Fund Operations Specialist (Backoffice - FA/CUS) - Limited to 24 months (f/m/d)
Senningerber g, LU, L-2633
Join us now as Fund Operations Specialist in Luxembourg within the Fund Operations Team in Luxemburg.
The European team is responsible for overseeing fund accounting and custody operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining strong governance standards.
As a Fund Operations Specialist, your key activities will include e.g. executing oversight activities and managing escalation and remediation processes to address operational issues effectively. You will be maintaining and updating service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) for fund accountants and custodians to uphold performance standards.
The team is organizing and moderating review boards with providers and internal teams, including negotiating service agreements where necessary. Additionally, it supports due diligence and audits by delivering reconciled data and documentation for fund accounting and custody processes. Other responsibilities of the team are e.g. driving project-related initiatives and supporting ad hoc tasks.
Please note that the successful candidate will have to provide us with a valid criminal record.
What you will do
- Support the team in improving and reviewing existing Fund Accounting and Custody related processes
- Support adaptation and implementation of new or project related processes
What you bring
- Strong expertise in the asset management value chain
- In-depth understanding of back-office operations, with a focus on fund accounting and custody processes
- Comprehensive knowledge of the EU retail fund business
- Proven experience in provider oversight and governance
- Skilled in organizing and moderating review boards with providers and internal teams, as well as negotiating service agreements
- Ability to manage timelines, milestones, and reporting effectively
- Strong capability to engage with internal and external stakeholders at various senior levels
- Strong prioritization and organizational skills
- High intercultural awareness and sensitivity
- Exceptional attention to detail and integrity
- Team-oriented, proactive, and committed working style
- AI Skills such as Data Analytics preferred
What we offer
- Flexible working from home and abroad according to internal guidelines (hybrid model/ flexible working hours/cross-border remote work)
- Company pension plan with death and disability insurance and employee contribution scheme
- Company share purchasing plan
- Mental health and wellbeing programs
- Career opportunities within the entire Allianz Group
- Self-guided learning & development
- … and so much more!
About Allianz Global Investors
Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager, managing assets for individuals, families, and institutions worldwide. Our shared goal to shape a future of opportunity for our clients is foundational to our culture and our values. We look to attract, and actively nurture, individuals with the drive to achieve excellence at every stage of the investment experience.
We believe an inclusive culture is key to a flourishing workforce. Not only do we celebrate the broad range of experiences, backgrounds, and attributes that our workforce brings, but we support our people to live and work in a way that promotes their own wellbeing.
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 clients first and at the centre 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 clients 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 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.
If you feel inspired to promote the active asset management experience, this is the place for you. Join our international, technology-enabled, and agile environment. Simply upload your CV in English to apply for this position. If you need support to navigate our websites or at any stage during your application, please send an email with your request to recruiting@allianzgi.com.
To Recruitment Agencies:
Allianz Global Investors has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Global Investors does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters.
When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place.
Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz Global Investors.
Finally, please do not contact hiring managers directly.
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How to Apply: Applying is quick and easy. Simply upload your CV, complete your personal details, confirm your consent for AI support in the “Additional Information” section, and submit your application.
To support our recruiters, we use Fit Score—an AI‑powered tool that highlights how closely your profile aligns with the role. This helps us review applications more efficiently and focus on what matters most: your skills and experience.
Good to know: The Fit Score is a support tool only. At Allianz, technology never replaces human judgment. Every application is carefully reviewed by our recruiting teams, ensuring a fair, thoughtful, and personal hiring process.
101517 | Operations | Professional | n.a. | Allianz Global Investors | Full-Time | Temporary
