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!

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 GIE, you will join Group Finance which ensures the delivery of financial performance of the business as per the targets; manages capital, liquidity, M&A, investments and investors’ relationship; is in charge of budget, forecasting and reporting (in compliance with accounting standards and regulatory frameworks); manages the Group’s tax position and litigations.

More specifically, you will be part of the Group Finance Transformation department. The Transformation Office's overall objective and vision is to improve how Finance operates, with three overarching targets:

1. Better serve the business,
2. Boost and motivate teams by simplifying processes and improving tools and
3. Increase our effectiveness, also in terms of costs.

YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSABILITIES:

Controlling activities across the group encompasses 900 employees for 150m€ of budget. Its activities are closely linked with the other finance teams and, as finance partners, with all business teams.

Typical responsibilities include:

• Drives and leads initiative towards clear vision of the E2E process and EPM tool vision
• Leads initiative Steerco together with Sponsors
• Leverages solid Anaplan knowledge to guide the technical community together with group Anaplan expert
• Leads EPM tool community for all entities, encourages knowledge exchange between entities
• Encourages together with Sponsor and program lead convergence between entity solutions on EPM tool
• Pressure tests initiative-level targets and ambition as well as initiative charters, business cases, and solutions
• Drives capability building: train initiative leads on tracking, tools, and reporting structure, etc..
• Supports initiative solution development and decision making; Provides SWAT support where needed
• Ensures cross-division support for initiative teams when needed
• Provides support in developing value (financial and non-financial) tracking strategy and metrics; Identifies and validates sources of value at initiative level
• Reports progress and roadblocks to Transformation Project Manager; works with initiative leads to recommend mitigating action

YOUR PROFILE

Candidate profile:

• Senior position with good understanding of controlling processes, organization strategy as well as transformation purpose and priorities

Technical skills:

• Strong project management skills, and experience in leading a project involving a wide variety of stakeholders with different cultural backgrounds
• Superior communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Ability to convince and influence to impact strategic decisions
• Experience with Anaplan would be a big plus
• Fluent in English

Soft skills and competencies:

• Solution driven mindset
• Good working relationship with workstream leaders and strong communication skills to ensure divisional support for initiative teams
• Strong problem solving and analytics capabilities to support initiative solution development
• Work experiences and knowledge in relevant initiative areas
• Demonstrated coaching / management capabilities to develop initiative leads capabilities

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?