Cost Centre Analyst - 12 month FTC
Description
About AXA:
AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them. As the sixth-largest insurance company in the world, we provide a wide range of services, including health, car, home, and business insurance. We support millions of customers worldwide, helping them navigate life's uncertainties with confidence.
AXA UK Support Functions look after our three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure and expertise to make sure we can be there for our customers.
Job overview:
This is a 12 month FTC position supporting management accounting functions within AXA. You will be responsible for managing all aspects of month-end accounting processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting. Your role will involve producing accurate financial reports, supporting budgeting and forecasting activities in Anaplan, and maintaining strong relationships with offshore teams, expense partners, and auditors. You'll play a key part in ensuring financial controls are adhered to and that management information provides clear insights into business performance. Working closely with the Expense Analyst Team Manager, you'll help deliver high-quality expense management support across the business, enabling senior leadership to make informed decisions.
Key responsibilities:
• Management of all month-end journals, including accruals and prepayments
• Ensuring that the month end flash report is accurate and updated correctly prior to daily month end meetings together with commentary where relevant which will bring clarity to Senior executives on the business performance.
• Ensuring that all balance sheet reconciliations are completed and up to date with relevant commentary.
• Production of Capital expenditure/Depreciation reports ensuring that capitalisation policies are adhered to.
• Completion of separate department monthly cost analysis schedules explaining movements to Budget/forecast.
• Ensuring that the monthly cost allocation process is run correctly and accurately.
• Reconciling inter-company transactions
• Reconciling subsidiary company movements
• Supporting budgeting and forecasting for business units in Anaplan
• Building and maintaining relationships with offshore team, expense partners, cost centre managers, and auditors, support external audits and remediation of audit recommendations
Work arrangements:
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 at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events.
Your skills & experience:
• ACA/CIMA/ACCA Part qualified, or qualified by experience, or equivalent
• IFRS knowledge with strong technical accounting skills
• Experience of management accounts production, capitalisation processes and reporting, and expense allocations.
• Advanced Excel skills; proficiency in Anaplan
• Professional services finance experience or familiarity with non-IT cost centre accounting (preferred)
• Excellent written and verbal communication; stakeholder engagement at senior levels
• Strong commercial acumen; proactive, resilient, and able to deliver under pressure
• High integrity with confidential data handling; strong governance mindset
• Ability to work with offshore teams, expense partners, cost centre managers, and auditors
How to apply:
To apply, click on the 'apply now' button, you'll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don't discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we're proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to bayley.colbran@axa-uk.co.uk.
We encourage you to apply for this opportunity as soon as possible, as we may close this advert earlier than the listed closing date.
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