Senior Specialist, Strategic Business Finance & Planning

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000

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Senior Specialist, Strategic Business Finance & Planning, London

Client:

AXA Group

Location:

London, United Kingdom

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Logistics

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Yes

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Posted:

11.03.2025

Expiry Date:

25.04.2025

Job Description:

Senior Specialist, Strategic Business Finance & Planning

London, UK

The Divisional FP&A team is responsible for financial governance and providing financial analysis and support to the CFO, Head of FP&A, AXA group, and AXAXL Leadership teams.

As Senior Specialist – Division FP&A, you will be part of a team responsible for providing financial governance, timely, accurate, and insightful management information and financial analysis to senior management regarding the AXAXL divisional results across all actual, planning, and forecasting cycles. This position will leverage relationships across the business to drive a deeper understanding of profitability, allowing management to make informed decisions based upon sound financial insight. This role reports to the Head of Divisional Financial Planning & Analysis.

Your key responsibilities will include:

1. Lead analysis of the division's results, working closely with the broader FP&A team, regional FP&A leads, and the business planning community to better understand the key business drivers.
2. Engage with the broader business to enrich the financial analysis by developing an appreciation for business strategy, market trends, and competitors' position in the market.
3. Lead on insightful analysis/commentary through preparation of appropriate material for the target audience and developing BI reporting solutions to underpin the analysis.
4. Contribute to the financial governance undertaken across the Divisional FP&A team.
5. Take a lead role in ensuring consistency in process, data, and reporting for the division.
6. Work closely with the India FP&A team to deliver the annual requirements, building a collaborative team environment.
7. Actively participate in projects to drive the FP&A function forward.

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

1. Significant experience gained working within P&C insurance, with demonstrated understanding of Re/insurance principles and IFRS insurance accounting concepts, and application thereof within the Financial Analysis environment; Professional Accountancy Qualification expected.
2. Ability to navigate a global enterprise with a professional approach to successfully interact with all levels of the organization, to confidently articulate views and influence outcomes, to understand constituencies served and develop/leverage relationships necessary to be successful.
3. Robust analytical skills, with an inquisitive attitude, with attention to detail and an ability to link the results of their own work to the broader business results and strategies.
4. FP&A specific skills and experience, including fluency in FP&A tools, variance & trend analysis, understanding of driver-based planning and predictive forecasting.
5. Experience with reporting/consolidation/planning systems (HFM, Anaplan) and advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
6. A proactive, self-starter and self-motivator, that is adaptable in a fast-moving global environment with the capacity to manage time, work to tight deadlines, prioritize and adjust to changing requirements.

FIND your future

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals, and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines, and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.