Senior Expert Third Party Risk Management (m/f/d) at Allianz SE

Job description

Who are we?

Are you keen on driving innovation? Do you excel in a culture of diversity, collaboration and trust? Then let's care for tomorrow. At Allianz SE, you can count on having a voice, driving innovation and change and making an impact – for us, yourself and the world. For more about Allianz SE,  click here .

 

Who will you be joining?

Resilience is a company’s capacity to absorb stress, recover critical functionalities, and thrive in altered circumstances. It is especially important today because the business environment is becoming more dynamic and unpredictable, while we are facing various disruptions from extreme weather events, power outages, political turbulences to virus outbreaks.

Group Protection & Resilience is responsible for the governance, standard setting, and systematic monitoring within all Allianz operating entities (OEs) across the globe. We define the core professional, procedural, and organizational requirements to anticipate and prepare for, and adapt to changes and sudden disruptions to protect Allianz’ business operations (IT and Non-IT), personnel and physical assets so that the Allianz Group is better positioned to respond in an effective and efficient manner.
  
For our new central Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) function we are looking for a Senior Expert with different background in Outsourcing or Third-Party Risk Management or related activities like provider and contract management. The function will handle all aspects of relevant Third-Party risk, including delivery of services to various entities from the Allianz world who act as customers.
  
If you are ready to take over responsibility in this new TPRM function, which creates the governance framework and supports our OEs in their implementation efforts, reporting to our supervisory authority and be part of the team that makes Allianz more resilient and successful in managing third party risk, take up the challenge. We are looking forward to having you in our new team.

 

How can you make an impact?

 

The TPRM function will take care of end-to-end risk management in the context of third parties, ranging from partnerships and procurement contracts to regulatory Outsourcings. As a Senior TPRM Expert you will take over responsibility in the following areas: 
 
Governance/ Methodology: 

·  Maintaining the governance framework (Outsourcing Policy, TPRM Standard, functional rules, procedures, guidelines, templates)
·  Monitoring regulatory changes related to Outsourcing, Third-Party Risk management
·  Preparing and running appropriate oversight bodies and doing stakeholder management
·  Reporting to Allianz Group's Top Management and performing the Regulatory Reporting to the supervisory authority 

Risk & Control:  

·  Ensuring regulatory compliance (e.g., with DORA, VAIT) 
·  Monitoring risk mitigation 
·  Analyzing and mitigating concentration risk in the Group 
·  Operational risk management and risk assurance reporting and communication 

Communication & Awareness:

·  Development and implementation of communication concepts and awareness campaigns with multiple stakeholder groups, such as expert functions (i.e. Information Security, Data protection) purchasing expert community, business owners and external like third-party suppliers
·  Development of multi-media training activities for expert groups and end-users 

 
Contract Change & Maintenance:

·  Coordination of regulatory changes as well as of change requirements from individual functions 
·  Alignment with Group and OE Legal departments and contract change requirements

 

Service Management:

·  Service Delivery Management of the Third-Party Risk Management as a Service (TaaS) operated by AZ Services
·  Monitoring of TaaS Service Quality and onboarding and training of the TaaS team
·  Interface between Group team, TPRM as a Service team and OEs in regards to service delivery and quality
·  Translate Group requirements into definition of service delivery
·  Incident and problem management, incl. Monitoring, Follow up and alignment with Group stakeholders like Procurement

 
Testing/ Quality Assurance/ Analytics/ GenAI:

·  Test strategy (incl. definition of metrics and reporting) planning, execution and reporting 
·  Automation strategy, data management and Data quality  
·  Selection, Application and Testing of GenAI use cases for TPRM analytics  

 

What are you made of?

 

Minimum Qualifications:

·  5+ years of professional experience in the insurance industry with 2+ years minimum experience in Outsourcing / Procurement / Third Party Risk Management / Supplier Management  
·  Graduate or a comparable education in Economics, Business, Legal, IT, Risk management or Finance 
·  Knowledge in contract management related regulations (e.g. DORA, GDPR, VAIT, Solvency II)
·  Ability to build strong working relationships and ability to convey complex information to peers/ partners 
·  Experience in dealing with supervisory authorities and working in the area of provider management / procurement a plus  
·  Team player, strong networker, ability to work on cross-functional and cross OE topics 
·  Fluent English 
·  Advanced user of MS Teams and MS Office 
·  Attention to detail, Critical thinking 
·  Project management skills
·  Previous experience in business related functions (i.e. Sales, Operations, Claims, Underwriting, Investment Management, Asset Management, Consulting, Product Development, Finance, Market Management, Digital / Tech etc.) is a plus

 

Preferred Qualifications:

·  Reliable, highly committed, precise working and independent thinking
·  Strong analytical and conceptual skills
·  Capability to build collaborative working relationships and ability to work in virtual, international and complex team environments
·  Strong communicator who is comfortable presenting and facilitating trainings in front of an audience 
·  Ability to work self-responsible and autonomously, also at times of high pressure
·  Learning and development around GenAI and other future technologies 
·  Some international travel will be required 

 

Do we have what you need?
 

·  Flexible working arrangements
·  Excellent career development opportunities
·  Family friendly working environment  
·  Health and well-being offerings   
·  Company pension and health insurance   
·  Multinational, diverse and inclusive community   
·  Opportunity to affect our sustainability initiatives  

And there is much more!  Find out more here:  Allianz SE Benefits
More information regarding our recruitment process:  Allianz Careers

For more information contact Ms. Zhiva Hristova: +49 89 3800 14379

People with disabilities:
We want to give all our candidates the best opportunity to succeed.  If you need any adjustments to be made during the application and selection process, please email to RECRUITING-SERVICES@allianz.com

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61783 | Risk Management | Professional | Allianz SE | Full-Time | Permanent

 

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.

Great to have you on board. 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 expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.