Job Description

Are you keen on driving innovation? Do you thrive in a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and trust?

Then let's care for tomorrow. At Allianz, you can count on having a voice, driving innovation and change and making an impact – for us, yourself and the world.

We are announcing an opening for the following position in our Budapest Office with home office opportunities:

Head of Planning and Controlling.

What you’ll do:

As the Head of Planning and Controlling, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of the company, driving financial performance, and fostering innovation. You will lead a team responsible for financial planning, reporting, cost management, and productivity improvement, while also exploring new technologies and innovative approaches to enhance business outcomes.

Your key tasks will include:

1. Strategic and Annual Planning:

• Lead the company’s three-year strategic planning process, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives.
• Drive the annual planning process, translating strategic goals into actionable plans.
• Prepare and present strategic and financial plans to senior management and the Owner, providing insights to guide decision-making.

• Oversee financial analysis and reporting, ensuring accurate and timely delivery of Monthly Management Information System (MIS) reports.
• Develop and enhance the MIS system and related data recording processes to improve transparency and decision support.
• Monitor and manage key financial performance indicators, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Creating reports and decision-support materials for senior management.

• Lead the annual cost planning process, collaborating with cost managers, cost center managers, and business areas to ensure efficiency and alignment with company goals.
• Drive initiatives to optimize cost structures and improve productivity across the organization.
• Oversee cost management by defining and maintaining the cost center structure, managing cost allocations and accruals, and delivering detailed dashboards with insights on cost trends, supported by actionable recommendations for improvement.

1. • Develop a comprehensive system for business and cost reporting, including regular and ad-hoc reports.
   • Prepare decision-support materials for senior management and owners, providing actionable insights and recommendations.
   • Support the preparation of cost-benefit analyses to guide strategic and operational decisions.

5. Sustainability and Market Analysis:

• Monitoring and analyzing macroeconomic trends and developments in the insurance market.
• Contributing to sustainability-related activities within the scope of the controlling function.

2. • Identify and implement innovative solutions and emerging technologies to enhance financial planning, reporting, and cost management processes.
   • Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the Planning and Controlling function.
   • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to explore digitalization opportunities and leverage AI tools for enhanced decision-making.

What you bring:

• University degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field
• Minimum 5 years of relevant controlling experience in the insurance sector
• At least 2–3 years of leadership experience
• Fluent English and Hungarian, both written and spoken
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with a proactive and structured mindset
• Familiarity with available AI tools such as ChatGPT

Advantages:

• Project management experience in an international or group-level environment

What’s in it for you? We offer the following benefits:

Income:

• competitive salary
• bonus based on performance appraisal system
• voluntary pension fund contribution (supplement to individual contributions)
• discounted share purchase and free share options
• reduced premium for insurance products

Health:

• life, accident and health insurances
• free comprehensive health check-up every year
• sporting opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• work well programs, monthly fruit days
• …and free coffee every day

Time:

• hybrid working (2 days in the office per week on average)
• 2 extra days off per year for everyone
• other help: e.g. organising summer camps for children

Career:

• continuous professional development opportunities (trainings, conferences, mentoring by expert colleagues, free usage of LinkedIn Learning, dedicated one hour of learning per week, opportunity to sign a study contract)
• possibility to gain short or long-term international work experience within Allianz Group
• talent development programs

Acknowledgements:

• our commitment to gender equality, i.e. equal opportunities and gender balance is certified by EDGE
• Allianz Hungaria employees believe that wellbeing, flexible working, an inclusive atmosphere and a reliable, stable workplace are the most important values, as demonstrated by the international Great Place to Work (GPTW) certification.

Where is our office?

1087 Budapest, Könyves Kálmán körút 48-52.

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. We are the global insurer of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements. United by the power of sport and inspired by the values of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, we are building an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow, and shape a better future for our community, our customers, and the world around us.

Variety of perspectives is an integral part of Allianz’ company culture. One way to foster well-rounded teams is the regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities, and geographies. Therefore, the company expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.

We at Allianz believe in fostering 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 race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.