JOB DESCRIPTION

AXA Ireland are looking for a Qualified Accountant to join their Finance team.
Reporting to the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis, you will be working as part of the Financial Planning and Analysis team, working closely with the business to provide meaningful analysis and be involved with producing the annual financial plans.
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You’ll work the majority of your week away from home. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.

AS PART OF THE FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYSIS TEAM YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO:

• Preparation of weekly/monthly management information to strict deadlines; ensuring completeness and accuracy of results.
• Assisting with the compilation of the annual business plan and the reforecasts of the plan and report our financial plan/forecast information to UK and Paris ensuring accuracy of all returns.
• Review and challenge AXA Ireland Strategic business projects on behalf of the Finance department including their financial evaluation and benefit tracking pre and post implementation to ensure compliance with group standards.
• Provide objective performance reporting and analysis on all areas of the business to the CEO and executive team.
• Collaborating with the business on identifying the best way to present the data to enable decision support (e.g. dashboards/business unit key metrics).
• Create/design prototypes for visualisation and assist in the creation of dashboards.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and help with the interpretation of data.
• Qualified accountant with membership of one of the following accounting bodies ACA, ACCA, CIMA - essential
• A minimum of 4 years experience in financial reporting and/or accounting role - essential
• Strong analytical skills with a high attention to detail essential, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs.
• Experience with visualisation and Planning Software.
• The ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team and to deliver on tight deadlines, with a positive attitude.
• Proven ability to work well with technical and non-technical staff across numerous areas.
• Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
  As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in Ireland and/or the United Kingdom.
  This recruitment campaign will be used to support permanent, temporary and/or extension for any upcoming similar positions.

One of the best things about joining AXA is our rewards package. At AXA Ireland, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package reflects that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive salary with annual review
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 10% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance
• Generous annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• AXA employee discounts
• Education support and plenty of learning opportunities.

AXA is proud to support the needs of our employees and as such understands everyone has individual work and home life responsibilities. We are therefore happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, should this be a requirement for you.
At AXA, we want to become one of the most inspiring companies to work for and to achieve this ambition, we need the best talent to come and work for us. We look for candidates with the right skills and values to join us and selection is based on a fair and equal process. As a financial services company, all successful candidates will require employment checks, so we can ensure regulatory compliance.
We’re proud to be committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
AXA Insurance dac consider applicants on the basis of skills, experience & qualifications and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other legally protected status.
Would you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by our noble mission and to work together as one global team to empower people to live a better life? Here at AXA we strive to lead the transformation of our industry. We are looking for talented individuals who come from varied backgrounds, think differently and want to be part of this exciting transformation by challenging the status quo so we can push AXA - a leading global brand and one of the most innovative companies in our industry - onto even greater things.
In a fast-evolving world and with a presence in 64 countries, our 166,000 employees and exclusive distributors anticipate change to offer services and solutions tailored to the current and future needs of our 103 million customers.
Proud to be part of the AXA Group, at AXA Ireland our values are at the heart of everything we do. We work together as One AXA, embracing our differences to make our teams great. We believe integrity, courage and our customer-first approach is what makes us a great place to work. AXA is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from across all communities.

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