Senior Finance Pillar Controller for the COO Area (m/f/d)

About the Job

About the Job As the Senior Finance Pillar Controller for the COO area at Allianz Technology, you will own end-to-end financial planning, performance management, and steering for the COO pillar. You will lead budgeting and forecasting, monthly closing, variance analysis, and portfolio/initiative controlling to ensure transparency, discipline, and achievement of financial targets.

Partnering closely with COO leadership and functional heads, you will translate strategy into robust financial plans, track delivery against KPIs, and recommend corrective actions. You will ensure compliance with Group policies and applicable accounting standards while driving continuous improvement, digitalization, and data quality in controlling processes.

What you do

• Own pillar-level planning, forecasting, and performance management for the COO area; prepare monthly/quarterly closes, analyze deviations and drivers, and recommend measures to secure plan achievement.
• Drive transparency of costs and value: manage allocations/charging (transfer pricing), service P&L views, and standard reporting packs and dashboards for COO leadership.
• Lead investment and portfolio controlling (CAPEX/OPEX), including business case development/validation, benefit tracking, and governance for initiatives.
• Manage pricing processes and approve price lists in line with policies; align with Finance, Legal, and Procurement to ensure commercial consistency.
• Coordinate with Finance Operations and Accounting on IFRS/Local GAAP/HGB-compliant processes; ensure strong internal controls and audit readiness.
• Partner with COO function heads to build budgets, track initiatives, and support decision-making with data-driven insights; present to senior stakeholders.
• Advance process and tool improvements (e.g., SAP FI-CO/BW, reporting automation), ensuring data quality, standardization, and continuous improvement across controlling.

What you bring

• Degree or equivalent professional experience in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
• Several years of controlling experience in an international environment, ideally supporting technology/operations or shared services; strong track record in planning, closing, and variance analysis.
• Proficiency with SAP FI-CO/BW and management reporting; advanced Excel/analytics skills and experience with KPI/OKR frameworks.
• Knowledge of IFRS and Local GAAP/HGB; strong understanding of internal controls, audit processes, and governance.
• Demonstrated ability to develop business cases, manage investment portfolios, and drive benefits realization; confident presenter to senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; fluent in English. German and/or Spanish proficiency is an advantage.
• Familiarity with AI technologies and GenAI platforms is a strong advantage.

What we offer

• We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
• We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
• 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.
• Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.

About Allianz Technology

With its headquarters in Munich, Germany, Allianz Technology is Allianz's global IT service provider and delivers IT solutions that drive the group's digitalization. With more than 11,000 employees in over 20 countries around the world, Allianz Technology is tasked to run, optimize, transform and innovate the infrastructure, applications and services together with Allianz companies to co-create the best customer experience.

We service the entire spectrum of digitalization – from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that spans data centres, networks and security, to application platforms ranging from workplace services to digital interaction.

In short: We deliver comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age. We are the backbone of Allianz.

Find us at: www.linkedin.com/company/allianz-technology.

Commitment to Integrity, Fairness & Inclusion

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 strong inclusive culture that encourages people to speak their minds, get involved and question the status quo. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and 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 race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

To Recruitment Agencies

Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.

109949 | Finance & Accounting | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent