Description

The financial controller brings high level of expertise to manage the overall financial control (Plan Budget Results) of Cloud Products scope in order to provide to the Cloud management a clear and understandable view of the major financial parameters to support business decisions, minimize the financial risks, and optimize the value of Cloud Products activities.

He/she has the very important role to ensure the full consistency of financial figures produced and analyzed for each covered business unit and then published to support fully informed strategic and organizational Executive decision process. It has to be done in full compliance with AXA Group Financial standards.

The Cloud Products perimeter is growing over the years within AXA Group strategy and contains currently several strategic initiatives on top of recurrent Light-On activities. These projects are Transformation projects with complex funding set-up, with teams hosted in all AXA GO Legal entities.

DOMAINS OF RESPONSIBILITY

For Cloud Products Scope He/she is responsible:

• To produce a high quality and timely financial information and deliver accurate analysis to the management
• To support, challenge & control the expenses on all activities hosted in the Cloud Products Scope
• To coordinate, monitor, manage and ensure the quality of the closing processes (on a monthly basis)
• Be the "gatekeeper" of financial processes (eg purchase orders,..), to directly manage specific cases requiring high level of expertise and organize support and training to smoothen the processes.
• Also make sure in relationship with Cloud PMOs that all employees are able to time track their activities
• Ensure up-to-date use of methodologies regarding controlling, accounting, taxes and proactively get trained on new standards
• To produce reports of actuals or others to answer to Cloud products operational needs
• To support Project teams during the rolling forecast activities per providing the key financial elements and parameters such MD rate per country, FX, VAT and TP. Also, to ensure the alignment of forecast parameters with Internal Projects Parameters and the Internal Project Governance decisions
• To support Project teams to get a consolidated view of their Budget vs Forecast vs Engaged
• To support the Engagement Committee preparation and to apply the committee decisions

KPI :

• On time, on specifications to deliver the financial planning processes (budget, forecast pre-close)
• On time, on specifications to deliver the closing processes (monthly)
• AXA GO budget in line with Management commitments (Cloud Products perimeter)
• Transparent and actionable financial reporting to management and Heads of Cloud Products scope
• Efficiency of controlling activities

Qualifications

Financial background with at least 5 years proven experience in international environment

• Strong expertise of accounting and controlling
• Excellent relationship management; Most of partners to produce the budget are ELT members
• Expertise and knowledge of tax aspects on international flows

Technical skill

• Financial expertise with at least 5 years of experience with focus on accounting, budgeting and controlling
• Very good level of expertise on controlling and budgeting
• Good level of expertise on various financial tools (COUPA, ANAPLAN, SAP) and reporting tools (Excel / Power BI / Powerpoint).
• Good level of expertise on accounting and tax
• Proactive in being up-to-date in accounting, budgeting and controlling expertise
• Proficient in presentation, both oral and written
• Cloud/IT sensibility is a real plus

Non-technical skill

• High level of maturity in interfacing with people, working both across cultures and at various levels of the organization; Assertive, persuasive and didactic
• Real aptitude for working in a multicultural and global environment
• Collaboration skills are critical to ensure all the stakeholders work in concert to deliver budget figures
• Communication skills (both oral and written) are important for managing meetings with executives.
• Sense of organization, reactivity...
• Ability to interpret complex data, analyze and give senior advise
• Ability to collaborate proactively with contacts all over the world. Raise questions, ask for help when needed, ...

Managerial skill

• Creation and management of a network of people to get the appropriate level of information and disseminate good practices

Linguistic Knowledge

• Fluent English level in speaking and writing is mandatory

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