The International Accounting team at AXA Partners in Shannon is looking for a dedicated Financial Accountant for the Northern Region. Join our dynamic team and collaborate with stakeholders across Europe.
What you'll be doing:
Financial closing:
- Preparation of Balance sheet, P&L reporting, for actual and support for forecast and budget on specific items that require local country expertise
- Preparation of contributors' pack (specific internal reporting to meet AXA France consolidation reporting requirement as part of AXA Group reporting or for internal purposes), and preparation of analytical review documentations, including commentaries on P&L and B/S
- Reconciliation from IFRS to Local GAAP and to FR GAAP
- Preparing local reporting and various analysis requested by AXA France as part of BAU deliverables
- Post entries directly into general ledger
- Respond to local regulatory requirements: prepare and respond to audit works request, or any other local regulatory requests, including local filling requests, in coordination with the Controllers and Regional Controller
- Accountable for the quality of the financial information of dedicated branches
- Relationship with the central AXA France teams
Data quality
- Perform account reconciliations on a monthly/quarterly basis. Reconciliation of operating systems to general ledger, TIA to Operas, WEBXL and Copernic
- Produce documentation to audit and perform the current accounts justification, in relationship with IT and operations
- Drive resolution of any issues to ensure accounts are reconciled and pass quality review and discuss reconciliation issues with the Regional Manager to ensure deadlines met
- Drive resolution of any issues to ensure accounts are reconciled and pass quality review and discuss reconciliation issues with the Regional Manager to ensure deadlines met
Organizational
- Direct reporting line to the Controller in charge of the countries
- Support local Controller and the Regional Controller on delivering the BAU and producing ad-hoc information
- Anticipate the calendar and organization in order to meet all accounting requirements and deadlines of AXA France / Group
- Drive agreed transactional accounting process standardization and automations
- Work with Reinsurance teams as and when required to ensure best practice in terms of controls and accounting accuracy
- Support to business operation and participation to discussion leading to specific contract treatment with an impact on accounting schemes
What you'll bring:
Essential:
- Qualified Accountant (Industry experience is advantageous)
- Strong knowledge of accounting
- Proficient with financial spreadsheet packages (e.g. Excel)
- Comfortable working with large volumes of data & manipulating data using excel formula, pivots, VLOOKUP's etc.
- Experience with various ERP systems
- Delivery oriented, rigor, autonomy, taste for numbers & a sense of organization
- Natural curiosity, capacity to challenge, analyze and communicate in a clear and synthetized manner
- Fluent in English
- Valid European visa or working permit
Desired:
- Knowledge of SAP Financials
- Knowledge in multi-GAAP (French/IFRS/Local GAAP) accounting
What we offer:
At AXA Partners, we're appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that.
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