The Impact You Will Have
Reporting to the Technical Director IT Productivity & Steering, you will be responsible for:
- Reviewing and controlling overall IT spend and costs in Change and Run
- Preparing IT budgets
- Forecasting IT costs
- Financial steering of the service provider with a focus on cost optimization
- Contributing to financial reporting and IT group reporting
Some of your specific responsibilities could include:
- Oversee, review, and analyze overall IT costs against budget, plans, and forecasts; identify and clarify deviations with service owners; support corrective measures.
- Develop and maintain a monthly forecasting process for IT costs.
- Prepare the yearly IT budget in cooperation with AGCS Retained IT, Finance, and Allianz Technology’s Account and Service Management.
- Financially steer service providers; review and reconcile booked charges with AGCS Retained IT functions.
- Produce comprehensive financial reports on IT costs and KPIs; work with Financial Controlling for quarterly and monthly reporting.
- Drive IT cost optimization from identification through planning, implementation, and tracking. Contribute to and review project business cases, track project business cases.
- Continuously improve planning, controlling, and forecasting processes with stakeholders to increase transparency, efficiency, and reduce costs.
What You’ll Bring to the Role
- Extensive experience in IT controlling, preferably in a financial service company.
- Project Management and/or Line Management of medium to high complexity within IT.
- IT-related finance and accounting skills, including IT controlling and performance measurement.
- Experience in benefit calculation would be a plus
- Expertise in IT cost optimization planning, implementation, and tracking.
- Strong communication skills, from working level to C-level, and ability to build productive working relationships across departments.
- Strong analytical skills, self-organization, initiative, energy, and a call to action.