Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for financial insight and relationship building? AXA - Global Healthcare is looking for a talented Expense Partner to join our team in Tunbridge Wells on a full-time, permanent basis. This newly created key role offers a unique opportunity to influence decision-making at the highest levels across the organisation. As an Expense Partner, you'll develop relationships with senior leaders, including the Executive Committee and International Leadership Committee members, to provide valuable cost base insight, support budget achievement, and drive impactful long-term cost strategies. If you’re ready to make a real difference in a dynamic global organisation, we want to hear from you!
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%) towards the end of 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.
We’re also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.
What you’ll be doing:
- Leading expense partnering, influencing key business outcomes like growth and profitability.
- Building relationships with senior stakeholders, including the Head of Finance, CFO, and leadership teams.
- Turning data into compelling insights and stories to support cost management and strategic goals, influencing decision-makers.
- Driving a cost-conscious culture by actively engaging leadership to embed spend management and actively manage spend.
- Supplementing standard cost reports with ad-hoc analysis, identifying risks, opportunities, and cost-saving measures.
- Overseeing monthly cost performance reporting, tracking against budgets, risks, savings, and long-term planning.
- Leading negotiations and reviews of budgets and forecasts, ensuring targets are met and KPIs are achieved.
- Collaborating on allocating costs accurately across channels, products, and functions, maintaining governance and control over cost models.
Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we’re able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you’re interested in joining us at AXA, please don’t hesitate to apply.
We know that some candidates may be discouraged from applying if they don't meet every requirement. If you’re excited by this job and the prospect of working at AXA but you’re not sure you tick every box, we’d still encourage you to apply.
What you’ll bring:
- ACA, CIMA, or ACCA qualified.
- Previous cost management experience, including budgeting, forecasting, and achieving savings.
- Relationship management, analytical, negotiation, and influencing skills.
- Stakeholder management skills, with the ability to effectively present and communicate both online and in person at all organisational levels.
- Business and commercial acumen.
- Proactive, motivated, and adaptable with a “can-do” attitude.
- Proven ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and handle confidential data with integrity.
- Experience within the insurance industry or financial services sector would be advantageous.
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
What we offer:
At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:
- Competitive annual salary of up to £55,000 dependent on experience.
- Annual company & performance-based bonus.
- Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions).
- Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary).
- Private health 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.
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Who we are:
Proud to be part of the AXA Group, AXA – Global Healthcare specialise in supporting the healthcare needs of globally mobile citizens, around the world. From a routine medical check up to a lengthy hospital stay, individuals and businesses have relied on the global support and protection we offer, for more than 55 years. Today, we support members living in more than 200 countries from our global hubs in the UK, Europe, Asia, India, USA and Middle East.
