Location: Guildford or Bournemouth (if Bournemouth, the ability to work from the Guildford office 2-4 days a month is required)
Salary: Dep on exp + benefits
Who we are
Allianz is a global insurance company serving across 70 different countries, but from the very first day you join our team you’ll know that your contributions are valued. We offer world-class learning and career development opportunities, while we celebrate an inclusive culture.
Role Description
To provide comprehensive Expense Management and Business Partnering support to the Allianz Change, IT and Central functions. Role will include reporting of actual expense position with insightful narratives, forecasting & planning and supporting financial appraisals including benefits.
As a Finance Business Partner you will be Accountable for
* Ownership of reporting of month-end expense results with insightful analysis and narrative
* Meeting and presenting to stakeholders ranging from peers to ExCom members both in and outside of the Finance function. This includes an update on actuals as well as understanding what it means for the full year forecast
* Being able to articulate how costs allocate to specific P&Ls and why analysing the impact of any changes and variances
* Liaising and working with Group colleagues
* Creation of forecasts and annual plans inline with local and Group expectations
* Adhoc queries and analysis
* Looking for ways to continuously improve processes
Skills and Experience
* Good working knowledge of management accounting practices including capitalisation
* Examples of supporting senior stakeholders and having the confidence to make recommendations to them
* Proven record of forecasting and budgeting
* Be a self-starter who shows initiative and proactivity
* The ability to integrate into and work as part of a team
* A high level of accuracy & attention to detail
* Data integration and problem solving
* Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills
* The ability to deal with ambiguity and manage different points of views to achieve the best outcome for the business
* Ability to interrogate large volumes of data and present as something meaningful
* Strong IT skills across Microsoft product suite
* SAP experience preferable
Qualifications & experience
* Part qualified accountant (minimum). Ideally CIMA/ACCA
Accessible Application for All.
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we enable access to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer and Interview Scheme. This supports people that meet the essential skills required for the position applied for. Please let us know if you would like to be part of the scheme during your application.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all, if you need the application form in an alternative format or require any other assistance such as (Larger Text, Hard Copy or Spoken Application).
We want all of our applicants to shine in the recruitment process.
Please contact our Recruitment or Resourcing team.
We can also answer all of your questions and queries on “How to Apply” and what we can do to assist you along the way including any adjustments you may need to support you in your Application, Interview and your Future Career with us.
Allianz achieved the Great Place to Work certification in 2024.
Great Place to work is a worldwide certification given to organisations who are recognised as an employer of choice by their people.
* A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
Our Ways of Working
Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.
Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work-life balance is important to us.
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At Allianz, we value diversity and inclusion and back this up with our accreditations. Allianz is EDGE certified for gender inclusion, members of the Women in Finance Charter, a Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion members, signatories of Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter, and an Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.
We recognise the strength of neurodiversity in the workplace, and the far-reaching benefits of embracing a spectrum of thinking styles and innovative capabilities. We proudly welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, and can offer tailored adjustments to remove barriers and set you up for success in your career.
At Allianz, we encourage our people to advocate for what they need, we listen, and we act – this could include providing assistive technology, ergonomic specialist equipment, mentoring and coaching, or flexibility in the way you work, among a wide range of other adjustments.
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