Head of Invoicing, Collection & Recovery Germany

Key responsibilities / What you do

• Lead the global Invoicing, Collection & Recovery function, ensuring operational efficiency, quality, standardization, and harmonization across all geographies.
• Oversee business partner invoicing activities, including invoice processing, collection management, cash allocation, accounting clearing, recovery management, and dispute resolution.
• Manage commission calculation and payment processes for business partners.
• Lead intercompany rebilling processes, including invoice management and dispute resolution between Allianz entities.
• Drive finance transformation initiatives, process optimization programs, IT system rollouts, and continuous improvement projects. 
• Develop, coach, and mentor teams, fostering a high-performance culture and ensuring talent development and succession planning.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across functions and regions. 
• Monitor operational performance, manage priorities, and ensure delivery of service excellence, customer satisfaction, and business objectives.

Key requirements / What you bring

• Master's degree, preferably in Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field. 
• 12+ years of relevant experience in Finance, Accounting, Invoicing, Collections, Recovery, or Shared Services environments. 
• Minimum 5 years of people management experience, including leadership of teams of 15-20+ employees. 
• Strong finance and accounting knowledge, including collections, receivables management, recovery processes, and financial operations.
• Experience with ERP platforms, General Ledger systems, and preferably SAP. 
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing skills. 
• Strong leadership capabilities with proven experience leading multicultural and geographically dispersed teams. 
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data, prioritize effectively, and deliver business-focused solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to drive change, innovation, process improvements, and technology adoption. 
• Advanced Excel skills and a proactive, customer-focused, collaborative mindset. 
• Fluency in English and willingness to travel internationally (up to 15%).

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. We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions. Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future – for our customers and for 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. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture. 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.

Join us. 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 employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, Allianz expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.