Factory Squad Specialist

Job Level:  Professional
Location: 

Lisboa, PT, 1700-073

Area of Expertise:  Finance & Accounting
Unit:  Allianz Partners
Employing Entity:  AP Solutions GmbH Branch in Portugal.
Job Type:  Full-Time
Remote Job:  Hybrid working
Employment Type:  Permanent
ID:  102142
Position Cluster:  Non-Executive

At Allianz Partners, we dare to challenge, innovate, and continuously improve. As a global leader in insurance and assistance services, we empower our people to grow, collaborate, and make a real impact.

 

We are looking for a Finance Squad Specialist to join our Finance Factory organization. In this dynamic role, you will support business continuity across finance teams, gain exposure to diverse finance functions, and drive meaningful process improvements in an international and fast-paced environment. If you are adaptable, curious, and passionate about operational excellence, this opportunity is for you.

 

What You Do

 

As a Finance Squad Specialist, you will work on mission-based assignments across different Finance Factory teams, ensuring operational continuity and delivering lasting value through process optimization initiatives.

 

Ensure Business Continuity

  • Take ownership of key finance activities during employee absences and critical business periods.
  • Ensure the timely execution of essential finance processes such as invoicing, reconciliations, reporting, and month-end closing activities.
  • Maintain high levels of accuracy, compliance, and service quality across all assigned responsibilities.

 

Drive Process Improvement

  • Analyze existing processes and identify inefficiencies, risks, and improvement opportunities.
  • Document workflows and create practical guides to support knowledge transfer and operational consistency.
  • Design, test, and implement improvements focused on automation, standardization, and error reduction.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance Finance

 

Factory performance.

  • Collaborate Across Teams
  • Build trusted relationships with local and international finance teams.
  • Quickly adapt to new environments, stakeholders, and business contexts.
  • Clearly communicate findings, recommendations, and improvement opportunities.
  • Facilitate effective handovers and knowledge transfer to ensure a seamless transition when employees return to their roles.
  • Partner with stakeholders to support transformation and operational excellence initiatives.

 

What You'll Bring


Experience & Qualifications

  • 3-4 years of experience in Finance, Audit, Consulting, or a similar analytical environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

 

Technical Skills

  • Experience working with SAP.
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
  • Advanced Excel skills.
  • Exposure to automation tools and/or Python is considered a strong advantage.
  • AI READINESS Work effectively in an environment shaped by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, data analytics and cloud-based tools, using insights responsibly with our standards of data governance, security and ethical use. 

 

Mindset & Behaviours

  • Growth mindset with a genuine passion for learning and developing new capabilities.
  • Curious, proactive, and continuously looking for ways to improve processes and ways of working.
  • Entrepreneurial approach: you challenge the status quo, test ideas, and implement solutions.
  • Ability to adapt quickly to new roles, responsibilities, and team environments.
  • Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.

 

Communication & Collaboration

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at different levels.
  • Strong team player who can quickly build trust and credibility.
  • Diplomatic and solution-oriented approach when managing change and improvement initiatives.

 

Languages

  • Fluent English.
  • Other European language will be consider a plus. 

 

How we hire 


Allianz Partners does not accept unsolicited CV’s or approaches from agencies. We only work with partners on our approved supplier list, under contract. Any unsolicited submission will not be considered.

 

What we offer 

 

Our employees play an integral part in our success as a business. We appreciate that each of our employees is unique and has unique needs and 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 a 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. 

 

102142 | Finance & Accounting | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Partners | Full-Time | Permanent

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. 

 

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.