Group Internal Auditor – Corporate Centre - (F/H)

Job description

The AXA Group, world leader in Financial Protection, supports and advises its individual and corporate customers at every life stage, providing them with the products and services that meet their insurance, personal protection, savings and wealth management needs.

Our areas of expertise are reflected in a range of products and services adapted to the needs of each client in three major business lines: property-casualty insurance, life & savings, and asset management.
In 2018, present in 61 countries, the 171,000 employees and distributors of AXA were committed to serving 105 million clients.

AXA Corporate Center's main missions are to:
· Steer the entities in order to ensure the coherence of the strategies, the consistency of the commercial approaches as well as the optimization of the risks and results;
· Defining and coordinating Group policies, different transversal projects and standards, identifying and sharing best practices;
· Supporting the entities in order to help them to grow, to develop their offer, their management and steering standards as well as their risk management.

The head office of AXA Group (GIE AXA), based in Paris 8th, gathers the Group's corporate activities. It coordinates the various entities according to the Group's strategy and is responsible for managing international projects. The headquarters is composed with over 880 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (50 nationalities).

Direction Presentation:

Group Internal Audit monitors and reviews the effectiveness of the internal control and risk management framework operated within the Group and directs the global internal audit teams to accomplish its objectives of providing independent and objective assurance on the effectiveness of risk management, internal control and governance processes. The Corporate center team performs internal audit reviews of Corporate center departments (excluding IT), AXA Liabilities Managers (ALM) and AXA Global Reinsurance (AGRE), as well as coordination of transversal reviews performed across the world by local internal audit teams and occasionally performing certain audit missions or investigations in other parts of the Group.

Core activities :
Internal Audit reviews
· To lead or to participate to internal audit reviews of Corporate Centre (Group functions), ALM and AGRE with proactive update and feedback to the manager;
· To participate to transversal internal audit reviews with coordination of work performed by local internal audit teams;
· To document audit work in our internal audit tool in accordance with standards;
· To draft audit report making recommendations on internal controls, operating efficiencies and governance processes being reviewed;
· Present audit conclusions to Senior Management;
· Follow up audit findings and recommendations and monitor management's response and implementation; Audit standards
· Develop and maintain standard audit programs;
· Assist in preparation of papers for the Audit Committee as directed;
· Help ensuring that the highest operational standards are consistently adopted across the Group; Other
· Develop and maintain professional relationships with management;
· Assist in developing training programs on subjects that may be of wider interest to the audit community;
· Provide assistance to the Finance Audit forum, preparing presentations on relevant topics as needed;
· Actively involved in discussing with GIE AXA, Corporate Centre, ALM and AGRE Top Management the adequacy of controls to address those risks to ensure that Internal Audit is regarded as a value-added function;
· Identify training needs with respect to auditing approaches, tools and techniques and remain current through an on-going commitment to participation in learning and development;
· Participate in ad-hoc projects bringing technical expertise as determined by the Global Head of Finance & Risk audit.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Education: Graduate specialising in Finance, Accounting or Auditing

Experience: Ideally 5-7-year experience in Finance / Accounting / Insurance or Reinsurance operations.

Other skills:
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Full proficiency in English (minimum score: TOEIC 900 / TOEFL 105) and French (both essential);

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Knowledge of Insurance business,

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Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint);

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Strong analytical, report writing and communication skills;

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Knowledge on IFRS GAAP and Solvency 2 would be a + as well as CIA certification;

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Willing to travel for up to 10% of time.

Soft skills:

The applicant must:
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Show a great ability to listen, a critical mind, a good analytical sense as well as capacity for synthesis;

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Be able to deal with sensitive and confidential audit issues using developed discretion and judgment, while maintaining independence and objectivity;

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Be able to build good working relationships;

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Demonstrate capacity to anticipate obstacles and think about next steps;

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Possess strong (oral and writing) communication skills, ability to convince of the value of his / her opinions;

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Be result oriented with ability to focus on detailed tasks to achieve specified outcomes;

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Be concerned with service quality and implementation / follow up;

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Be able to work autonomously, be objective and rigorous in his / her approach