Your work environment:

The headquarters of the AXA Group (GIE AXA) brings together our corporate activities. It provides guidance and support to subsidiaries around the world, to ensure the coordination and monitoring of the Group's global strategy, the application of its standards, the consistency of commercial approaches and the sharing of best practices. The headquarters gathers approximately 1000 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (45 nationalities), which makes it a rich and stimulating place to work.

Within the Group, you will join the PBRC department (Planning, Budget, Results, Central) responsible of conducting financial closings during which the financial and solvency performances of the group are analyzed in detail. Within this Department, you will be part of the Financial Controlling team based in two locations: Paris and Madrid. This team is dedicated to analyzing and commenting the financial and business performance of AXA entities around the world as well as preparing deliverables for external publications. All this is then delivered to the Group’s top Management (i.e., Group CEO, CFO and Board of Directors), to other departments such as Investor Relations, as well as to external parties such as shareholders, analysts, auditors, and supervisors & regulatory bodies. This department is under the control of AXA Group CFO. 

The Group Financial Controlling team within the “PBRC” department (Planning, Budget, Results, Central) is based in two locations, Paris & Madrid. This department is dedicated to analyzing the financial performance of AXA. This is delivered to Group Management (Group CEO, Group CFO and Group Board) and to external parties (shareholders, analysts, auditors and supervisors). This department is under the control of AXA Group CFO. 

PBRC is the owner of many major Finance processes at Group level and responsible of the analysis and the monitoring of IFRS and Solvency 2 actual accounts and figures, as well as of producing the Group annual report. PBRC is also in charge of reassessing the relevance and content of financial indicators, setting new KPIs when necessary, and leading the “PBR” family within the Group.

Missions and tasks: 

For a given geographic scope, support the senior Deputy Manager:

• Analyze and comment the financial performance of the entity on a regular basis (quarterly and/or monthly on ad-hoc basis).  Identify and analyze risks and uncertainties that may impact Group financial statements, management business monitoring. Alert the Deputy Manager.
• Be an effective and trusted correspondent of the entity (ensure an effective and smooth coordination and regular communication, provide support and assistance, answer questions; ensure the entity understands and applies Group instructions; improve the quality, timeliness and efficiency of the entity reporting); get knowledge and understanding of the entity specificities and business.
• Review and control all IFRS data (actual and forecasts) submitted by the entity; control the compliance of the reported information with the Group instructions, timeline, and Group methodologies.
• Assist the Group Audit process with internal and external auditors.
• Solve IFRS accounting issues.

For transversal topics when applicable, support the senior Deputy Manager on ad-hoc basis:

• Be the owner of the PBRC processes of his/her perimeter: ensure all deadlines are met and all deliverables are submitted on time with good quality (no process disruptions).
• Analyze financial and profitability indicators (ex: Sales activity, Earnings, Expenses); and prepare the reporting to Top Management and Investor Relations team.
• Review/check Group transversal reporting; review/check the press releases and the external financial documents presented to analysts on a regular basis.
• Define Group common guidelines, practices, instructions (ex: on Life and Savings reporting, on Property and Casualty reporting, on Expenses reporting) and ensure their correct application by entities.
• Design & set up process improvements in his/her perimeter to secure efficiency and good coordination with entities/Group teams.

Vous rejoignez une entreprise :

-    Responsable, vis-à-vis des personnes, y compris ses employés et ses clients, et de la planète. -    Aux valeurs fortes-    Qui encourage la mobilité interne, et la formation de ses employés-    Qui vous offre de nombreux avantages (en savoir plus ici : Reward & Benefits - french | AXA Group)-    Flexible, qui permet le travail hybride, au bureau et à la maison.

Les informations fournies par les candidat(e)s seront traitées de manière strictement confidentielle et utilisées uniquement à des fins de recrutement.

Technical skills:

• Strong business analysis and synthesis skills.
• Good understanding of finance concepts.
• Understanding of the insurance business (Life and P&C, assets & liabilities, reinsurance), Accounting concepts and ability to understand actuarial practices (IFRS rules, consolidation techniques) is a plus.
• Good knowledge of MS Excel and Powerpoint; Knowledge of (SAP) Magnitude will be an advantage.
• Fluent in English and French. 

Professional skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Highly organized, structured & proactive; ability to work autonomously.
• Curious, proactive, reactive with a good Business sense.
• Ability to quickly build an effective and trust-based relationship with all entities & Group correspondents.
• Ability to work under pressure, remaining effective whilst maintaining excellent attention to quality.
• Ability to convince and challenge.
• Good inter-cultural skills: ability to work in international environment.
• Open to change and flexible.
• Good team player.

Experience:     

• 0-3 years of work experience.

If you wish to give your career a new dimension within an international and dynamic team, you are very welcome to apply online!