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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.

Department description

The Investor Relations Department is part of the AXA Group’s central functions. In liaison with Senior Management, the team manages the interactions with institutional financial market participants (investors, financial analysts and rating agencies) and explain all aspects of AXA’s strategy, financial performance as well as M&A and financing operations.

Main purpose

The internship will allow the candidate to develop a good understanding of the Investor Relations function and interactions with the equity research and investment communities, as well as a good overview of central functions (including finance, strategy, legal, risk management, etc.) at AXA’s headquarters. Following 6 months of internship, the candidate should develop strong analytical and financial communication skills and a solid understanding of financial markets and corporate finance topics.

Main activities

Competitor analysis:

• Identify and analyze the major strategic priorities of AXA's main competitors;
• Analyze peers’ financial disclosures and major strategic announcements;
• Produce a weekly report on the sector (market analysis of AXA and competitors) distributed to top AXA executives.

Publications from equity analysts:

• Monitor analyst publications on AXA and the insurance industry;
• Analyze earnings forecasts and valuation drivers.

Rating agencies (S&P, Moody’s, Fitch, AM Best):

• Analyze rating methodologies and identify key rating drivers for AXA

Financial releases:

• Contribute to the preparation of documents related to the Group's performance and strategy, presented by the Senior Management of the Group and intended for the analyst and investor communities

Technical and professional skills:

• Good understanding of Corporate Finance and Strategy topics;
• Strong analytical skills;
• English is essential;
• Attention to detail and ability to “step back” and have a big picture view;
• Strong communication skills;
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; understanding of Bloomberg is preferred;
• Adaptability / Flexibility;
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-cultural environment;

Experience:

• 2nd / 3rd year student in business or engineering school specializing in Finance / Economics;
• Minimum 6 months of prior internship experience.