Senior Controller - Planning & Controlling (m/f/x)
München, DE, 81677
About us
The world around us is changing rapidly and so is the insurance industry. Now’s the right time to make a bold move and shape the future of insurance – this is Allianz Direct! As a pan-European online insurer of the Allianz Group, launched in 2019, Allianz Direct is on its mission to become the most customer-oriented and efficient insurer on the market. Allianz Direct is truly changing the face of insurance, in customer experience, and in technology, processes, people and culture.
An international team of business experts and engineers who live and breathe an agile way of working, are seeking to improve and change the way you do insurance. Driven by customer obsession and love for data, Allianz Direct strives for delivering an exceptional experience with a personal touch.
So, what makes Allianz Direct so unique? We believe in the power of simplicity and convenience and by doing so we have managed to set new standards when it comes to online insurance. We are a fast-growing technology company with an insurance license, and by fast, we really mean it.
What you do:
The Senior Controller is accountable for financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and steering of the technical and non-technical result of Allianz Direct in IFRS 17 and HGB. This position partners closely with Accounting, Actuarial, Pricing and Business stakeholders to monitor performance against commitments, assess profitability trajectory and ensure that planning assumptions are robust, traceable, and decision-ready. You will report directly to the Global Head of Planning and Controlling.
Financial Planning & Analysis:
• Leads planning, forecasting, and analysis of the P&L across markets and lines of business, ensuring consistent steering views under IFRS 17 and HGB
• Partners with Actuarial and Accounting to reconcile economic, IFRS 17 and HGB views of the P&C result, explaining bridges between measurement bases to senior management
• Manages variance analysis on the core P&C KPIs, partnering with the business to understand drivers
• Coordinates analysis on portfolio profitability, channel economics, and product line steering across Allianz Direct markets
• Supports ad hoc deep dives, Board reporting, and Group requests on underwriting performance, portfolio profitability, and capital implications
• Leads business case tracking for strategic initiatives, ensuring committed financial impacts are reflected in future year plans
• Maintains the controlling framework, documentation, and audit trail for P&C planning assumptions
• Leads efforts to improve planning tools, automation, and reporting workflows across the FP&A function
• Drives the utilization of artificial intelligence tools and resources to enhance forecasting accuracy, anomaly detection, and analytical productivity
What you bring:
• 7+ years experience required in controlling, actuarial, accounting, FP&A or finance within the P&C insurance industry
• Bachelor's degree required in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Actuarial Science, or related field; Master's degree or professional qualification (CFA, CIMA, ACCA) is a plus
• Solid working knowledge of IFRS and HGB insurance accounting as well as Solvency II framework
• Strong understanding of P&C-specific topics: reserving concepts, reinsurance mechanics, NatCat modeling, and the linkage between underwriting cycle and financial steering
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with SAP, PowerBI
• Strong forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modelling skills, with the ability to build bridges between measurement bases
• High attention to detail, documentation discipline, and data integrity
• Experience working in a multi-country, matrixed environment is preferred
• Fluent English required; German preferred given the HGB scope; additional European languages are a plus
• Location: Munich
98475 | Operations | Professional | | Allianz Direct | Full-Time |
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 an 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 ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
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 diverse teams 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.
