Compliance Portfolio & Financial Controller (m/f/d) at Allianz SE

Who will you join?

You will be joining Allianz’s esteemed Group Compliance Team, a global leader in financial services with a steadfast commitment to integrity, transparency, and regulatory excellence. This team is instrumental in ensuring Allianz maintains a strong compliance posture, adhering to regulatory standards across multiple jurisdictions while fostering a culture of ethical business practices.

The Strategy and Steering team within Group Compliance plays a crucial role in shaping Allianz’s compliance framework, driving strategic initiatives, and implementing technological solutions that enhance compliance operations. This team collaborates closely with senior leadership, regulatory bodies, and internal stakeholders to ensure that Allianz remains proactive in addressing regulatory changes and industry developments.

As the Compliance Portfolio & Financial Controller, you will be the central controller and automation owner for all costs within Group Compliance. You design and govern automated financial workflows, ensure that expenses booked to cost centers and WBS elements in SAP are accurate, correctly allocated, and compliant with internal governance — and you own the governance framework that ensures automated outputs remain auditable and reliable.

The role covers both run costs – recurring expenses such as personnel, training, IT workplace, team events, and operational costs – and change costs, meaning major projects requiring deeper oversight, business-case tracking, and governance support.

You will also own the end-to-end contract governance process within Compliance, ensuring alignment with Third Party Risk Management and DORA requirements.        

How can you make an impact?

Financial Controlling, Governance & Automation Design

• Design and govern automated cost-monitoring workflows (e.g., Power Automate) for the relevant cost centers and WBS elements
• Own the governance framework that ensures automated outputs are accurate, auditable, and compliant
• Perform final sign-off on automated reports, investigating flagged anomalies
• Oversee recurring run costs such as personnel, training, IT workplace, team events, and other operational expenses
• Support quarterly forecast reporting for run and change costs in SAP
• Own the assumptions and business logic behind automated planning tools
• Provide strategic interpretation and recommendations — connecting financial data to business context, regulatory trends, and leadership priorities
• Prepare the end-to-end Compliance plan across run and change for the twice-yearly planning cycles covering the next three years, including one strategic planning round and one detailed planning round

Reporting Automation Design & Oversight

• Design, build, and maintain automated reporting pipelines (Power BI, Power Automate)
• Define data quality standards and KPIs for automated dashboards
• Own the continuous improvement cycle: identify where automation fails or produces unreliable outputs
• Translate leadership questions into new automated reporting capabilities

Project & Portfolio Governance

• Support adherence to Project Portfolio Management governance and reporting requirements
• Track change-related costs for major projects
• Prepare monthly project reporting with a strong focus on governance, ensuring alignment with CFO and CEO (PPM team) in Germany
• Maintain a holistic view of project business cases across the holding entity and the Technology subsidiary, including cost allocation across global operating entities
• Liaise with the Technology company to validate project costs, allocation logic, and overall business-case development

Compliance Contract Governance

• Own the end-to-end contract governance process within Compliance, ensuring alignment with DORA and Third Party Risk Management requirements
• Manage vendor relationship complexity that requires judgment and escalation
• Clarify pending topics and process blockers to drive contracts forward

Automation Ownership

• Own the automation roadmap for Compliance financial processes
• Ensure all automated processes meet internal audit and regulatory standards
• Act as the ""human-in-the-loop"" for automated financial outputs
• Maintain documentation and audit trails for automated decisions        

What are you made of?

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong financial background with solid controlling and budget-management capabilities
• Experience working in global corporations and in complex, cross-functional environments
• Experience designing and governing automated workflows
• Self-starter who works independently and manages topics end to end
• Comfortable working closely with senior stakeholders across finance, compliance, transformation, and technology
• Clear communicator who can produce executive-quality materials and drive topics to closure
• Thinks in systems and processes — naturally identifies opportunities to automate and govern      

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Power BI, Power Automate, and Power Apps — strong knowledge required
• Proven experience using digital tools to automate workflows, enhance reporting, and improve transparency
• Ability to define governance frameworks for automated financial processes
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to navigate different working styles and build effective relationships across functions
• High level of independence, ownership, and organisational discipline
• Ability to structure topics, follow through consistently, and manage multiple deliverables with limited supervision
• Knowledge of Anti-Financial Crime and related IT tools and processes is strongly valued        
• Previous experience in insurance or asset management business functions, consulting, digital / tech is a plus
• Experience applying ChatGPT, Generative AI, and Ethical AI solution

Do we have what you need?

• Flexible and hybrid work model
• Multinational and inclusive community
• Great career development and learning opportunities
• Company pension and health insurance
• Employee stock purchase program with a discount
• Health and well-being offerings
• Supportive family care benefits
• Opportunity to contribute to our sustainability programs
• Great place to work certified

And there is much more: Allianz SE Benefits

To learn about our recruitment process: Allianz SE Recruitment Process

Apply before: 27th of August- Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis and we reserve the right to withdraw the posting prior to the advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

In case of questions reach out to Ms. Isabelle Ebel: +49 160 743 8135 

Welcome to Allianz SE!

We at Allianz SE are recognized as a trusted partner for protecting and growing your most valuable assets, offering a comprehensive portfolio of products, including property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance, and asset management services, tailored to meet the various needs of individual and corporate clients worldwide. From our international headquarters, we orchestrate global operations, set strategic directions, and ensure cohesive implementation across our international subsidiaries. We are committed to innovation and digital transformation, driving initiatives that enhance customer experience and operational efficiency, reinforcing our position as a leader in the financial services industry.

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