Transactional Senior Accountant - Closing & Reporting

Role Purpose

As a General Ledger & Financial Reporting Analyst, you will be responsible for delivering accurate and timely accounting, financial reporting, and period-end close activities in accordance with Allianz Partners policies, accounting standards, and operational procedures. You will play a key role in ensuring the integrity of financial records through journal processing, account reconciliations, financial controls, and management reporting.

The role also supports Allianz Partners’ digital transformation agenda by leveraging automation, data analytics, and AI-enabled tools to improve reporting accuracy, strengthen financial controls, and drive process efficiencies.

What You Will Do

General Ledger Accounting & Period-End Close

• Prepare, review, and post journal entries to support monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities.
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of period-end accounting and reporting processes across multiple lines of business.
• Maintain the integrity of financial records in accordance with internal controls and accounting standards.
• Support the execution of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities within established timelines.

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare and analyze monthly sales, cost, claims, and profitability reconciliations.
• Support the preparation of financial and management reports, ensuring completeness and accuracy of reported results.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly management packs and reporting deliverables for key stakeholders.
• Analyze financial data and provide insights into business performance, variances, and trends.

Balance Sheet Control & Reconciliations

• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations to ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial records.
• Manage accounting for accruals, prepayments, unearned revenue, reserves, and other key balance sheet items.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items in a timely manner while maintaining strong financial controls.
• Support audit requirements by providing accurate documentation and reconciliation evidence.

Revenue, Cost Management & Intercompany Accounting

• Support accounting activities relating to invoicing, credit notes, commissions, client recharges, and intercompany transactions.
• Ensure accurate recording and reconciliation of revenue, cost allocations, and shared service charges.
• Maintain compliance with accounting policies and reporting requirements across all assigned activities.

Stakeholder Management & Team Collaboration

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional finance teams to resolve accounting queries and improve service delivery.
• Support, coach, and share knowledge with team members to promote a high-performance and collaborative culture.
• Deliver a customer-focused approach when supporting business partners and stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement & Digital Enablement

• Identify opportunities to enhance accounting processes through standardization, automation, and process optimization.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives and support implementation of best-practice financial controls.
• Utilize ERP systems, reporting tools, and AI-enabled technologies to improve efficiency, reporting quality, and decision-making.
• Champion innovation and data-driven ways of working within Finance Operations.

Additional Responsibilities

Support ad hoc finance projects, reporting requests, audits, and operational initiatives as required.

Contribute to departmental objectives and key performance indicators while maintaining high-quality service standards.

What You Bring

Qualified or Semi-Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA), Cost & Management Accountant (CMA/CWA), or equivalent professional accounting qualification.

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related discipline.

Experience

• Experience in General Ledger accounting, financial reporting, and month-end close processes.
• Experience working with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
• Experience using account reconciliation and financial close tools such as BlackLine is highly desirable.
• Insurance industry experience is advantageous.
• Exposure to international or shared services environments is preferred.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of financial accounting principles, reconciliations, and financial controls.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial reporting tools.
• Working knowledge of SAP, BlackLine, and other finance systems.
• Experience preparing management reports and analyzing financial data.

Professional Skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail capabilities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively within tight reporting deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, support, and develop team members.
• Strong customer-service mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality outcomes.

AI & Digital Readiness

Comfortable working with AI-enabled tools, automation technologies, and digital finance solutions.

Ability to leverage data analytics and technology to enhance reporting accuracy and operational efficiency.

Demonstrates curiosity and adaptability in learning new technologies and innovative ways of working.

Supports the responsible, ethical, and compliant use of AI and data within Finance Operations.

Actively seeks opportunities to automate routine tasks and improve decision-making through technology.

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.

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of 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.

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