Financial Planning & Analysis Business Partner in Royal Tunbridge Wells

Join AXA Health as a key part of our Financial Planning and Analysis team, where you’ll play a vital role in shaping the financial success of our business. In this role, you’ll apply your business acumen to produce insightful reporting on financial results and KPIs, coordinate our strategic planning and rolling forecasts, and drive continuous improvements in financial management information. Working closely with stakeholders across the organisation, you'll ensure our financial insights remain relevant and support us in tracking progress against our business targets and objectives. If you’re passionate about leveraging financial data to influence strategic decision-making, this is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact at AXA Health.

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 two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.

What you’ll be doing:

• Prepare financial results messaging and commentary summarising performance against prior results and targets, highlighting implications for business goals.
• Analyse results to identify gaps between actual performance and targets, providing insights into key performance drivers.
• Deliver all reporting requirements for Health ExCom, Group reporting, and local stakeholders.
• Support the annual strategic financial planning process by coordinating inputs from the Strategy, Pricing, and Distribution teams.
• Assist in producing in-year forecasts (half-year and full-year) and ad-hoc analysis to support business planning.
• Develop dynamic financial MI and analysis to provide clear insights into performance drivers and emerging risks or opportunities.
• Identify potential risks and opportunities to enable proactive mitigations and ensure targets are met.
• Deputise for the FP&A Manager and collaborate with the wider team to maintain efficient financial processes for results, control, reporting, and forecasting.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong commercial acumen, ideally within the private health market, with proven analytical skills to identify and explain variances and trends.
• Excellent relationship management skills to maintain a robust business information network.
• Negotiation and influencing abilities to manage business MI delivery and collaborate with non-finance colleagues on forecasts and plans.
• Strong problem-solving skills to resolve data issues and identify drivers behind financial trends.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Access, with experience working with reporting databases.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and handle pressure around key deliverables.
• Experience with Anaplan and PowerBI is advantageous.
• Understanding of insurance sector, accounting principles, and presenting complex financial data is preferred.

What we offer:

• Competitive annual salary
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual)
• Private medical cover
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom. 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.