About AXA
AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them.
As the sixth-largest insurance company in the world, we provide a wide range of services, including health, car, home, and business insurance.
We support millions of customers worldwide, helping them navigate life's uncertainties with confidence.
AXA UK Support Functions look after our three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure and expertise to make sure we can be there for our customers.
Job overview
You’ll be responsible for preparing and analysing detailed financial reports for the CFO, Management Committee and Group leadership.
Review reporting submissions to ensure accuracy and consistency, and proactively identify opportunities to enhance the quality and reliability of financial reporting.
Key responsibilities
- Ensure accuracy of core group reports through effective automated or manual controls and reconciliations.
- Review reporting submissions and look to improve the accuracy of reporting, challenge errors and look to improvement quality and delivery time.
- Co-ordinate, prepare and analyse comprehensive financial reporting.
- Produce monthly financial performance packs to a high standard with minimal errors and support.
- Key monthly deliverables include Monthly Business Report for Group Finance, Finance sections of the monthly UK&I MC Dashboard.
- Assist with the preparation of CFO notes/board reports to high level and consistent standard.
- Develop and nurture relationships across the business leading to detailed understanding of the reporting process.
- Support the Finance Lead in re-engineering current reporting processes.
- Work with Project team and UK&I Finance teams to automate the population of the Finance data lake with all required reporting data.
- Ensure effective automated controls and reconciliation are established to ensure accuracy of reported data, within agreed timescales.
- Work with project team and contributors of reports, to replace current regular reports with Power BI based reporting.
Work arrangements
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers.
You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) from January 2027.
Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events.
Your skills & experience
- Preferred professionally qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or Actuary).
- Suitable post qualification experience within an insurance organisation or suitable relevant experience to an equivalent level of competence.
- Understand and analyse complex financial information process management.
- Possess general knowledge of financial sector activities.
- Ability to write clear, concise and informative reports.
- Ability to liaise with stakeholders and provide an insight into key areas of focus in the financial result.
Internal candidates
Internal candidates are encouraged to apply for this 14 month FTC role as a secondment opportunity through the internal careers site.
Precondition of employment
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.