Apprenticeship - Group Internal Financial Controller – IFRS - (M/F)

Main objectives

Context

The role of the Group Internal Financial Control (IFC) team is to ensure the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting for the AXA Group (under IFRS), and to monitor its yearly certification. The Group IFC programme covers the main entities of the Group in terms of assets, operating income and risk exposure.

Since 2014, the Group IFC team has extended the IFC framework to Solvency II topics, i.e. processes participating to the calculation of AFR (Available Financial Resources) and STEC (Short Term Economic Capital), including governance aspects such as Use Test, Model Change Policy or Data Quality. Around 23 entities were in scope for IFRS and Solvency II.

Job position

At the Corporate center, within the Group IFC team, the candidate will be part of the IFC GIE team, in charge of managing:

• The Group IFRS program and the entities’ supervision.
• The IFC program of the Group Central Functions (GCF) including:
  • AXA GIE’s central functions, 
  • Flyer perimeters. 

Group IFC is part of Group Risk Management.   

Main responsibilities

In his/her role, the candidate will: 

Group IFC IFRS Program (including Group Central Functions):

• Actively contribute to the Group and GCF IFC IFRS programmes Management for scoping, timelines, instructions, reporting. 
• Contribute to the redaction of the different IFC IFRS reports and synthesis and actively participate to the post campaign analysis. 
• Contribute to committees’ preparation.
• Support the team for the monthly meetings and analysis on data quality.
• Support the testing activities.  

Project management

• Contribute to the IFRS 9 & 17 implementation. 
• Participate to projects for improving and/or developing IFC framework on new risk coverage and/or due to evolution of Standards (IFRS standards, COSO principles, Solvency II…) or regulation requirements.

Technical and professional skills

• Audit, finance or risk management background. 
• Precise, rigorous, analytical, proactive and well organized 
• Effective communication and writing in English

 Interpersonal skills 

• Good communication skills 
• Strong organizational ability 
• Independent decision-making capability 
• Team spirit is a must

Management skills

• Ability to work with a great number of interlocutors from different backgrounds (inside or outside finance) and cultures across the Group (international environment)
• Ability to understand and work with experts on various disciplines and subjects.

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 is based in Paris - La Défense (Majunga Tower) and brings together the Group's corporate activities. It is distinguished by its strong international culture.

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.

The information provided by applicants will be treated as strictly confidential and used for recruitment purposes only.