The AXA Group, world leader in Financial Protection, supports and advises its individual and corporate customers at every life stage, providing them with the products and services that meet their insurance, personal protection, savings and wealth management needs.  Our areas of expertise are reflected in a range of products and services adapted to the needs of each client in three major business lines: property-casualty insurance, life & savings, and asset management.In 2021, present in 64 countries, the 165,000 employees and distributors of AXA were committed to serving 107 million clients.  AXA Corporate Center’s main missions are to:Steer the entities in order to ensure the coherence of the strategies, the consistency of the commercial approaches as well as the optimization of the risks and results;Defining and coordinating Group policies, different transversal projects and standards, identifying and sharing best practices;Supporting the entities in order to help them to grow, to develop their offer, their management and steering standards as well as their risk management.  

Management Presentation: 

The Group Financial Controlling team is called “PBRC” (Planning, Budget, Results, Central) and is based in two locations, Paris & Madrid. This department is dedicated to analyzing and commenting the financial information that 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 for the analysis and monitoring of IFRS and Solvency 2 actual accounts and forecast analysis, and for the production of 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.

Main purpose: 

For a given geographic scope, support the senior 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 that the entity understand 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.

       •    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.

,      •    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 that all deadlines are met and that all deliverables are submitted on time with good quality (no process disruptions).

       •    Analyze some financial and profitability indicators (ex: Sales activity, Earnings, Expenses); compile the data and prepare the reporting at Group level.

•    Review/check Group transversal reporting; review/check the press releases and the financial documents presented to the external 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.

       •    Actively contribute to Team’s performance and to the successful implementation of the new organization being rolled out within PBRC across two locations in Paris and Madrid.

Technical skills:       •    Good knowledge in IFRS/ Insurance principles       •    Strong business analysis and synthesis skills       •    Knowledge of accounting and financial mechanisms; IFRS rules, consolidation techniques       •    Good knowledge of MS Excel and Powerpoint; Knowledge of (SAP) Magnitude will be an advantage       •    Good understanding of finance concepts and of the insurance business (Life and P&C, assets & liabilities, reinsurance) is a plus          •    Fluent in English

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

Experience:             •    Master Degree, University in Finance/Audit & Accounting/ Actuarials.       •    A first work experience as an actuary, controller or auditor