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Senior Financial Controls Analyst

Leeds
Posted about 21 hours ago
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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

We’re seeking a proactive Senior Financial Controls Analyst to join our AXA UK Risk team. You’ll lead elements of our Internal Financial Control (IFC) testing programme, providing guidance on control design and effectiveness, and overseeing remediation of control issues. Working across the business, you’ll help ensure financial reporting risks are managed, issues are addressed, and governance bodies receive clear, insightful reporting. This is a great opportunity to apply your expertise in internal controls, influence stakeholders, and evolve the financial controls framework.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead components of the IFC testing programme, including process, IT, and report controls to ensure accurate financial statements.
  • Coordinate remediation and impact assessments for control issues, tracking progress against action plans.
  • Review peers’ testing work, providing coaching and support to junior team members.
  • Oversee projects to evaluate impacts on the IFC framework and support process and control design.
  • Provide second-line challenge on risk and control adequacy, ensuring coverage is appropriate and effective.
  • Identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of controls through automation, analytics, and improvements to control monitoring.
  • Assist in assessing operational risks to ensure relevant capital considerations are included.
  • Promote risk and control awareness through guidance, challenge, and knowledge sharing.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, including external auditors, to ensure a consistent understanding and delivery of financial control requirements.

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Your Skills & Experience

  • Experience testing business processes and controls, end user computing, and financial reports from an audit, accounting, risk, finance, or controls background.
  • Strong knowledge of internal controls, SOX, and financial reporting risk, including control design and effectiveness testing.
  • Understanding of risk and control practices within a regulated financial services environment.
  • Ability to identify control gaps, assess remediation plans, and evaluate impacts on financial statements and operational risk.
  • Excellent analytical skills, storytelling ability to explain control issues clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including governance committees.
  • Proven experience influencing and challenging stakeholders, with a growth mindset.
  • Able to review work, coach colleagues, and promote technical consistency.

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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 adi.stapletonberry@axa-uk.co.uk.

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Skills

Internal Financial Control
Control Design
SOX
Financial Reporting Risk
Risk Management
Audit
Stakeholder Management
Remediation Planning
Analytical Skills
Financial Services Regulation
Process Testing
IT Controls
Coaching
Automation
Operational Risk Assessment
Governance Reporting

Location

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

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