and/or equivalent professional experience; compliance certification (e.g. ICA) is an advantage.
Fluent written and spoken English.

Key benefits/What we offer

Our employees play an integral part in our success as a business. We appreciate that each of our employees are unique and have unique needs, ambitions and we enjoy being a part of their journey.

We are there to empower and encourage you with your personal and professional development ensuring that you take control by offering a large variety of courses and targeted development programs. All that in a global environment where international mobility and career progression are encouraged. Caring for your health and wellbeing is key priority for us. This is why we build Work Well programs to providing you with peace of mind and give the flexibility in planning and arranging for a better work-life balance.

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.

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. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.

Note: Having different strengths, experiences, perspectives and approaches is an integral part of Allianz‘ company culture. One means to achieve this is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.