Finance Project Manager

**Job Description**:
**About AXA**

As a world-leading insurance company, we act for human progress by protecting what matters. With 153,000 employees in 54 countries working for 105 million customers, we’ve created a truly dynamic and vibrant community. Inclusion and diversity link closely with our values, and together we’re nurturing a culture of respect, for each other, for our customers and the communities around us. Join AXA and you’ll feel like you belong, are included and can thrive. You’ll be able to shape the way you work and truly grow your potential as you seek out new opportunities, push boundaries and benefit people in critical moments of their lives. This is your chance to build the tomorrow you want. Know you can.

**About the entity**

AXA is becoming a sustainable tech-led company and at AXA Group Operations we are one of the major catalysts for this transformation.

We set the tone by triggering and empowering the evolution of our insurance business model through technology and innovation, driving its concrete implementation globally at speed, with a high quality of advisory and execution.

We are present across 17 countries with committed, highly qualified teams. We leverage technology, data, sourcing, security and investment allocation in a global way, but also achieve economies of scale and synergies when necessary.

At AXA Group Operations, we want to be recognized in three fields of action:

- State-of-the-art Data Technology to drive customer experience
- State-of-the-art Procurement & Sourcing to drive efficiency and better manage risks
- High-Performing Global Team for stronger partnerships with AXA entities

**Where will you be in the organization?**

You will join AXA Group Operations Finance. This division drives and monitors Group Operations strategic plan, sets budgets and efficiency targets, follows up and controls actuals versus budget targets, while providing timely, accurate and adequate financial information to enable thorough decision-making and ensuring compliance with local regulations.

Our main missions:

- Drive and monitor AXA GO strategic plan, budgets and efficiency targets. Track and control actuals compared to budget targets
- Establish and maintain cost accounting for AXA GO
- Define mechanisms for cost recharging to Entities, set rules to account for the financial implications of services provided, and monitor cash management
- Prepare and provide financial statements in compliance with regulatory requirements, ensure adherence to local and international tax regulations
- Coordinate and manage M&A projects (divestitures, internal transfer, business transfer) at AXA GO level

Our division is composed of several departments with respective accountabilities:

- Controlling
- Commercial Finance
- Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Finance Transformation

**About the job**

**Main missions**

Corporate Finance team will manage the following projects:

- Divestitures/acquisitions initiated by AXA Group involving a third party (buyer/seller) and an AXA divested entity/buying AXA entity that has part of its IT integrated within AXA GO (external acquisition/sale)
- Business transfers involving a third party: sale or purchase of an activity between an AXA GO entity and a third party
- Internal transfers: sale or purchase of business (incl. movement of shares) and/or assets and/or transfer of employees etc. between an AXA GO entity and any another AXA entity (GO or not-GO)
- Any other operation impacting AXA GO’s corporate structure, balance sheet or activities

The main mission of the team will be:

- Ensure the management of the project/program before the closing/execution of the deal
- Oversee the project/program within AXA GO and with the external counterpart
- Coordinate AXA GO expertise and report progress at GO Executive level
- Act as a SPOC for Group

Act as finance Subject Matter Expert to secure the financial terms of Corporate Finance projects
- Negotiation of the financial terms of the contract
- Definition and monitoring of the project costs and business case of deals
- Definition of the cost baseline and valuation of the transferred activities
- Provide information to assess the financial impact (overhead, SFL, Gamma...)
- Perform annual valuation of existing AXA GO goodwill or participations
- Ad hoc transversal financial study / analysis

**Expected skills & experience**

**Experience**

Education: Master’s degree in Finance, or Economics. Background in Audit or Consulting as a plus.
Experience: more than 8 years of working experience in a dynamic and global business environment, within Finance Division

**Technical skills**
- Excellent proficiency using Pack Office particularly Excel and Power Point
- Excellent financial skills: understanding of business economics, ability to build business case and/or cost baseline in an complex environment from a data quality perspective
- Solution driven: Analytical and problem-solving skills

**Soft skills / transver