Job Description:
Milano, Italia
Join our Finance Division at AXA XL Italy as a Business Controller and become a pivotal driver of our strategic success.
In this role, you will be a strategic partner for our business, responsible for driving financial insights and supporting key business decisions. You’ll be responsible for developing comprehensive financial analyses, monitoring performance metrics, and ensuring our operations stay aligned with our ambitious strategic goals.
If you are motivated to thrive in a dynamic environment where your expertise directly influences the future growth of a leading company and you are passionate about turning numbers into strategic value, this could be your next step.
What will your essential responsibilities include?
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Financial Planning & Analysis
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Develop, analyze, and interpret key financial metrics to support strategic decision-making.
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Prepare regular financial reports highlighting performance against strategic goals and KPIs.
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Forecast financial outcomes aligned with the company’s strategic roadmap.
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Own the data and workflows of the Financial Planning & Analysis tool during closings and forecasts, ensuring that premium estimates are accurately integrated into the planning model.
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Performance Monitoring & Reporting:
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Support the Distribution team with in-depth market share analysis and data-driven support for business decisions
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Monitor and track critical business metrics, including revenue, profitability, and operational efficiency.
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Create dashboards and visual reports to communicate performance insights to leadership.
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Identify variances from strategic targets and provide actionable recommendations.
- Strategic Roadmap Oversight:
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Evaluate financial implications of strategic projects and investments.
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Ensure alignment of financial reporting with strategic milestones and objectives.
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Stakeholder Collaboration:
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Work closely with business units to understand operational metrics and incorporate them into financial analysis and monitor progress against strategic initiatives.
This position reports to the Finance Manager, Italy.
We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
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Solid and proven ability to interpret financial data, build models, and generate insights to support strategic decisions.
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Aptitude for understanding business goals and evaluating the financial implications of strategic initiatives.
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Proficiency in creating clear dashboards and reports to communicate performance metrics effectively.
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Advanced Excel with financial modelling, PowerPoint skills, and experience with BI tools (Power BI or Tableau) is a plus.
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Excellent communication skills to work seamlessly with business units and senior leadership.
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Precision in monitoring key metrics, identifying variances, and providing actionable recommendations.
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Significant first experience in a business-oriented role as Financial specialist within a service company, preferably in the Insurance sector.
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Flexibility to handle changing priorities and evolving business needs with a positive mindset.
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Capacity to work effectively across departments and build productive relationships.
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Proficiency in English and Italian, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Who we are
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.
How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.
With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.
Learn more at axaxl.com
What we offer
Inclusion
AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.
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Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
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Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
- Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
- Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
- Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Total Rewards
AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.
We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.
Sustainability
At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.
Our Pillars:
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Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
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Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
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Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
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AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.
For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability.
AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
