Finance Controller - Regional Services

Job description

Key Responsibilities

·  Business partner with appropriate business units to provide financial support to manage and monitor budget to actuals to achieve greater accuracy in forecasting
·  Lead and drive branch annual planning process; Support business in formulating its budget and forecast.
·  Provide meaningful variance analysis on monthly basis
·  Develop and maintain financial reports by using nominated reporting tools
·  Monitor productive labour timesheet submission and analysis of labour utilisation
·  Drive efficiencies through continuous improvement and reporting standardisation
·  Work with Accounting team to account for cost and revenue accruals where applies in accordance with accounting standard and internal process
·  Provide finance support in formulating business case and service pricing
·  Contribution to Allianz Group initiatives, e.g., Gearshift, IT Economics
·  Lead and coach team membersto develop capability, build high performing, collaborative and engaged teams, enabled by robust talent development plans, balanced performance priorities and role descriptions
·  Seek out diversity in all its forms proactively and to embed inclusive work practices on a daily basis to drive innovation and fresh perspectives for the benefit of our people, our business and for the customers and communities in which we operate
·  Understand customer insights and feedback. Lead delivery on the strategy and plan that puts the best interests of our customers
·  Fulfil individual risk and compliance related obligations, provide clarity and monitor team's adherence to relevant policies and procedures to drive desired behaviours and implement a proactive and risk-aware management culture

 

Key Requirements / Skills / Experiences

·  Finance-related degree with a professional qualification preferred (CPA or CA equivalent).
·  Technical savvy and demonstrate strong experiences in management reporting and variance analysis.
·  Results-driven, open minded and able to adapt through operational changes.
·  Proactive in problem solving and able to communicate complex financial information and translate into business insights.
·  Collaborative and team player with a hands-on approach.
·  Strong analytical skills and commercial acumen insights.
·  Experience with financial and management reporting, including PowerBI, dashboard, tables, analysis and report writing.

Experience in the application of systems that are relevant for controlling will be advantageous, e.g. SAP  FI-CO/BW.

 

What we offer

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.