Internship - Corporate Finance – M&A - March 2026

As a leading global insurance company, we prioritize human progress by safeguarding what matters most. Join our team of 150,000 professionals in an innovative and challenging environment.

AXA Headquarters brings together the group's corporate activities and oversees global entities, ensuring strategic coordination and compliance with standards, as well as consistency in commercial approaches.

Within AXA GIE (DCFG), you will join the Corporate Finance M&A Team as an Intern.  

What You'll Do

• Support the coordination of M&A processes, working closely with internal stakeholders and external advisors (investment banks, consultants, legal advisors).
• Perform financial analyses and valuations of potential acquisition or divestiture targets, including assessment of strategic rationale and financial impact.
• Conduct macroeconomic, sector and competitive analyses to support strategic decision-making and opportunity screening.
• Prepare high-quality presentations and analytical materials for senior management, executive committees and Board-level discussions.
• Support capital allocation activities and the monitoring of key entity-level performance indicators, ensuring effective and disciplined capital deployment (e.g. solvency ratio, RoE)

Who You Are

• Passionate about finance, with a strong interest in corporate finance and M&A transactions
• Currently enrolled in a top-tier business school, engineering school or university, with a specialization in finance
• Strong analytical skills with solid knowledge of corporate finance, accounting and financial statements
• Proactive, curious, detail-oriented and able to work effectively in a demanding, international environment

We encourage you to apply even if you do not fully meet all the qualifications listed.

In AXA, we are convincing that diversity did the wealth of our company. We ensure equal skills-based application review and accommodate specific needs.

What We Offer

• An international work environment - over 45 nationalities present on site
• State of the art office spaces in the heart of Paris with remote work allowed.
• 60% reimbursement of Navigo pass
• Generous Inter-Company Committee.
• Company restaurant and meal vouchers.
• And most importantly: a valuable experience within an active Early Talent community

During the recruitment process, feel free to inform the recruiters about any specific adjustments you may need for your job.

Notre raison d'être chez AXA ? Chaque jour, nous agissons ensemble pour le progrès humain en protégeant ce qui compte dans + de 50 pays. Accompagner près de 95 millions de clients à chaque étape de leur vie, une mission qui donne le sourire et envie de se lever le matin à nos employés et agents (+ de dans le monde ).

Chez AXA, nous sommes riches de nos singularités et accueillons tous les profils dans leur diversité. Au-delà de mener une politique inclusive engagée, nous agissons au quotidien en tant qu'employeur citoyen et responsable pour des causes sociétales & environnementales.

Ces ambitions vous parlent ? Alors rejoignez un des leaders de l'assurance et venez changer le monde avec nous

Le siège social du Groupe AXA (GIE AXA) regroupe nos activités corporate. Il assure le pilotage et le support des filiales dans le monde, afin de garantir notamment la coordination et le suivi de la stratégie globale d'AXA, l'application de ses standards, la cohérence des approches commerciales, et le partage des meilleures pratiques.  

Le siège est composé d'environ 1000 employés et se distingue par sa forte culture internationale (45 nationalités), ce qui en fait un espace de travail riche et stimulant.