(Senior) Financial Analyst (m/f/d)

Allianz; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 55 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working model

Private healthcare

Generous parental leave

Résumé du poste

Allianz Commercial, based in London, seeks a commercially minded finance professional to steer financial performance across underwriting portfolios. You will plan, report and analyze monthly results to support decision-making and portfolio steering, bridging Finance and Underwriting and sharing best practices across GPS.

This role welcomes candidates from any discipline with strong numerical and analytical capabilities and substantial insurance sector experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services, ideally insurance or reinsurance.
• Proven expertise in planning and performance management, including analysis of financial statements and performance metrics.
• Ability to convey information clearly to senior management.
• Comfort working in a global team with remote relationships.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities for complex scenarios.
• Experience managing projects and developing solutions with diverse stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel/PowerPoint skills; SAP reporting experience.
• AI/ML experience to improve processes is beneficial.

Responsabilités

• Provide consistent and comprehensive business steering support.
• Identify key drivers, risks and opportunities with recommendations to senior management.
• Drive quality assurance for financial reporting and enable global business steering.
• Present clear conclusions and robust financial commentary for decision-making.
• Coordinate regular reporting, forecasting and planning processes.
• Support leadership on ad-hoc topics and projects.

Connaissances

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Forecasting

Excel

PowerPoint

SAP

Outils

SAP

Description du poste

Your Team

Within CFO Global Performance Steering (GPS), the Business Partnering & Steering team is a key contributor to foster bold and proactive steering towards Allianz Commercial’s growth plans as well as provide consistent and comprehensive business steering along the annual steering cycle.

The Impact You Will Have

Based in the London office, you will be responsible for the steering of the financial performance in your assigned underwriting portfolio. You will perform planning, reporting and analysis to ensure your stakeholders’ understanding of monthly results, and support the decision-making process and portfolio steering by continuously challenging financial performance.

You will play a key role in building bridges between our Finance and Underwriting departments as well as sharing best practice within GPS and the wider finance community.

This is an excellent career opportunity for a commercially minded professional from the insurance or reinsurance industry. You don't need to be a qualified accountant – we welcome candidates from any discipline where you have developed strong numerical and analytical capabilities, whether that’s actuarial, underwriting, broking, claims, or another commercially focused function. What matters most is that you bring significant insurance sector experience, superior stakeholder management skills, and the business acumen to translate financial data into meaningful insight that drives decision-making.

Some of your specific responsibilities could include:

• Provide consistent and comprehensive business steering support
• Identify key drivers, risks and opportunities and provide recommendations to senior management
• Drive and ensure quality assurance for financial reporting and enabling both global business steering as well as transparency on financial performance
• Present transparent conclusions and robust financial commentary to enable decision-making
• Coordinate regular reporting, forecasting and planning processes
• Support Business Partnering & Steering leadership team on ad-hoc topics and projects

What You’ll Bring to the Role

• Experience in the financial services industry, ideally in insurance or reinsurance
• Proven expertise in planning and performance management, in particular analysis of financial statements and performance metrics specific to insurance or reinsurance
• Ability to understand, elaborate and convey information clearly and effectively, to a variety of stakeholders including senior management
• At ease working in a global team, maintaining effective remote relationships
• Analytical and problem-solving ability, able to provide insight in complex situations
• Ability to manage projects (milestone and task planning, managing resources, controlling, monitoring, reporting, moderating) and to develop solutions while considering complex stakeholder structures and requirements
• Advanced Excel/PowerPoint skills, as well as SAP experience for reporting
• Experience in applying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to improve business processes and decision-making is highly beneficial.

What’s in it for you?

Lets care about everything that makes you, you

We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We offer a hybrid working model, which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working. Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.

Lets care for your financial wellbeing

We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.

Lets care for your opportunities to progress

From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.

Lets care for life’s twists and turns

From our support for flexible working, health and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. We’ve got your back.

Lets care for our society and our planet

With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry and our clients.

Care to join us?

Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family-owned and medium-enterprises. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions. Our clients trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling. Allianz Commercial helps customers to prepare for what’s ahead.

Allianz Commercial does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact managers directly. Failure to comply could/may result in the disqualification of the candidates and/or the termination of our contract and/or fees not being paid.

People with disabilities:

We want to give all our candidates the best opportunity to succeed. If you need any adjustments to be made during the application and selection process, please email [e-mail]

Recruitment Agencies:

Allianz Commercial has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Allianz Commercial does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact managers directly. Failure to comply could/may result in the disqualification of the candidates and/or the termination of our contract and/or fees not being paid.

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