AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
London, UK
At AXA XL we solve today’s complex risks to drive tomorrow’s innovation. We see our careers with AXA XL as a chance to unleash our potential globally. Cultivate expertise. Collaborate constantly. Analyze deeper. Dream bigger.
This role is both technical and business-facing, with a robust focus on leveraging data and insights to lead change in underwriting decisions and portfolio construction. Do you recognize the opportunity of using ESG data to influence the underwriting of large complex and specialty commercial insurance?
The role requires a deep understanding of ESG data to help strategize the roll out of AXA XL’s corporate sustainability targets, throughout our core business. This includes knowledge of the global corporate sustainability reporting landscape and ESG data providers.
You will support the Head of ESG and Transition Analytics in building out an exciting set of centralized ESG reporting and analytical capabilities that will help execute and support AXA XL’s objectives as demonstrated through our Net Zero Underwriting and Transition Insurance commitments.
Under our new Smart Working initiative, you will be working in our new hybrid working conditions, combining both remote and office working. This role will have a global remit, supporting our global product leads and three Insurance Business Units across APAC Europe, UK/Lloyds and Americas.
What you’ll be doing
What will your essential responsibilities include?
- Manage existing and new ESG data vendors, for our internal stakeholders as well as vendor management
- Annual and monthly reporting requirements, for both internal MI and external regulatory needs
- Support AXA XL’s energy transition initiative and AXA XL’s climate and sustainability objectives through data and analytics.
- Evaluate traditional and more novel ESG data providers against internal business needs
- Keeping a pulse on the evolving global ESG landscape in areas such as how regulation is impacting disclosure requirements, how rating methodologies are converging and impact of carbon pricing.
- Conduct research and evaluate our clients’ transition plans, from both a risk and opportunities perspective
- Provide ESG data expertise and guidance to help mature our ESG data and reporting strategy that is being executed by IDA (Innovation, Data and Analytics). Over the medium and long-term, leverage the new ESG data assets and capabilities out of IDA.
You will report to the Head of ESG and Transition Analytics.
What you’ll bring
We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
Required Skills And Abilities
- Experience: Experience within financial services, preferably insurance or asset management, working within a sustainability-related field, with ESG data as a core focus. More important though is a passion for the topic at hand with a natural interest in ESG issues, actions to address them and critical thinking. An undergraduate degree is desired and master’s degree in a sustainability-related field is an advantage.
- Project Management: A self-starter who will thrive in a team-oriented environment. You will be naturally collaborative and the ability to influence without authority, motivate others and be highly passionate. You will be able to manage several projects and stakeholders at once with excellent communication skills.
- Creative thinker: An open-minded individual, able to think outside the box and think big. Able to rally people around an idea and able to translate an idea into tangible action and through to delivery. Not scared of failure, you will identify when to stop development of an idea and see this as a learning experience to apply to future projects.
- Technical Acumen: A good understanding of the ESG data/vendor landscape is essential. You should be confident in processing large datasets and manipulating them to be fit for purpose, with arobust eye for detail. You will be market savvy and know what the competition is doing from a product and marketing perspective and quickly grasp market challenges and opportunities.
What we offer
Inclusion
AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential.
It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.
- Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
- Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
- Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
- Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
- Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Total Rewards
AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.
We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.
Sustainability
At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.
Our Pillars
- Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society - are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature - from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard - by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
- Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
- Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
- AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day - the Global Day of Giving.
For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability.
Who we are
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.
How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.
With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.
Learn more at axaxl.com
