Director - Head of Country Planning and Controlling

Director - Head of Country Planning and Controlling

Summary :

Reporting directly to the Country CFO, expected to deal with senior stakeholders across many functions, locally and at regional level and demonstrate subject matter depth and breadth in the Insurance, Finance, Risk and/or Actuarial concepts.

This position holder will work with Corporate Officers on various ad-hoc projects and strategic planning exercises, which include production of key strategy documents (SD and PD), performing market research and benchmarking, setting and tracking key performance indicators. For this role, knowledge insurance products, insurance regulations, financial metrics (local and European bases), etc. are required.

Key Responsibility:

1) Strategic Planning

• Support the Country CFO to define and maintain the financial business plan for the Companies, ensure Allianz Group financial benchmarks and targets are communicated and implemented in OE effectively

• Production of key company strategic documents (Strategic Dialogue and Planning Dialogue),

• Various ad hoc analyses, e.g. expense analysis, profitability analysis by channel/partner etc., participate on behalf of CFO and Finance function in companywide initiatives

• Competitor benchmarking, providing useful insights to assist in competitor analysis

• Providing quick and accurate analysis to support business acquisitions (M&A) and Finance appraisals of strategic targets across all sales channels,

2) Budget Control

• Prepare monthly companies’ financial reporting & performance analysis for regional office and management, provide tracking in variance (actual vs. plan), identify areas of risks/opportunities, coordinate with related parties for action plan to keep performance on track as appropriate

• Responsible for overall budgeting, covering P&L, balance sheet, products and sales’ KPI's

• Lead annual budget preparation to ensure an alignment with group strategic direction. Continuously improve systems/processes to enable management of expenses and capital needs within the budget

• Drive development and productivity of the Finance function as coordinator for “Finance Transformation”

• Work closely with various department and management to explore areas for potential business performance improvement including expense saving initiatives

3) Others

· Take a leading role, and be responsible for the Division of Finance

· Ensure Allianz Group financial benchmarks and targets are communicated and implemented in OE effectively

· Coordinate with Regional regarding strategic planning and dialogues

· Provide financial direction on potential M&A activities

· Coordinate the investment strategy of the company aligning with the Company investment guidelines

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Finance and Accounting.

• At least 15 years of experience in Finance and Accounting field in insurance or banking busines

• Data Management and Microsoft Power BI are required

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