Head of Platform, Finance and Controlling (m/f/d)

About us

The world around us is changing rapidly and so is the insurance industry. Now’s the right time to make aboldmove and shape the future of insurance – this is Allianz Direct! As a pan-European online insurer of theAllianzGroup, launched in 2019, Allianz Direct is on its mission to become the most customer-oriented andefficientinsurer on the market. Allianz Direct is truly changing the face of insurance, in customer experience,and intechnology, processes, people and culture.
An international team of business experts and engineers who live and breathe an agile way of working,areseeking to improve and change the way you do insurance. Driven by customer obsession and love fordata,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 bydoingso we have managed to set new standards when it comes to online insurance.

Job Purpose Role

The Head of Finance and Controlling for Platform is responsible for overseeing the financial management and controlling functions within Allianz Direct's platform business area. This role ensures financial planning, analysis, and control activities are aligned with strategic business objectives and contribute to the growth and stability of the platform.

Key Responsibilities

1.  Business Case Development:
•  Develop and maintain the platform business case and ensure alignment with participating stakeholders and customers to ensure a sustainable platform result
•  Design and implement pricing and charging models to optimize revenue and resource allocation in alignment with the engineering department and individual service and product managers.
•  Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment between business objectives, planned budget and platform service quality.

2.  Cost Control and Management:
•  Monitor and control IT platform costs, ensuring budget adherence and resource optimization.
•  Implement time and invoice tracking processes to accurately assess and report on resource utilization and project portfolio tracking.
•  Analyze financial performance, identifying areas for cost reduction and efficiency improvements.
•  Closely align with internal and external cost contributors to ensure budget plans are kept in line with plan.

3.  Service Management:
•  Oversee the service management function of the platform services, ensuring a common framework across such Services.
•  Such framework includes: service level agreements (SLAs), pricing/charging models and underlying budget management for run and change.
•  Coordinate with IT operations teams to address service issues and drive continuous improvement in alignment with the customers.

Technical Skills

• Financial strategy
• budgeting and forecasting
• financial analysis
• business partnering
• risk management, regulatory compliance, process improvement

General Skills

Strategic Planning: Ability to develop, implement and communicate strategies to address important trends or changes in the business

Communication & Presentation: Ability to express ideas and messages clearly, both written and verbally.  Ability to "sell" an improvised or prepared audience winning story

Change Management: ability to transition individuals, teams, and the whole organization from a current state to a desired future state.

Organizational Design and Development: Ability to design and drive transformation of organizations including corresponding structures and business processes

Education & Experience

Master's degree

10+ years in finance and controlling, with at least 5 years in a leadership role within a tech or platform-oriented environment.

Language: English

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 a diverse and 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: Diversity of minds 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.