Senior Finance Data Product Owner

SENIOR FINANCE DATA PRODUCT OWNER – DATA AND ANALYTICS – SYDNEY 

At Allianz, we’re proud to be named one of the Best Workplaces in Australia 2025 and a Great Place to Work. As a leading global insurance and asset management brand, we prioritise care for our customers, the planet, and each other. We hire the very best people to further our commitment to caring and securing the future for our customers.

We offer an inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they belong, while promoting a culture of lifelong learning, development, and global mobility. Join us and share your ideas, be inspired, give back to the community and feel proud to be a part of an organisation doing meaningful work that matters while supporting sustainability, mental health, and well-being.

Let’s care for tomorrow, so we can create a better future together, for everyone.

About the role

• Accountable for delivery of Finance data hub and data products that serve as a single trusted source of truth for all financial reporting and operational purposes, including GL posting, statutory, regulatory and management reporting and analysis, balance sheet reconciliation and finance operations.
• Define and own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for finance data hub and data products, ensuring alignment with Finance business priorities and enterprise data strategy.

• Responsible for finance data product backlog and prioritisation, ensuring quarterly and sprint goals are met and aligned with business objectives
• Lead a cross functional team with data engineers, analysts, and architects to design, build, and deliver data product solutions, using agile methodologies, ensuring transparency and timely delivery.
• Ensure data product meets data quality and data management standards, security and compliance requirements.
• Partner with Finance team stakeholders and reporting analysts to drive adoption and measurable value from finance data products.
• Coach and mentor other product owners and team members to strengthen product thinking and delivery discipline within the Data Product Team.

About you

• 10+ years’ experience in finance data and analytics, including at least 5 years in data product ownership or product management.

• Proven track record in delivering finance data products/projects such as finance data warehouse, within complex, enterprise-scale environments.

• Working knowledge of core finance processes and data, including Record-to-Report, General Ledger, subledger and financial reporting concepts, to effectively translate finance requirements into scalable finance products
• Ability to engage confidently with Finance stakeholders, understanding how finance data is produced, governed and consumed to drive practical, value-led delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills across business and technical teams.

• Solid understanding of data architecture and engineering concepts, including Data Mesh/Data Fabric, Medallion Data Architecture, Spark ETL, streaming/near real-time ingestion, and API-based data consumption.

• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms and tools, including Databricks, Azure, Power BI, SQL, and Python.

• Good understanding of AI, Generative AI, agentic systems, MLOps to support the data needs for AI application development

• Extensive experience in Agile delivery, leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, impactful data solutions.

• Collaborative, outcome-oriented mindset with a passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and enabling data-driven decision-making.

• Insurance domain experience is highly desirable.
• A passion for leveraging emerging technologies to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.  

Benefits and perks

• Inclusive Culture: Join a supportive, open-minded team focused on customer outcomes, bringing your authentic self to work every day!
• Flexible Work-Life Balance: Enjoy flexible and remote work options and workplace adjustments, with support for your work/life balance.
• Career Development: Access mentoring, development and global mobility opportunities for growth and success, including access to over 10,000 learning resources.
• Financial and Well-being Perks: Enjoy discounts on Allianz products, retail, tech, and travel, plus financial wellness initiatives and the Employee Share Purchase Program- own a piece of your employer!
• For more details about our benefits, visit the Allianz Careers site.

About Allianz Group

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. 

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. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matters, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

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.

Adjustments and support

If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to careers@allianz.com.au for a confidential conversation.

Join us. Let’s care for tomorrow. www.allianz.com.au/careers