Finance Business Partner - Strategic Transformation - 12 month FTC
Salary
Up to £90,000 dependent on experience
Job Description
We're looking for a dynamic, energetic and experienced Finance Business Partner to join our team on a 12 month fixed term contract. Reporting into the Head of UK Expenses you'll provide financial advice and support to our Strategic Transformation Programme, optimising funding decisions, maximising value creation and meeting ambitious financial targets.
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 40% of your week away from home, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.
What you'll be doing:
* Act as trusted business partner to the Strategic Transformation Officer and their team, collaborating to manage programme risks and opportunities, optimising funding decisions and value creation.
* Oversee financial steering of our transformation programme to ensure a high return on investment and ease governance approvals.
* Drive accountability through robust cost and benefit tracking, by embedding financial targets into budgets and overseeing the monthly tracking process.
* Deliver high quality financial analysis and insight to all levels of programme stakeholders.
* Proactively manage stakeholders to ensure initiatives, costs and benefits are understood, and leverage relationships to help remove barriers to execution.
* Lead the re-engineering of financial processes, aligned with the move to an agile, product model orientated organisation.
* Aid design and support the implementation of reshaped project portfolio governance, with an emphasis on monitoring and prioritising value delivery.
Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.
What you'll bring:
* ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualified.
* Prior experience supporting a large-scale transformation programme.
* Strong relationship management, analytical, negotiating and influencing skills.
* Experience of presenting to a senior audience, whether on-line or in person.
* Proven stakeholder management skills across senior levels of organisations.
* Proactive, energetic and versatile "can do" approach.
* Proven ability to deliver under pressure and work to tight deadlines.
* Integrity to handle highly confidential data.
Internal candidates are encouraged to apply for this role as a secondment opportunity through the internal careers site.
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
What we offer:
* Competitive annual salary of up to £90,000 dependent on experience
* Discretionary company & performance-based bonus
* Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
* Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
* 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
* Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
* AXA employee discounts
* Gym benefits
To apply, click on the 'apply for this job' 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 mel.ainscough@axa-insurance.co.uk.
Who we are:
AXA UK Support Functions power AXA's three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you've got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you're just starting out, we'll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.
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