Group Internal Financial IT Controller

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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.

Within the Group, you will join the Group Risk Management which develops the risk framework in terms of limits/thresholds (financial, insurance and operational risks), standards, minimum requirements or processes, and oversees the operating entities’ adherence to the framework, supported by the local risk management teams. Risk management is coordinating the second line of defense. 

Within the Group Risk Management family, you will be part of the Group Internal Control and Operational Risk team which is responsible for providing reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives relating to operations, reporting, and compliance.

The internal control framework is covering a wide diversity of business areas and related risks with the objective to maintain risks within agreed risk tolerance and reduce operational losses. 

Within this Department, the Group Internal Financial Control (IFC) team is composed of three teams respectively in charge of Solvency 2, IFRS and Sustainability Reporting control programs. These teams are currently based in Paris (France) and Pune (India), and aim to extend to Madrid to create synergies with the GIE AXA teams based in Spain - namely the Internal Model Review (IMR) team, in charge of in-depth actuarial review of the Internal Model. 

Your job and daily missions :

·Group IFC Program:

oActively participate in managing IT-related aspects of the Program, including scoping, timelines, instructions, and reporting.

oEngage in the review and enhancement of the existing control framework, focusing on IT General Controls (ITGC) and End User Computing (EUC) Risk and Control Libraries.

oAssist in drafting various IFC reports and syntheses for the IT-related sections, and contribute to post-campaign analyses.

oServe as the 'IT Program Expert' for assigned entities, fostering synergies within the team.

oMonitor the remediation of IT deficiencies, particularly those identified in previous years.

oProvide support to assigned entities during the final stages of their IT testing, conclusions, and projects.

oContribute to "Community calls" by preparing and communicating key messages.

oOffer support and constructive challenge to local IFC functions concerning their IT-related programs.

oEncourage entities to enhance the quality of their deliverables, including testing outcomes and management reports.

oAssist the Group Head of IFC in maintaining regular communication with external auditors.

oContribute to supporting internal and external audit missions.

·Coordination and management

oSupport the Group Head of IFC in managing the IFC team based in India, leading IFC work on behalf of AXA Group (defining the IT testing strategy, following up the IT testing progress, process and controls transfers…)

oFoster relationships with internal service providers (AXA Group Business Services & AXA Group Operations) regarding budget, scope agreements, and SAS report reviews, ensuring timely and high-quality reporting.

·Project management

oOrganize communication initiatives to raise awareness of IFC across the Group (, IC/IFC conferences, IC guidelines, IFC induction courses) and facilitate IFC projects.

Let’s talk about you:

Technical and professional skills

§+3 years of audit or internal control testing.

§Strong knowledge of IT related activities and controls (professional certifications such as CISA or CISM are a plus).

§Experience in international and transversal project management.

§Effective communication and writing in English (including conference meetings, presentation, reports, guidance, standards). French is a plus.

Interpersonal skills

§The person must be able to work in an international environment, with a great number of interlocutors.

§ Strong interpersonal skills to reach objectives while maintaining an effective level of communication.

§ Reliable, proactive, flexible and curious.

§Result-oriented, able to anticipate and timely solve problems.

§Team spirit is a must, as well as positive mind-set.

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 and bring together the Group's corporate activities. It is distinguished by its strong international culture.

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