PMO to UK Executive Team - Croydon, United Kingdom - AWP Assistance UK Ltd

Description

ROLE

In this role you will support the CEO of Allianz Partners UK and Ireland and work closely with the Executive team in the day-to-day management of these business units. Your mission is to maximise the efficiency of the Exec team, ensuring managerial decisions and strategic initiatives are acted on, tracked, and followed through until their completion. This implies being the communication interface with many internal stakeholders within the Business Units as well as Global Office and Regional counterparts.
You will coordinate a project portfolio, reporting regularly to the Exec team on the most important initiatives, progress, and escalations. Furthermore, you will also participate in or lead specific projects.

This is a unique opportunity to closely work with the Executive team and other key stakeholders. You will participate in all Exec team meetings and help prepare materials. It provides you great exposure to senior management and to a very wide range of range business topics, from sales and growth to financial, operational and people topics, thus opening various international career steps.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIE S

Represent the CEO/ Exec team and liaise with other top managers
Independently and actively support the CEO in steering the strategic agenda
Lead or participate in projects / initiatives requiring project management skills and analysis

Coordinate the project portfolio, tracking progress of major initiatives and reporting them to the Exec team
Prepare Exec meetings, capture decisions and actions, and follow-up on action items

Provide effective support in preparing high quality documents (internal and external presentations,

Responsible for collecting and consolidating data from business stakeholders to produce reports and insights for all levels.

Engage with Strategic stakeholders taking responsibility for own input and action

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Strong work ethic with a proactive attitude and solution-oriented mindset
Extremely structured and organized approach towards work, with strong attention to details
Good interpersonal skills, ability to establish trust relationships with all levels of the organization

Excellent prioritization skills: Ability to filter information, effective use of own resources and handling of competing priorities under tight deadlines
Proven experience analysing complex information and drawing appropriate conclusions
Ability to synthetize information into effective executive summaries
At least 5-10 years of experience in areas such as business administration, project management, key functions, and/or consulting background
Good understanding of the insurance and assistance business
Experience working with intercultural teams in an international and dynamic environment
Working knowledge of MS Office tools, specifically excellent skills in MS PowerPoint and MS Excel

High attention to detail & accuracy

Strong problem solving

Comfortable challenging the ideas of others and challenging senior stakeholders

Ability to work effectively on own initiative with a strong sense of autonomy

Results driven and solution oriented

Fluent in English including excellent writing skills

As an equal opportunity employer, Allianz Partners recognizes that our strength lies in our people and we are committed to diversity and inclusivity. So if you would like to be part of a global company that offers international career opportunities, kick-start your career and dare to join us

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.