Head of FP&A

You will lead the Financial Planning & Analysis function, shaping the financial strategy, planning, forecasting and performance insight that supports Allianz's growth and profitability. This is a highly visible leadership role with significant exposure to Executive, Board and Group stakeholders, offering the opportunity to influence strategic decision-making across the business. This role is be based in either of our Guildford London or Bournemouth offices, please note that this is a hybrid working role with the expectation that attend the office 50% of your time.

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

• Lead the coordination, governance and delivery of the annual planning cycle and regular forecasting activities.
• Oversee the development and enhancement of financial planning infrastructure to support efficient and accurate plan delivery.
• Lead the monthly and quarterly financial results cycle, including UK consolidation activities and Group reporting deliverables.
• Deliver high-quality financial analysis, insight and challenge to support strategic business decisions.
• Develop meaningful management information and performance reporting for Executive and senior stakeholders.
• Challenge planning and forecasting assumptions to optimise business performance and drive accountability.
• Drive competitor, market and legislative analysis to enhance commercial insight and strategic decision-making.
• Build strong relationships across Finance, Actuarial, Pricing, Business Partnering and Group stakeholders.
• Lead, develop and inspire a high-performing FP&A team, creating a culture of continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting, processes and systems to enhance financial visibility and decision-making.

• Qualified Accountant or Actuary.
• Previous leadership experience managing and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong Financial Planning & Analysis expertise within a complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of the insurance industry and insurance profit and loss reporting.
• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial and operational data.
• Knowledge of data visualisation and advanced management information reporting techniques.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups and financial modelling.
• Experience delivering planning, budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to senior audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience influencing and constructively challenging senior leaders.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality outputs within tight deadlines.
• Experience building collaborative relationships across Finance, Actuarial, Pricing and wider business functions.
• Strong commercial awareness and strategic thinking capability.

• Experience working with IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 reporting frameworks.
• Experience of Group reporting within an international financial services organisation.
• Knowledge of insurance market trends, competitor analysis and regulatory developments.
• Experience designing and implementing end-to-end financial planning and operational tools.
• Experience enhancing reporting infrastructure, systems and business intelligence capabilities.
• Experience driving process improvement and transformation initiatives within finance functions.
• Previous experience using Anaplan or similar tools is desirable but not essential
• Responsible Artificial Intelligence usage and an understanding of how AI can support insight generation, reporting and decision-making within finance.

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