Apprenticeship | Financial controller | September 2025 - Axa - Paris

Job description

We are looking for our next General expenses financial controller /apprentice as of 01/09/2025 at our AXA Headquarters

Location : 25 avenue Matignon, 8th arrondissement Paris.

As a leading global insurance company, we prioritize human progress by safeguarding what matters most. Join our team of 150,000 professionals in an innovative and challenging environment.

AXA Headquarters brings together the group's corporate activities and oversees global entities, ensuring strategic coordination and compliance with standards, as well as consistency in commercial approaches.

Within Group Finance, you will join the Finance Direction of AXA SA team as a General expenses financial controller

What You’ll Do

The main mission will be to ensure management control of the overhead costs of the Reinsurance Business Unit by participating in the budgeting processes for forecasting exercises and strategic planning, as well as contributing to the preparation of quarterly closings.

Establish the construction of budget templates used to develop the budgets and forecasts.
Implement them for the new budgetary exercise/forecast, taking into account the multi-Cost Center/multi-cost nature aspect, automating them as much as possible/ Import into the templates all useful information that could enhance the analysis/ Adapt the templates to comply with Group requests, keeping them updated, evolving, and improving based on needs.
Participate in the annual reporting required under the CSRD.
Provide occasional support for management control activities related to SA Holding, notably in terms of validating commitments versus budgets and participating in Anaplan reporting.
Tag accounting entries from SAP and provide the quarterly landing to accounting based on forecasts and cost management performed/ Participate in the preparation of budget reports for directors regarding their consulting costs, VDMR, and monitoring of their staff/ Validate received invoices by verifying that they were budgeted and checking their allocation.
Complete the reports requested by the Group in Magnitude (Group reporting tool).

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Who You Are

· Knowledge of accounting and management control techniques.
· Proficiency in office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
· Familiarity with IFRS standards/ SAP and Magnitude tools would be a plus.
· Organizational skills/Rigor.
· Ability to work in a team.
· Discretion, respect for confidentiality, curiosity, adaptability.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not fully meet all the qualifications listed.

In AXA, we are convincing that diversity did the wealth of our company. We ensure equal skills-based application review and accommodate specific needs.

What We Offer

· An international work environment - over 45 nationalities present on site!
· State of the art office spaces in the heart of Paris with remote work allowed.
· 60% reimbursement of Navigo pass
· Generous Inter-Company Committee.
· Company restaurant and meal vouchers.
· And most importantly: a valuable experience within an active Early Talent community!

During the recruitment process, feel free to inform the recruiters about any specific adjustments you may need for your job.