Inforce Annuity Manager | Hybrid

At Allianz Life, we are driven by our mission - we secure your future - and by our common goal of caring for tomorrow. We care for our employees by promoting an inclusive culture where everyone has the opportunity to grow and be rewarded for their success. We care for our customers by creating new products that help them protect their families and pursue their retirement goals. We care for our community by giving time, resources, and donations. In addition, we care for the future by supporting sustainability, protecting the local environment, and promoting societal equity.

You will deliver unbiased, thoroughly researched and documented product specifications, on competitors inforce annuity contracts and optional benefits for advisors looking to make informed decision that are in the best interest of their clients. They will identify inforce product trends to create sales opportunities for the sales teams. This resource will be a unique, value-add advisor service for ALFS' internal and external teams that does not exist with wholesale broker dealers. This individual will serve as the primary market consultant on competitive intelligence and insights of traditional variable annuities to Senior Leadership.

What you do:Research, analyze and synthesize specifications on in-force fixed/fixed index/ variable annuity contracts and optional benefits elected from numerous companies that advisors are seeking information.

Communicate and educate the analysis to ALFS' internal/external sales teams to support their producers/prospects in making informed and suitable recommendations about existing products to their clients.

Collaborate with the Sales Enablement Team to develop a process to measure: sales generated through analysis completed for advisors. Communicate to ALFS' internal/external sales teams the results, best practices and potential opportunities/trends within the in-force annuity industry.

Monitor FIA/variable annuity product filings and annotate the specifications of new living benefit riders and/or rider changes for historical reference.

Collaborate with the Advanced Analytics team to design and use AI systems to support and streamline the value-add services of this role.

What you bring:

• 8-10 years of experience required.
• Experience in the financial services industry and/or market/competitive intelligence and at gathering and interpreting marketplace information. A historical perspective of the annuity marketplace with the ability to research products that were sold 10+ years ago and an understanding of how to monitor the annuity landscape, reviewing SEC prospectus filings.
• Four-year degree required.
• FINRA Series 6 & 63 required.

Limited travel may be requested. Job may require periods of stooping, bending, sitting or standing.

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54361 | Sales & Distribution | Professional | Allianz US Life | Full-Time | Permanent

What we offer:At Allianz Life, we're proud to provide a benefits package that supports the True Balance of our employees and their families. We offer: a choice of comprehensive medical, dental and vision plan options, health savings account, tuition reimbursement, student loan retirement plan, generous annual paid leave, an outstanding 401(k) company match, and life insurance.In addition, our employees enjoy an award-winning campus with an array of discounted amenities, including an onsite health center, child development center, fitness facility, convenience store and two cafeterias. Our employees and leaders take an active role in shaping our culture through our Employee Resource Groups, whose activities and advocacy contribute to an environment that welcomes, includes and celebrates diversity. Our generous benefits, campus amenities and inclusive, engaged culture are among the many reasons we're routinely recognized as a top workplace employer.

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.

Join us. We care for tomorrow.

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