Job Description

This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital – a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance. We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined and ethical corporate culture. As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry.

At AXIS, we believe that we are only as strong as our people. We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming culture where employees of all backgrounds and from all walks of life feel comfortable and empowered to be themselves. This means that we bring our whole selves to work.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in the selection process.

Head of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis

The Corporate FP&A team provides enterprise-level financial planning, forecasting, reporting, expense management and analytical support. It supports corporate reporting cycles and planning frameworks and maintains strong relationships across the organization

Key Responsibilities

1) Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead annual budget, forecasts, and long‑range planning for the group.

• Consolidate Group plan and prepare presentations for Executive leadership and Board meetings

• Maintain driver‑based models and produce scenario and sensitivity analyses.

• Maintain bridges across Actuals, Forecast, and Plan for P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.

• Support analysis of capital metrics, leverage and liquidity forecasts.

• Partner with the Capital modelling and Treasury function to drive financial and capital planning, including modeling of various scenarios

2) Executive, CFO & Board Materials

• Prepare materials for CFO, Executive Leadership and Board meetings as required

• Draft clear narratives, charts, and trend explanations that support earnings preparation, capital discussions and ad hoc analysis.

• Maintain consistency across exhibits, commentary, and corporate messaging.

• Support corporate development initiatives and activities

3) Expense Management & Productivity

• Manage the group expense process and the expense business partnering team

• Develop expense tracking, expense allocations, project spend, insights on spending and recommendation on opportunities for efficiencies

• Track expense KPIs such as productivity ratios, expense leverage, and admin-expense ratio trends

4) Management Reporting & Performance Analytics

• Produce consolidated quarterly forecast reports, covering P&L, underwriting income, combined ratio and return on equity

• Generate variance analysis and provide qualitative narratives

• In collaboration with Investor Relations provide insights into projections and trends

5) Process Improvement & Automation

• Act as functional owner of Anaplan to ensure system specification is fit for purpose and addresses functional and business requirements

• Enhance expense reporting processes and system connectivity

• Build repeatable scenario tools

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of extensive financial experience gained in Insurance or Reinsurance industry.

• Experience with Corporate FP&A, including production of management information

• Reporting and leading firm wide financial planning process.

• Strategic and capable of delivering new insights to senior management

• Solid understanding of accounting relevant for insurance, in particular US GAAP.

• Ideally familiarity with Anaplan.

• Understanding of corporate finance concepts and processes.

• Strong analytical and modeling skills.

• Ability to build collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders globally and from various backgrounds

• Excellent written and verbal commutation skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics; MBA/CPA/CFA is preferred

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical, modelling, and data‑driven thinking.

• Precision and attention to detail.

• Effective written communication and executive‑level summarization.

• Structured approach to process improvement and model governance.

• High integrity with a strong control mindset.

For this position, we currently expect to offer a base salary in the range of $240,000.00 to $290,000.00 (New York). Your salary offer will be based on an assessment of a variety of factors including your specific experience and work location. 

In addition, you will be offered competitive target incentive compensation, with awards based on overall corporate and individual performance. On top of this, you will be eligible for a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes medical plans for you and your family, health and wellness programs, retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and much more.  

Where this role is based in the United States of America, this role isExempt for FLSA purposes.