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Group Internal Financial IT Controller

Join AXA, a leading global insurer, as a Group Internal Financial IT Controller. In this role, you will be part of the Group Risk Management team, focusing on IT control environment and reporting. You will actively participate in managing IT-related aspects of the Group IFC Program, coordinate and manage the IFC team based in India, and contribute to project management initiatives. You will have the opportunity to work in an international environment, promote internal mobility, and enjoy a flexible work arrangement.

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Permanent contract
Paris
A few days at home
Salary: Not specified
Skills & expertise
Communication skills
Problem-solving skills
SAS
Key missions

Participer activement à la gestion des aspects liés aux technologies de l'information du programme de contrôle financier interne du groupe, y compris la définition de la portée, des délais, des instructions et des rapports.

Engager dans la révision et l'amélioration du cadre de contrôle existant, en mettant l'accent sur les contrôles généraux informatiques et les bibliothèques de risques et de contrôles de l'informatique utilisateur.

Assister à la rédaction de divers rapports et synthèses de contrôle financier interne, et contribuer aux analyses post-campagne.

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YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSABILITIES

 

 

-         Within the Group, you will join the Group Risk Management which develops the risk framework in terms of limits/thresholds (financial, insurance and operational risks), standards, minimum requirements or processes, and oversees the operating entities’ adherence to the framework, supported by the local risk management teams. Risk management is coordinating the second line of defense.

Within the Group Risk Management family, you will be part of the Group Internal Control and Operational Risk team which is responsible for providing reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives relating to operations, reporting, and compliance.The internal control framework is covering a wide diversity of business areas and related risks with the objective to maintain risks within agreed risk tolerance and reduce operational losses. Each year, risk and control teams through the whole group are dealing with the reporting and management of 20000 controls, 2500 operational incidents and control failures representing €100M to €300M loss impact.Within this Department, the Group Internal Financial Control (IFC) team is composed of two teams respectively in charge of IFRS and Solvency II control programs, based in Paris (France) and Pune (India). You will act transversally to these two programs, focusing on IT control environment and reporting to the Group Head of IFC.Your job and daily missions:   Core activities:
  • Group IFC Program:
    • Actively participate in managing IT-related aspects of the Program, including scoping, timelines, instructions, and reporting.
    • Engage in the review and enhancement of the existing control framework, focusing on IT General Controls (ITGC) and End User Computing (EUC) Risk and Control Libraries.
    • Assist in drafting various IFC reports and syntheses for the IT-related sections,  and contribute to post-campaign analyses.
    • Serve as the 'IT Program Expert' for assigned entities, fostering synergies within the team.
    • Monitor the remediation of IT deficiencies, particularly those identified in previous years.
    • Provide support to assigned entities during the final stages of their IT testing, conclusions, and projects.
    • Contribute to "Community calls" by preparing and communicating key messages.
    • Offer support and constructive challenge to local IFC functions concerning their IT-related programs.
    • Encourage entities to enhance the quality of their deliverables, including testing outcomes and management reports.
    • Assist the Group Head of IFC in maintaining regular communication with external auditors.
    • Contribute to supporting internal and external audit missions.
  • Coordination and management
    • Support the Group Head of IFC in managing the IFC team based in India, leading IFC work on behalf of AXA Group (defining the IT testing strategy, following up the IT testing progress, process and controls transfers…)
    • Foster relationships with internal service providers (AXA Group Business Services & AXA Group Operations) regarding budget, scope agreements, and SAS report reviews, ensuring timely and high-quality reporting.
  • Project management
    • Organize communication initiatives to raise awareness of IFC across the Group (e.g., IC/IFC conferences, IC guidelines, IFC induction courses) and facilitate IFC projects.

 

YOUR PROFILE

Let’s talk about you:  Technical and professional skills
  • +3 years of audit or internal control testing.
  • Strong knowledge of IT related activities and controls (professional certifications such as CISA or CISM are a plus).
  • Experience in international and transversal project management.
  • Effective communication and writing in English (including conference meetings, presentation, reports, guidance, standards). French is a plus.
 Interpersonal skills
  • The person must be able to work in an international environment, with a great number of interlocutors.
  • He/she needs to have very strong relationship intelligence, to reach its objectives while maintaining an effective level of communication with his/her interlocutors.
  • He/she must be reliable, proactive, flexible and curious.
  • He/she must be result-oriented, able to anticipate and timely solve problems.
Team spirit is a must, as well as positive mind-set  

WHY JOIN US

 

You will join:

  • A responsible company, towards people, including its employees and customers, and towards the planet 
  • A company with strong values
  • A company promoting internal mobility and the training of its employees
  • A company offering many benefits (learn more here: Reward & Benefits | AXA Group)
  • A flexible company, allowing hybrid work, in the office and from home.

 

In line with our commitments, we celebrate each new hire by taking action for global reforestation: we plant a tree for every recruitment. So, are you ready to apply?

YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT

 

Why AXA? Every day, we work together for human progress by protecting what matters. A mission that puts a smile on your face and makes you want to get up in the morning!

One of the world's leading insurers in the protection of property, people and assets, AXA is 145,000 employees and contributors who are committed to our customers on a daily basis, 51 countries in which we distribute our products and services and more than 90 million customers who place their trust in us worldwide.  As a responsible corporate citizen, AXA is committed to social and environmental causes on a daily basis. We are committed to an inclusive policy that recognizes and values individual differences. Do these ambitions speak to you? Then come and change the world with us!

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.

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