Financial Controller (Financial Analyst) - (M/F)

Job description

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Whatever their stage of life, we provide over 108 million customers with the products and services they need to progress. From insurance to personal protection, and savings to wealth management, no matter the need we’re always there for them. And we’re always there for our employees. In 50 countries, we work hard to inspire pride and a sense of belonging in our people. To provide opportunities that challenge them, inspire them, and reward them. And to create a culture that’s open, supportive, and empowering. Because we know that’s the real secret to success – and the best way for us to keep building a better world for both our customers and the talented people who put them first.

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.

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 analyses, and for the production of the Group annual report, including the MD&A, Financial Supplement and Financial Statements. 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 Deputy Manager:

• Be an effective and trusted correspondent/partner 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 in scope) submitted by the entity; control the compliance of the reported information with the Group instructions, timeline and Group methodologies and present economic business view to well understand the results.
• Analyze and comment the financial performance of the entity on a regular basis (quarterly and/or monthly and on ad-hoc basis). Identify and analyze risks and uncertainties that may impact Group financial statements, management business monitoring and decision-making. Alert the Deputy Manager to anticipate any issues to smoothly execute decisions.
• Solve IFRS reporting and accounting issues, as needed.
• Assist the Group Audit process with internal and external auditors.

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

• Be the owner of the PBRC processes of her/his scope: ensure that all deadlines are met and that all deliverables are submitted on time with good quality (no process disruptions).
• Analyze financial and profitability indicators (ex: Volumes, Earnings, Expenses, Balance Sheet, etc.); compile the data and prepare the reporting and meaningful analyses 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.
• Follow Group common guidelines, practices, instructions (ex: Property and Casualty, Asset Management, Investments) and consistent application by entities.
• Design & set up process improvements in her/his scope to secure efficiency and good coordination with various entities and Group teams.
• Actively contribute to Team’s performance and to the successful organization across two locations in Paris and Madrid.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Technical skills

·  Strong business analysis and synthesis skills;
·  Strong knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint;
·  Knowledge of SAP (Magnitude) and VBA will be an advantage;
·  Good understanding of finance concepts and how to capture underlying drivers;
·  Fluent in English.

Professional skills

·  Highly organized, structured & proactive; ability to work with autonomy;
·  Good inter-cultural skills; ability to work in an international environment;
·  Good networking; ability to quickly build an effective and trust-based relationship with entities & Group correspondents;
·  Curious, proactive and 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, flexible and agile;
·  Good team player.

Experience :

·  Master’s Degree, University in Finance/Audit & Accounting/Actuarial/Engineering.
·  1-3 years’ work experience as an actuary, financial analyst, controller or auditor; including internship experience.