Chief Chapter and Change Lead

At Allianz, we care for all the things that make you, you. For feeling like you belong. For a place where learning never stops. For growing new skills and opening up exciting possibilities. For your curiosity to thrive and help transform an industry. And when life twists, there’s flexibility for balance and the support you need. We know that flexible work comes in different forms, that’s why we’re embracing hybrid teams - enabling employees to maintain a balance of working both in the office and remote, supporting the needs of both the business and individual. So, come and share your ideas, give back and feel proud to be part of a company doing work that matters across climate change and mental health.

Let’s care for everyone’s tomorrow so we can create a better future together.

About the Role:

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you will to be responsible for building the capabilities across all chapters to deliver value in the Finance division, to ensure finance change is delivered effectively and efficiently in accordance to enterprise change practices. You will be ensuring our finance systems are meeting the needs of Finance today and in the future and to drive the finance strategy. 

This role will provide guidance and mentorship to direct and indirect Chapter Leads, and foster collaboration and knowledge sharing amongst teams, and is responsible for the delivery of the overall Finance Change and Finance Systems squads.

Finance is organised as an agile division – in this organisation the chapters reflect functional leads / people leads including people development. 

Other key aspects of the role:

• Guiding and supporting the Systems Squad and oversee the finance systems to ensure they are aligned with the strategic Architecture roadmap development and strategy.
• Overseeing the Finance Change team, including continuous improvement activities, finance project deliverables and linkage into global initiatives such as transformation, Simplify and others as they arise.
• Actively drive Finance Change via project ownership and sponsorship duties.
• Developing and executing on the finance strategy.
• Overseeing and leading multiple chapter teams, who are responsible for leading their chapter and ensuring the growth of the chapter members.
• Ensuring that each chapter team is aligned with the larger organisational goals and objectives.
• Fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among the chapter teams and supporting the Product Owner – Change to drive a culture of continuous improvement.
• Communicating regularly with Tribe Leads, stakeholders, and management
• Identifying areas for improvement and implementing strategies to improve the performance and productivity across finance.
• Partnering with Human Resources to develop and implement a professional development culture across all chapters.
• Leading strategic initiatives for Allianz Finance Australia, which span Allianz globally.
• Leading a culture of collaborative and high quality decision-making across finance projects.
• Continuously evaluating and improvinge chapter processes and procedures.
• Developing an understanding of trends and future issues and share with Human Resources development team to ensure that skills meet the demands of the future.
• Proactively fostering active communication and knowledge sharing across AAL to build a learning organisation.
• Participate in active discussions with, and work collaboratively, with the Finance Leadership Team by providing inputs on Chapters, Change and Systems.

Important to your success:

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline with relevant certification.
• Extensive experience leading multiple teams and a proven track record of achieving results through team efforts.
• Comprehensive understanding of organisational financial frameworks and experience in managing financial management processes, resources, and systems, providing advice to improve financial performance and achieve strategic objectives.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in leading Transformation programs across finance.
• Experience in managing Finance Systems.
• Proven ability to lead a team of experts to deliver iteratively.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and empower people to develop individual and team potential, and grow and build best-in-class capabilities and Chapter expertise.
• Ability to plan and prioritise effectively, organise tasks and manage competing resources and demands to deliver opjectives.
• Demonstrated evidence of successfully leading large scale projects and delivering within time, budget and resource constraints and sustaining outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to partner and collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders to establish strong professional relationships and influence outcomes.
• Highly developed consulting skills and influencing skills, demonstrating the ability to co-create strategy and valuable analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrate an Agile mindset and knowledge of Agile methodologies and concepts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to articulate and influence key stakeholders and decision makers.

What's on offer?

As we embed a customer obsession strategy across everything we do, you'll have an opportunity to drive innovation and transformation that delivers a tangible and meaningful impact on our people, our customers and our community.

Enjoy a high-trust culture that empowers you to use your skills and abilities to achieve a meaningful impact.

Feel supported to give something a go - try different things, take on new responsibilities and explore opportunities.

Be part of a team that's open-minded, supportive, approachable and genuinely focused on customer outcomes.

Let’s care for tomorrow. For a career with plenty of room to grow. Care to join us?

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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 diverse 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 ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.
Note: Diversity of minds is an integral part of Allianz’ company culture. One means to achieve diverse teams is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company encourages its employees to have motivation in gaining varied skills from different positions and to collect experiences from across Allianz Group.