Group Financial Controller - IFRS

The Group Finance team is called “PBRC” (Planning, Budget, Results, Central) and is based in two locations, Paris & Madrid. This department is dedicated to analyzing, commenting, and reporting the financial information that is delivered to Group Management (CEO, CFO and Board of Directors) and to external parties (mostly shareholders, analysts, auditors, and supervisors). This department is reporting to the Group CFO of AXA.

PBRC is the owner of all major Group Finance processes and responsible for the analysis and monitoring of IFRS and Solvency 2 actual accounts, and to produce the Universal registration document (Group Annual Report) and SFCR. PBRC is also the owner of the accounting policy and definition of the main Group KPI.

Within PBRC, the Global Consolidation team oversees the preparation of the Group Consolidated Financial Statements, internal information on balance sheet, as well as the Solvency 2 Pillar 3 (“S2P3”) regulatory reporting on a quarterly basis. This includes regular interactions with entities to review and control the reported information, and to support entities in accounting and consolidation topics. The team prepares instructions, consolidate, and validate the information from entities. The Group Consolidation team has interactions with other Group teams (Norms, Actuaries, Investor Relations, Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Performance management, Legal and Investment & ALM teams), as well as with other key external stakeholders such as Auditors and the Regulator.

The Group Consolidation team is made of Controllers based in Madrid under the supervision of the Head of Consolidation team. Each controller oversees some specific transversal topics and is the key contact point of contact for some entities. This requires an effective relationship with entities and strong interactions with the other Group teams.

General mission :

The mission of the Financial Controller – IFRS is to perform (under the supervision and guidance of its manager) the control, analysis, and delivery of the IFRS balance sheet and related elements. Notably :

• Group Consolidated Financial Statements in FY / HY and other external and internal disclosures and reports.
• Quarterly closings or Pre closings, contribute to some Budget and plan exercises.
• Group Scope of consolidation.
• Key synthesis and information for the Management.

To do so :

The controller is also the key contact point for a geography in the Group and have regular interactions with entities, provide them with support and assistance, answer their questions; ensure that the entity understands and applies Group instructions; improve the quality, timeliness, and efficiency of the entity IFRS submission.

Level of Education and skills Required :

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