Dune (Dynamic Utility for Investment Earnings) Solution

Dune (Dynamic Utility for Investment Earnings) Solution (240008ZY)

Primary Location

: FRANCE-92-PUTEAUX

Organization

: GIE AXA

Contract Type

: Regular

Shift

: Day Job

Schedule

: Full-time 

Description

The AXA Group, world leader in Financial Protection, supports and advises its individual and corporate customers at every life stage, providing them with the products and services that meet their insurance, personal protection, savings and wealth management needs.

Our areas of expertise are reflected in a range of products and services adapted to the needs of each client in three major business lines: property-casualty insurance, life & savings, and asset management. Present in 51 countries, AXA’s 145,000 employees and distributors are committed to serving 93 million clients.

AXA Corporate Center’s main missions are to:

• Steer the entities in order to ensure the coherence of the strategies, the consistency of the commercial approaches as well as the optimization of the risks and results.
• Defining and coordinating Group policies, different transversal projects and standards, identifying and sharing best practices.
• Supporting the entities in order to help them to grow, to develop their offer, their management and steering standards as well as their risk management.

The head office of AXA Group (GIE AXA), based in La Défense, gathers the Group’s corporate activities. It coordinates the various entities according to the Group’s strategy and is responsible for managing international projects. The headquarters is composed with over 850 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (45 nationalities).

Department description:

The DUNE teams operate with multiple suppliers (PBRC, RM, asset managers, Performance Controlling, Actuary, Group IT, etc.) and multiple clients (Group and local, finance, investment, risk, compliance, etc.)

The main challenges are:

• to manage the pricing complex investments, with new type of investments coming frequently,
• to manage the several accounting norms and their evolution
• to manage the multiple stakeholders using different inputs, output features and tools
• to have the solidity of a robust process under the scrutiny of various internal controls and the agility to adapt rapidly to market crisis or other circumstances.

Detailed missions and responsibilities:

Provide the Group Investment professionals and other stakeholders with earnings forecast process dedicated to investments, fed by quality data and providing reliable outputs.

The mission encompasses :

• Develop and improve the process of earnings projection on financial assets across the group
• Contribute to the development of a tool taking a deterministic approach to forecast earnings, invested assets and cash flows to facilitate the building of strategic plans, sensitivities, impairments and other simulations.
• The mission encompasses the design and development of such a tool using SQL/Python in a Spark environment (Azure Databricks), the writing of a documentation and the creation of a dynamic restitution of the results using a web-based reporting tool with regular production of the outputs/reports, including quantitative controlled data
• Help in Coordinating the tool use and outputs/reports production with local investment teams

Key accountabilities:

DUNE Technical Platform Modelling

• Produce of reliable, readable, version controlled, documented & commented code in SQL/Python o Maintain a comprehensive and up to date documentation of the code/project.
• Ensure the integrity & consistency of the tool while integrating new features (such as pricing methods)
• Developpe the platform enhancement with new accounting norms
• Contribute to define and implement new functionalities based on user needs (tool ergonomics, outputs, API for local entity financial tools)
• Contribute to implement pre and post processing solution within Dune solution

Support for AXA entities

• Interaction and support for local entities

Qualifications

Skills and experience:

Technical knowledge:

• Good knowledge of R/Python programming
• Good knowledge of Spark SQL
• Knowledge of a data visualization and analytics tools (such as Spotfire, Tableau, Rshiny,…)
• Knowledge of Azure (Databricks, DevOps, Data Factory, Azure Storage Explorer) is a plus
• Knowledge of SAS & SAS Risk Dimension is a plus
• Good knowledge of financial markets / financial instruments and valuation is a plus
• Fluent English

Experience:

• 2 to 4 years’ experience, with a background in: Mathematics, Statistics, Data, Data science, Actuarial, Finance, Economics or Accounting.

Various skills:

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organization skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously
• Ability to work with attention to detail and follow-through

About AXA Why AXA ? Every day, we work together for human progress by protecting what matters. A mission that puts a smile on your face and makes you want to get up in the morning !

One of the world’s leading insurers in the protection of property, people and assets, AXA is 145,000 employees and contributors who are committed to our customers on a daily basis, 51 countries in which we distribute our products and services and more than 90 million customers who place their trust in us worldwide. As a responsible corporate citizen, AXA is committed to social and environmental causes on a daily basis. We are committed to an inclusive policy that recognizes and values individual differences. Do these ambitions speak to you ? Then come and change the world with us !

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.

What We Offer 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 vacanciesin.eu AXA Group)
• A flexible company, allowing hybrid work, in the office and from home.

The information provided by applicants will be treated as strictly confidential and used for recruitment purposes only.

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