Head of Finance Transformation

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 any protected characteristic, including age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any basis prohibited by the laws that govern its operations.

Job Description:

Head of Finance Transformation Reporting To:
Chief Financial Officer

The Finance function at AXIS plays a central role in enabling enterprise strategy, capital stewardship, regulatory integrity, and performance insight. As AXIS continues to evolve, Finance is undertaking significant transformation to modernize its operating model, strengthen scalability and controls, and enhance its strategic contribution to the business. This role sits within the CFO organization and operates as a senior Finance transformation leader, working alongside the CFO and Finance Leadership Team to modernize Finance processes, capabilities, systems and ways of working across a multi-year horizon.

Define and maintain the Finance Transformation strategy, roadmap, and target operating model aligned to Finance priorities and approved investment plans. Serve as the senior Finance transformation adviser to the CFO, providing recommendations on transformation investment, capability development, modernization priorities and key decisions requiring CFO or Finance Leadership Team direction. Shape and coordinate the Finance technology, data and analytics roadmap in partnership with BTS, Data and Risk, embedding advanced analytics and AI-enabled capabilities into Finance workflows such as forecasting, variance analysis, controls monitoring and management reporting.

Establish and lead governance for the Finance transformation portfolio, including recommendations on investment trade-offs, sequencing, prioritization and resource allocation to ensure initiatives are value-driven, risk-managed and controlled. Build alignment across the Finance Leadership Team and key stakeholders on the Finance target operating model, transformation roadmap, design standards and adoption of future-state processes and ways of working, reinforcing accountability and addressing resistance as needed.

Provide oversight of major Finance transformation programs, ensuring delivery aligns to strategic intent, regulatory requirements, and enterprise risk appetite—while monitoring benefits and outcomes (efficiency, effectiveness, control strength, analytic maturity, and business value). Partner with the CFO and Finance Leadership Team to evaluate Finance operating structures, resource deployment, and capability requirements needed to support future business priorities. Contribute to the development and enhancement of Finance policies, operating standards, governance frameworks, and transformation practices that improve effectiveness, scalability, and organizational performance.

Represent Finance transformation in senior leadership forums, contributing to broader enterprise…