Allianz is the home for those who dare – a supportive place where you can take the initiative to grow and to actively strengthen our global leadership position. By truly caring about people – both its 83 million private and corporate customers and its 142,000 employees – Allianz fosters a culture where its employees are empowered to collaborate, perform, push the boundaries and challenge the industry.
Allianz Partners provides diverse expertise in automotive, international health & life, travel insurance, assistance and direct sales and is at the forefront of the Allianz B2B2C offering. United under one brand, Allianz Global Assistance, Allianz Global Automotive and Allianz Worldwide Care are specialist areas combining forces to push boundaries and create tomorrow’s solutions to deliver an enhanced experience to our clients. Our 15,000 employees are based across 34 countries and combine 58 different languages and 60 nationalities, reflecting the truly diverse nature of Allianz Partners. Our DNA is unique: we dare and care, anytime, anywhere. If this sounds like you, come and join us.

PROFILE KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• Experience with large organizational change efforts within Finance.
• Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Excellent active listening skills.
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills, with ability to transpose complex topics into simple and clear requirements.
• Ability to understand business processes from a macro perspective
• Ability to interact with senior level management.
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office package, especially Power Point
• Excellent level of English - both spoken and written.
• Change management certification desired.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a similar role.

JOB DETAILS / ROLE PURPOSE

We are seeking a proactive Change Management Specialist to support a key initiative within the Accounting and Controlling functions; such major project entitles changing current IT tools as well as reviewing E2E related processes.
The Change Management Specialist will drive faster adoption of the new solutions by preparing, implementing, and executing organizational change. The primary responsibility will be to create and implement change management strategies and operational plans that maximize employee adoption and usage and minimize resistance.
Role location is based in Portugal.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities.
• Leverage a change management methodology, process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes.
• Support communication efforts.
• Conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders.
• Support training efforts.