Internship - Financial Analyst - (f/h) - June 2022 job from AXA in Puteaux (92), France

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 2021, present in 54 countries, the 153,000 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 La Défense, 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 1000 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (45 nationalities).

Group Performance Management Department:

Group Performance Management Department controlling team is based in Paris and Hong Kong. The team is composed of c.15 international executives with a strong background in finance (M&A, actuaries) and/or in strategy (consulting or other), organized in geographic areas (AXA France / AXA XL / AXA IM, Europe, Asia, and International New Markets).

GPM is a Group finance department which offers a unique and centralized point of contact for all business performance monitoring matters. The team is working in close collaboration with entities’ top Management (CFOs, Heads of Controlling) and Group central functions (Operations, HR and technical teams) to feed the MC and the CFO with accurate information.

Its main duty is to steer financial and strategic dialogues with entities and provide the Management Committee with analysis. Reporting to the Management Committee and the CFO are conducted on a monthly basis and complement the financial and strategic cycle (budget, forecast 1 & 2, closing and the Strategic plan). BSID is also in charge of data projects (change in tools, process automation).

Role and Responsibilities:

GPM is looking for an intern to join one of the geographic areas. The main mission of the GPM intern is to assist the relevant Associate in monitoring the Entities. Therefore, the GPM intern is expected to:

• Support the Associate in preparing monthly analysis covering financial and non-financial performance indicators;
• Support the Associate in providing management presentations and regular update on business performance and budget execution;
• Participate to forecasting, financial planning and budgeting processes, providing right figures and analysis;
• With the support of GPM Associate, prepare benchmarking analysis with external competitors;
• With the support of GPM Associate, prepare ad hoc analysis on business / financial topics.

Profile Requirements:

Education: Business or Engineering school or master’s in finance or strategy

Expected skills to successfully achieve the internship:

• Good understanding of finance and reporting principles
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to organise, analyse and summarise in a clear way
• Fluent in English

Le siège du Groupe AXA, basé à Paris 8ème, regroupe les activités Corporate du Groupe. Il coordonne avec les différentes entités la stratégie du Groupe, et assure le pilotage des projets internationaux. La particularité du siège réside notamment en la présence d’une forte culture internationale (39 nationalités).

Les informations fournies par les candidat(e)s seront traitées de manière strictement confidentielle et utilisées uniquement à des fins de recrutement.