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As a SAP Product Owner, you are in charge of the following responsibilities :

• Own and manage the Finance ABS platform, ensuring alignment with business needs and strategic objectives.
• Define and execute the annual plan for continuous improvements in collaboration with the Finance Delivery Manager.

Business Engagement & Prioritization :

• Work closely with Business Units (BUs) to understand and address business needs, balancing priorities across BUs for maximum efficiency.
• Plan and prioritize epics and requirements for quarterly business reviews and annual planning.

Process Improvement & Quality Assurance :

• Drive process improvements across systems and Lines of Business (LoBs).
• Ensure high-quality releases by managing pre-release quality checks, process validation, and defect reduction.
• Oversee defect resolution and backlog management, ensuring timely fixes and prioritization for implementation.
• Conduct sanity checks on delivered features, control functional descriptions, and monitor proper usage post-release.
• Investigate client escalations, analyze root causes, and drive timely resolutions.

Platform Transformation & Visibility :

• Provide visibility into Middle Office Finance features within the ACM transformation program.
• Track and map delivered features to functional processes across LoBs for all platform implementations.

Stakeholder Communication & Governance :

• Support Finance Delivery Manager in preparing for Global Platform Checkpoints, Steerco meetings, and reporting on past releases.
• Assist in resolving ad hoc issues as defined by the Finance Delivery Manager.

What you bring

Strong understanding of finance and controlling processes : Well versed with various areas of SAP FICO like accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, asset accounting, cost accounting.

Experience with SAP FICO module : Hands-on experience with configuring and customizing SAP FICO(FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AA, CO) is essential.

2 years minimum of experience working with Agile methodology.

3 to 5 years of experience in business needs gathering and analysis.

Strong customer orientation and ability to design processes from both customer & functional perspectives.

Experience in change management (e.g providing trainings, building training materials etc).

Ability to interact with senior level management.

Experience in conducting functional workshops.

Good level of English - both spoken and written.

Any Agile / Project management related certification is a plus.

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.

68014 | Product Management | Professional | PG11 | Allianz Partners | Full-Time | Permanent

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 encourages its employees to have motivation in gaining varied skills from different positions and to collect experiences from across Allianz Group.