The world around us is changing rapidly and so is the insurance industry. Now’s the right time to make a bold move and shape the future of insurance – this is Allianz Direct! As a pan-European online insurer of the Allianz Group, launched in 2019, Allianz Direct is on its mission to become the most customer-oriented and efficient insurer on the market. Allianz Direct is truly changing the face of insurance, in customer experience, and in technology, processes, people and culture.   

An international team of business experts and engineers who live and breathe an agile way of working, are seeking to improve and change the way you do insurance. Driven by customer obsession and love for data, Allianz Direct strives for delivering an exceptional experience with a personal touch.  

So, what makes Allianz Direct so unique? We believe in the power of simplicity and convenience and by doing so we have managed to set new standards when it comes to online insurance.

Key responsibilities

• Full responsibility for the technical processes for running the financial closing for insurance and reinsurance accounting

• Driving further automation and implement efficiency gains in the accounting area to make all processes scalable for new business initiatives, as well as extending the processes in case of M&A

• Guidance of another full time employee and of a working student within the Accounting Operations team for all data-related topics in the accounting domain

• Support in financial migration in M&A projects

• Support in running financial closing activities for insurance and reinsurance accounting

Qualifications/Key skills:

• University degree in mathematics, business administration, business engineering or comparable

• Fluent in business English. Business proficiency in German, Italian, Spanish or Dutch is also very welcome

• Extensive experience with SAP and SQL

• Good understanding of how insurance and reinsurance business works

• Good understanding of accounting principles

• Experience with Power BI and Python are a plus

Education & Experience:

• Good financial expertise with focus on accounting with capability to develop and manage state of the art financial processes

• Basic understanding of actuarial work will be a definite plus

• Very sharp analytical and conceptual skills

• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills with attention to detail

• Team spirit, a demonstrably thorough working style and ability to work under pressure