Junior ALM

Job Description:

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 (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 Group Investment & Asset-Liability Management ("GIA") department. GIA role is to consolidate local investment decisions, leverage on financial expertise through the Group and steer investment ideas. The team works in close collaboration with AXA's worldwide investment teams and top-tier investment managers including AXA IM to deploy capital across various asset classes. Overseeing over EUR600bn of Assets Under Management ("AuM"), GIA is organized into four teams (c.50 professionals) under the leadership of the Group Chief Investment Officer ("Group CIO").

Within this Department, you will be part of the Group ALM and Investment Monitoring team, which mission is to (i) lead ALM studies to optimize return on capital across portfolios including Long Term Economic Assumptions used by the different local ALM teams, and the central production of the real-world economic scenarios, (ii) steer Group and local entities balance sheets positioning notably on interest rates and capital management related to investments, (iii) plan and monitor investments across the Group, (iv) steer and monitor investment income across entities and coordination with central controlling teams,

To achieve such mission, Group ALM and Investment Monitoring team is liaising with local investment teams, leading two centers of expertise (ALM, Monitoring), and two steering committees (Interest rates, ALM studies), ensuring disciplined portfolio management, strong coordination, and clear reporting, to support Group financial performance, and being accountable to Group CIO and Group Investment Committee.

As "Junior ALM & investment analyst" you will on one hand:

• Produce of real-world scenarios for the purpose of ALM analyses. This includes the calibration of the models and generation of scenarios for all AXA entities, using the ESG software from Barrie&Hibbert/Moody's Analytics, through various asset classes and time horizons.
• Improve the processes/control for the scenario production and maintain documentation
• Present and complete of the ALM Long Term Economic Assumption to the ALM community

And on the other hand:

• Help and support senior investment monitoring analyst who has a key role of follow transactions of the entities across the world by asset class & strategy to build a realized investment view at AXA group level
• Ensure quality delivery of operating units and adequate level of control, analysis and reconciliation,

Background

• Financial or actuarial background and strong IT skills (master 2 in quantitative finance, actuarial diploma, potentially combined with an IT oriented cursus in an engineering school)

Technical skills

• Knowledge in, and agility with, finance/investments, and ALM concepts
• Good knowledge of, and strong appetite for, IT tools and of programming languages is required (R, Python, VBA, SQL…)
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Power point,…)
• Knowledge of Bloomberg terminal would be a plus

Soft skills:

• Team spirit and ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders across Group, entities and asset manager.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (oral and written) and understanding of how to distil down complex information.
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Fluency in written and spoken English (working language).

You will join:

• A responsible company, towards people, including its employees and customers, and towards the planet
• A company with strong values
• A company promoting internal mobility and the training of its employees
• A company offering many benefits (learn more here: Reward & Benefits | AXA Group)
• A flexible company, allowing hybrid work, in the office and from home.

In line with our commitments, we celebrate each new hire by taking action for global reforestation: we plant a tree for every recruitment. So, are you ready to apply?