Allianz Trade, the world’s leading provider of credit insurance services, helps its customers around the globe to trade wisely and develop their business safely. With 6,000 employees from more than 70 nationalities, in over 50 countries, Allianz Trade offers a complete range of services for the management of B-to-B trade receivables. For more information visit
Allianz Trade is engaged in a major IT transformation since 2018/2019 with strong IT investments foreseen up to end of 2028. In addition, as part of GO 2025 ambition, additional investments have been decided to improve customer satisfaction and support growth ambition in particular in Surety.
As a consultative committee of the BoM, the PIC teams’ purpose is to take major investment decisions in alignment with the strategy and financial performance of Allianz Trade, by reviewing, challenging and preparing investment requests before submitting to the Board of Management, and by providing visibility on overall project portfolio status. Working in direct contact with colleagues from various Functions and Regions, you will interact with C-level management in a fully international environment.
As a Senior Portfolio Analyst, your main tasks will be
Ensure that the PIC process – which is a statutory obligation – is running smoothly and properly
Drive the Budget process for all IT & non-IT projects – understand the project requirements, challenge the budget needs (incl. strategic project selection, budget definition, …) Provide a complete project portfolio overview (budget, project insights, business case information, business value and strategy relation, etc.) to C-level/Board of Management to discuss with/support them in their project selection. Manage Project Investment approval process and support Allianz Trade Board in this process
Ensure project Monitoring & Decom Tracking
Define , establish and manage operational monitoring process and provides quarterly reports to the Board of Management Manage : IT Projects KPIs; Tracking of legacy decommissioning projects (operational progress & financials) and reporting to Allianz; tracking of IT savings and business benefits expected from legacy decommissioning Program; IT projects benefits Contribute : to Productivity Dialog on all aspects of IT project portfolio; to Allianz ITCO preparation and reporting for all in scope Allianz Trade projects Support : Budget monitoring, actuals and forecast for all IT Projects while providing analysis of the figures; support Finance in the quarterly closure on project scope & reporting to Allianz
Portfolio Overview
Define and implement a Project Portfolio Management and governance process which fully transparent and easy to understand Provide a complete Project Portfolio overview and quarterly progress status updates in all aspects Implement a Project Management tool to manage the Project Portfolio and all relevant linked processes, incl. change tracking, etc. and drive continuous improvements considering user and consumer aspects Ensure that all relevant program/project information is available and up-to date in the used tool Provide regular portfolio overview to group and regional stakeholders
KPIs dashboard: Ensure production of Ops & IT KPIs dashboard; maintain and improve them
Key experience required / key skills
Ability to rally, liaise, coordinate, collaborate with various stakeholders in a multicultural environment
Recognized experience in managing projects or program, ideally on large international projects (Preferred: agile methodologies) and ability to challenge experienced project managers
A combination of business, finance and IT acumen, or a taste to learn those dimensions
In depth experience in project portfolio management
Very good understanding of controlling processes
Strong analysis capabilities opportunity studies, including business cases and business requirement analysis)
Problem solving skills, curiosity
Ability to step back
Ability to furnish continuous improvement
Strong reporting and presentation skills (Excel and PowerPoint required)
Good communication
Ability to work independently
English written and spoken, another language is a plus
Location : Paris
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