It Audit Manager - (M/F)

Whatever their stage of life, we provide over 108 million customers with the products and services they need to progress. From insurance to personal protection, and savings to wealth management, no matter the need we’re always there for them. And we’re always there for our employees. In 50 countries, we work hard to inspire pride and a sense of belonging in our people. To provide opportunities that challenge them, inspire them, and reward them. And to create a culture that’s open, supportive, and empowering. Because we know that’s the real secret to success – and the best way for us to keep building a better world for both our customers and the talented people who put them first.

Your work environment

The headquarters of the AXA Group (GIE AXA) brings together our corporate activities. It provides guidance and support to subsidiaries around the world, to ensure the coordination and monitoring of the Group's global strategy, the application of its standards, the consistency of commercial approaches and the sharing of best practices. The headquarters gathers approximately 1000 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (45 nationalities), which makes it a rich and stimulating place to work.

Within the Group, you will join the Group Audit department.

Within this Department, you will be part of the Central IT Audit team.

Job purpose

To lead and perform independent reviews of IT systems, projects and processes implemented or planned across the various Group entities.

Dimensions

• Lead or support up to 8 Internal Audit engagements each year across the entire AXA Group.
• Lead IT transversal audits (i.e., global audits impacting all Group entities).
• Share expertise and experience with the AXA global IT Audit community by developing and maintaining IT Audit work program and tools.

Context & Major Challenges

• Transversal audits have major impacts on AXA governance and processes, both at Group and entity levels.
• All activities performed in compliance with international auditing and AXA standards, being tightly reviewed during external Quality Assessments and the French regulator (ACPR).
• Flexibility needed to manage schedules with Internal Audit teams across the Group due to the fact that the Central audit team is used as a hub of expertise.

Key accountabilities

Audit delivery

• Lead the definition, the planning, the organization, the management and the realization of IT audit assignments.
• Manage local auditors (junior or senior), or transversal audit teams across regions (transversal audits).
• Accountable for the reporting of findings and formalization of added value recommendations.
• Produce quality reports requiring limited review workload from management.

Issues follow-up

• Accountable for the follow-up of past recommendations.
• Act as a sparring partner with issues owner to help remediate risks using a risk-based approach.

Stakeholders management

• Represent Internal Audit on audit debriefing to Senior Management.
• Act as a sparring partner with stakeholders on a day to day basis (Audit coordinator role for Group Operations BUs and Corporate Center entities).

Contribute to Internal Audit Community

• Lead or contribute to the development and the maintenance of IT audit workprograms and tools.
• Lead or contribute to internal projects aiming to benefit to the global pool of IT auditors.

• Share expertise and experience with the IT Audit community.

Main competencies

• Proven very strong expertise in one or several of the following domains is required: IT audit, data governance / management, data analytics, IT project/change management, business continuity, Solvency II.
• Knowledge of standard IT audit methodologies, frameworks and tools is a clear plus.
• Inquiring and analytical mindset. Rigorous with strong perseverance skills.
• Ability to anticipate risks and to take initiatives. Can handle unforeseen changes.
• Demonstrates capacities to convince his/her interlocutors, including in contexts of conflict and complex situations.
• Good organizational and time management skills. High level of autonomy.
• Open-minded and dynamic, ability to work within a multicultural team.

Experience

• Engineer, min. 6 years of IT audit experience or min. 9 years of IT operational experience
• Experience and good IT auditing skills regarding IT general matters, i.e. candidates may be experts in one particular domain of IT auditing but must also be able to manage reasonably complex audits on any other IT domain.
• Previous experience of IT audit gained while working in an audit firm would be a clear plus.
• Professional certifications like CISA, CISM, CISSP, CGEIT, CRISC and GSNA is a plus.

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.

The headquarters of the AXA Group is based in Paris - La Défense (Majunga Tower) and brings together the Group's corporate activities. It is distinguished by its strong international culture.

You will join:

• A responsible company, towards people, including its employees and customers, and towards the planet 
• A company with strong values
• A company promoting internal mobility and the training of its employees
• A company offering many benefits (learn more here: Reward & Benefits | AXA Group)
• A flexible company, allowing hybrid work, in the office and from home.

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