AddressHead of Identity & Access Management
Hybrid Working – 2 days a week in our Guildford office
Who we are
Allianz is a global insurance company serving across 70 different countries, but from the very first day you join our team you’ll know that your contributions are valued. We offer world class learning and career development opportunities, while we celebrate an inclusive culture.
Role Description
The Head of Identity and Access Management (IAM) is responsible, working closely with both the business and our outsourced partners, for the set up and ongoing management of the new IAM Governance Function, ensuring the roll-out and implementation of the IAM Target Operating Model (TOM) aligns with both the Global TOM and local regulatory and UK and specific policies.
The role will be required to build effective, positive working relationships across the business functions to support the end outcomes required by the Identity and Access Management model. This will include supporting and remediating any actions resulting from audits as well as interacting with Risk, Internal and External Audit.
The key aspects of the role are highlighted below:
- Create, maintain and manage Business Roles and IAM Domains in the Business Role Management tool based on business know-how collected from Business Owners and Line Managers
- Interact with Service Owners / IAMaaS during periodic reviews and while creating new Business Roles to support correct matching of Business Roles to Entitlements
- Drive creation of Segregation of Duties matrices and their implementation in the Business Role Management Tool
- Ensure that Business Roles do not violate Segregation of Duties Restrictions
- Drive the collection and provision of materials/documentation for audit procedures
- The recruitment and ongoing management of Identity and Access Management Team
- Provide recommendations on how to maintain and manage the Business Role Management Tool to Group IAM Business Operations
- Promote knowledge sharing among IAM stakeholders inside the Operating Entity (OE) and engage in knowledge exchange with other OEs
- Prepare and submit status and progress reporting
Skills
- Sound understanding of the IAM TOM Business Role Taxonomy and IAM Domains as well as RBAC and organizational processes
- Solid understanding of Business Role Management Tools
- Ability to organise complex information
- Ability to lead a team and support professional development of team members
- Understanding of IT risk management processes
- Management of third parties – especially offshore
- Deep understanding of outsource vendor governance and management practices
- Maintaining technical service documentation
- High quality analytical skills and excellent interpersonal skills
- High communication and collaboration capabilities
- High level of reliability, dedication, and commitment
- Efficient time management skills, flexibility and ability to effectively manage various priorities
- Excellent communication skills; approachable; authoritative; diplomatic; demonstrates empathy; strong focus on performance measurement, management and talent development
- Ability to establish relationships across all business and functional areas and act in a consultative manner to identify the IAM requirements applicable to each business area and to intertwine security needs with the goals and objectives of the organization
- Understanding of outsource vendor governance and management practices
Experience
- Experience in a combination of Information Security, Information Technology and Identity and Access Management
- Understanding of international standards and best practices (ISO27001, ITIL, COBIT) and regulatory environments
- Experience in designing, implementing and running Information Security Governance, Risk and Compliance processes in a global and diverse environment
- Background in Identity Governance Administration (IGA) and related IAM architectures and market tools
- Experience in the development of dashboards and reporting
What We Will Offer You
Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you.
We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:
- Competitive annual salary
- Car allowance
- Annual performance related bonus
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Flexible buy/sell holiday options
- Private medical insurance
- Hybrid working
- Contributory pension scheme
- Development days
- A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
- Retail Discounts.
Our Ways of Working
Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.
Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.
Our Purpose and Values
We secure your future
Be Brave | With Heart | Everyone Counts | Inspiring Trust
Our purpose and values are more than just words on a website - they are the why and how of Allianz. They influence everything we do and guide us how to do it.
Created by our people, for our people, they shape our culture, bring us together, and inspire us to be the best. Building on inclusive culture for us all to succeed.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Allianz, we value diversity and inclusion and back this up with our accreditations, Allianz is EDGE certified for gender inclusion, members of the Women in Finance Charter, a Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion members, signatories of Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter, and an Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.
We recognise the strength of neurodiversity in the workplace, and the far-reaching benefits of embracing a spectrum of thinking styles and innovative capabilities. We proudly welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, and can offer tailored adjustments to remove barriers and set you up for success in your career.
At Allianz, we encourage our people to advocate for what they need, we listen, and we act – this could include providing assistive technology, ergonomic specialist equipment, mentoring and coaching, or flexibility in the way you work, among a wide range other adjustments.
At Allianz, we encourage our people to advocate for what they need, we listen, and we act – this could include providing assistive technology, ergonomic specialist equipment, mentoring and coaching, or flexibility in the way you work, among a wide range other adjustments.
Join us - Let’s Care for Tomorrow.
Job Level:
Management
Location:
Guildford, ENG, GB, GU1 1DB
Area of Expertise:
IT & Tech Engineering
Unit:
Allianz UK
Employing Entity:
Allianz Management Services Ltd
Job Type:
Full-Time
Remote Job:
Hybrid working
Employment Type:
Permanent
ID:
43237
Position Cluster:
Allianz Executive
