Business Manager to CEO Office
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Key responsibilities/What you do
Allianz Partners is a global leader in assistance and insurance services, with diverse solutions spanning travel insurance, assistance, mobility, international health & life and direct sales. Allianz Partners is at the forefront of the Allianz B2B2C offering, meaning that our products are embedded seamlessly into our partners' businesses or sold directly to customers. Allianz Partners has over 19,400 colleagues around the world and we have operations in over 75 countries. By caring about people, Allianz Partners fosters a culture where its employees are empowered to collaborate, push the boundaries and challenge the industry.
Key requirements/What you bring
In this role you will report to the the CEO of Allianz Partners UK & Ireland whom you'll support in all effort linked to management and maximisating the growth of those Busines Units and executive team, to steering of the strategic agenda. You will work closely with the local Executive Committee and will be a point of contact on many topics and link with key stakeholders within the BUs, across other BUs as well as at Regional & Group level.
Your main responsabilities in supporting the CEO will be to : - Contribute to the day to day activites and regulatory topics ; - Participate to the Executive Committee : -Prepare Exec meetings, capture decisions and actions, and follow-up on action items, -Report progress on the most important initiatives progess, escations to ensure coordination across BU and functions; - Ensure that strategic initiatives and decisiosn are led to completion across the BUs and different functions: -Engage with Strategic stakeholders taking responsibility for own input and action, -Responsible for collecting and consolidating data from business stakeholders to produce reports and insights for all levels; - Coordinate, participate and/or lead a projects profolio and report progress to the Exective team; - Represent the CEO in some meetings for further alignment on decisions and arbitrations; - Effectively support in the preparation of high quality materials for internal and external presentations and meetings.
This role will open various international career steps by providing you great exposure to senior management and to a very wide range of range cross functional business topics (from sales and growth to financial, operational and people topics, etc). Please note this role is hybrid (3 days) and our office is in Croydon
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- At least 5+ years of experience in relevant areas such as business administration, project management, key functions, and/or consulting background. - Good understanding of the insurance and assistance business - Experience working with intercultural teams in an international and dynamic environment - Strong work ethic with a proactive attitude and strong autonomy - Results driven and solution oriented mindsed - Extremely structured and organized approach towards work, with strong attention to details - Good interpersonal skills, ability to establish trust relationships with all levels of the organization - Execellent ability to filter information and to prioritase competing priorities under tight deadlines - Proven experience analysing and synthetising complex information and drawing conclusions - Comfortable challenging the ideas of others and challenging senior stakeholders - Working knowledge of MS Office tools, specifically excellent skills in MS PowerPoint and MS Excel - Fluent in English including excellent writing skills
Key benefits/What we offer
Our employees play an integral part in our success as a business. We appreciate that each of our employees are unique and have unique needs, ambitions and we enjoy being a part of their journey. We are there to empower and encourage you with your personal and professional development ensuring that you take control by offering a large variety of courses and targeted development programs. All that in a global environment where international mobility and career progression are encouraged. Caring for your health and wellbeing is key priority for us. This is why we build Work Well programs to providing you with peace of mind and give the flexibility in planning and arranging for a better work-life balance.
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.