Head of Finance Southern Europe

**Flexible Work Eligible**: None

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**Head of Finance, France & Southern Europe**

Paris, France

Imagine being part of a dynamic leadership team at AXA XL, the leading provider of Property & Casualty insurance and specialty insurance for the largest companies in France, including those in the CAC40 and SBF120. Here, your expertise will play a crucial role in shaping the future of insurance and risk management on both a national and international scale.

At AXA XL, we pride ourselves on offering tailored insurance and reinsurance solutions that empower our clients to navigate complex risks. Whether it’s through our comprehensive coverage for traditional risks like liability and property damage, or specialized areas such as political risk, environmental issues, crisis management, fine art, and even space insurance, we are committed to helping our clients protect what matters most to them.

You will have the overall responsibility for the Finance & Accounting, Budget & Reporting activities of AXA XL France and will steer, monitor and coordinate the same activities for the other countries of the Southern Europe Region (Italy and Spain).

You will be a strategic Business Partner and Advisor to the Regional Manager and the Leadership teams of the Region. You will create strategies, policies, and operating plans to design and operate robust finance processes and support the growth and profitability objectives of the Region.

You will also report through a dotted line to the CFO of XL ICSE / BU APAC & Europe and will as such be a member of the Leadership team of the XL ICSE / BU Finance team

As a major actor within our organization, you will play a key role in the management of shareholders, regulatory relationships and actuary works.

Here is some key figures to highlight the finance playground you can be part of:
Ø Southern Europe Entities (XLICSE & XLCSSE) have insurance revenues of UDS 2,5Bn, across 16 lines of business and a balance sheet size of $7Bn.

Ø Total Opex controlled of $ 248m

Ø Responsible for leading the finance function in an organization with 1270+ employees

Ø Member of the AXA XL France Leadership team, Southern Europe Regional team and APAC EUR Finance Leadership team

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**Day to Day activities**
- Lead and manage the accounting and reporting team to ensure : _
- Adequate accounting registry of all business activities
- Manage and control the expense budget
- Deliver financial reports for all entities on a statutory basis and on AXA XL and AXA standards basis
- Manage the treasury operations, ensuring cash flow is appropriate for the organization’s operations
- Support of Tax functions and deliver the tax return / payment
- Oversee the proper management and control of accounts receivables and payables
- Analyze results and challenge business for improvements and savings
- When applicable, manage relationship with external auditors and other key external stakeholders (tax authorities, regulators...)
- Advocate for efficiency initiatives to optimize productivity
- Lead and manage the business controlling team to ensure:_
- Preparation, monitoring and reporting of the budgeting and forecasting processes
- Preparation, monitoring and reporting of the performance of the company along the year
- Follow up and report financial targets (Revenues, Claims, Opex, Reinsurance, cash,)
- Contribute to the strategic planning and productivity increase
- Participate on the company projects, helping with business cases preparation, validation and analyses
- Participate as member of the France and Southern Europe leadership teams to steer the performance of the branches in Southern Europe,
- participate in the strategic discussion, and drive the financial communication.
- Participate as member of the BU APAC & Europe finance leadership team to steer the financial process of the BU.
- Overall, as any manager in AXA XL, you will be involved in day to day management activities:_
- Motivate and develop team members to deliver a high level of performance, especially by incorporating the Navigator in their everyday work. You’ll also be using company performance management practice (tools /process/ behavior) including goal setting, monitoring performance through regular check ins, performance reviews and development plans.
- Coach team members to unlock their potential, supporting them with access to appropriate training and development opportunities.
- Identify training needs and arrange relevant training that allows the team to enhance their performance and deliver customer, business and regulatory needs.
- Identify team members ‘ potential and help them progress and ensure that development plans are in place to accelerate their development. Understand their career aspirations and actively plan careers by supporting them to identify future roles within the organization
- Regularly monitor workloads and operate a flexible approach to sharing resources, espec