Controlling Expert - Cloud Product

The financial controller brings a high level of expertise to manage the overall financial control (Plan Budget Results) of Cloud Products scope in order to provide the Cloud management with a clear and understandable view of the major financial parameters to support business decisions, minimize financial risks, and optimize the value of Cloud Products activities.

He/she has the very important role of ensuring the full consistency of financial figures produced and analyzed for each covered business unit and then published to support a fully informed strategic and organizational Executive decision process. This must be done in full compliance with AXA Group Financial standards.

The Cloud Products perimeter is growing over the years within AXA Group strategy and contains currently several strategic initiatives on top of recurrent Light-On activities. These projects are Transformation projects with complex funding set-up, with teams hosted in all AXA GO Legal entities.

DOMAINS OF RESPONSIBILITY

For Cloud Products Scope, he/she is responsible:

• To produce high-quality and timely financial information and deliver accurate analysis to the management.
• To support, challenge, and control the expenses on all activities hosted in the Cloud Products Scope.
• To coordinate, monitor, manage, and ensure the quality of the closing processes (on a monthly basis).
• To be the “gatekeeper” of financial processes (e.g., purchase orders), managing specific cases requiring a high level of expertise and organizing support and training to streamline the processes.
• To ensure, in relationship with Cloud PMOs, that all employees are able to time track their activities.
• To ensure up-to-date use of methodologies regarding controlling, accounting, taxes, and proactively get trained on new standards.
• To produce reports of actuals or others to answer Cloud products operational needs.
• To support Project teams during the rolling forecast activities by providing key financial elements and parameters such as MD rate per country, FX, VAT, and TP. Also, to ensure the alignment of forecast parameters with Internal Projects Parameters and the Internal Project Governance decisions.
• To support Project teams in obtaining a consolidated view of their Budget vs Forecast vs Engaged.
• To support the Engagement Committee preparation and apply the committee decisions.

KPI :

• On time, on specifications to deliver the financial planning processes (budget, forecast pre-close).
• On time, on specifications to deliver the closing processes (monthly).
• AXA GO budget in line with Management commitments (Cloud Products perimeter).
• Transparent and actionable financial reporting to management and Heads of Cloud Products scope.
• Efficiency of controlling activities.

Minimum Requirements:

Financial background with at least 5 years of proven experience in international environments.

• Strong expertise in accounting and controlling.
• Excellent relationship management; most partners to produce the budget are ELT members.
• Expertise and knowledge of tax aspects on international flows.

Technical Skills:

• Financial expertise with at least 5 years of experience focusing on accounting, budgeting, and controlling.
• Very good level of expertise in controlling and budgeting.
• Good level of expertise in various financial tools (COUPA, ANAPLAN, SAP) and reporting tools (Excel / Power BI / PowerPoint).
• Good level of expertise in accounting and tax.
• Proactive in staying up-to-date in accounting, budgeting, and controlling expertise.
• Proficient in presentation, both oral and written.
• Cloud/IT sensibility is a real plus.

Non-Technical Skills:

• High level of maturity in interfacing with people, working across cultures and at various organizational levels; assertive, persuasive, and didactic.
• Real aptitude for working in a multicultural and global environment.
• Collaboration skills are critical to ensure all stakeholders work in concert to deliver budget figures.
• Communication skills (both oral and written) are important for managing meetings with executives.
• Sense of organization, reactivity.
• Ability to interpret complex data, analyze, and provide senior advice.
• Ability to collaborate proactively with contacts all over the world; raise questions and ask for help when needed.

Managerial Skills:

• Creation and management of a network of people to gather appropriate information and disseminate good practices.

Linguistic Knowledge:

• Fluent English level in speaking and writing is mandatory.