Business Steering Lead

Key responsibilities

In the CTO area, we are seeking a dynamic Business Steering Lead with a finanical background and strong consulting capabilities to join our global team at Allianz Partners. You will report into the Global Head of Productivity and Business Steering.

The role focusses on creating transparency of the status of key strategic and transformative initiatives, to ensure financial company goals are met. You will setup and maintain an initiative tracking and monitioring framework – across geographies, functions and lines of businesses – to measure progress and enable steering of our business towards success:

Through this role you are in charge of the following:

• Build and drive transformation reporting framework: monitor, track prgress and steering of all transformation projects and initiatives, especially linked to our 2030 strategic program Elevate.
• Identify risks and devise mitigation strategies to ensure that our transforamtion journey is both successful and sutainable.
• Conduct through analysis of current business performance, identify key areas / geographies for improvement, propose and develop actionable strategies tailored to different departments and cultural contexts.
• Act as a liason between different funcitons, collaborate with various teams, departments and key senior stakeholders worldwide, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and standards.
• Utilize financial frameworks to track and challenge progress of (strategic) initiatives, adhering to Allianz Partners' quality and compliance requirements.

What you bring 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in finance or business consulting within the insurance sector.
• Proven track record of successfully implementing transformational projects or programs.
• Insurance Industry Knowledge: solid understanding of insurance operations and products, including knowledge of Allianz Partners' offerings and market positioning.
• Project Management: Proficiency in managing fairly complex projects across multiple regions and stakeholders.
• Management Accounting and Data Analysis: Ability to analyze financial metrics, build steering reports and define actionable insights.
• Change Management: Skills in managing organizational change and overcoming cultural resistance.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Strong interpersonal skills to engage effectively with stakeholders using the core values of Allianz.
• Strategic Thinking: Capability to measure success of long-term business strategies and concepts.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate ideas, proposals, and project updates across stakeholders.
• Technology Proficiency: Familiarity with financial reporting tools and software.
• Leadership: Ability to influence cross-functional, multicultural teams towards achieving company target.

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. 

81031 | Strategy | Professional | 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

We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in

We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, 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.