We are seeking a highly experienced IFC Implementation Lead to spearhead the successful rollout of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) process across AXA Ireland.In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end implementation project, ensuring that all activities are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. Your expertise will be crucial in developing and executing detailed project plans, coordinating cross-functional teams, and managing dependencies to achieve seamless compliance with IFRS requirements.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 majority of your week away from home. Away from home means either attendance at one of our head office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.What you'll be doing: · Lead the end-to-end implementation of the IFRS process, ensuring timely delivery of project milestones within scope and budget.· Manage stakeholder communication, providing regular updates on project progress, risks, issues, and next steps to management and relevant teams.· Define team structure, resource requirements, and oversee activities for both project delivery and ongoing BAU support.· Support process design, process mapping, and IFRS scoping analysis, including risk identification and control implementation.· Oversee testing, controls effectiveness, system updates, and integration of IFRS into existing IT systems.· Develop training programs and manage change management initiatives to ensure smooth adoption across the organisation.· Monitor deficiencies, work with control owners on remediation, and provide regular governance and reporting updates to senior management and auditors.· Manage resources to achieve financial targets, oversee budgeting, forecasting, and ensure project expenditures stay within delegated authorities.· Over 7 years of work experience within financial services, preferably within a finance function.· years of management experience, including coaching, mentoring, and developing diverse operational finance teams.· Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field; professional qualifications such as CPA, ACCA, ACA, or CFA are preferred.· Proven track record of managing complex finance and multi-functional projects, utilising structured project methodologies.· Demonstrated experience in IFRS implementation or financial reporting transformation projects.· Strong understanding of financial controls, risk management, audit processes, and familiarity with finance IT systems like SCALA.· Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.This role is a CF1 role under Fitness & Probity Regime, which means the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced level of background screening requirements. You can find more information on 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.