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Have you ever wondered who insures the insurance companies? What different elements the insurance policy consist of, and how it is assembled? Would you like to see the backstage of international insurance market? To get to know how to insure skyscrapers from terrorist attacks, endangered species or private art collections?

Our company is just the place to do all that!

AXA XL is one of the leading companies on the insurance and reinsurance market. We are currently looking for eager and passionate candidates to join our growing family!

After all, how risky can it be to join the insurance company?

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Reading and interpreting information from various sources, such as submissions presented by brokers and clients, and the internet, and accurately entering all relevant data into databases.
• Researching and documenting external sources of structured and unstructured data.
• Developing web scraping and data mining tools.
• Ensuring the data quality is up to the appropriate standard; all data to be processed accurately and efficiently.
• Ensuring relevant parties are kept informed of progression of the work undertaken.
• Ensuring processes, procedures and Service Level Agreements are met and adhered to.
• You will report to the Pricing Deputy Manager.

We offer:

• Amazing modern workspace in heart of the city
• Flexible working hours
• Fresh fruits every morning in our kitchen
• Multisport and cinema card

Qualifications – Internal

 We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Final year students (bachelor/master studies), preferably in a numerate subject like Mathematics, Finance, Economics, Accounting or Computer Science.
• Availability to work at least 20 hours weekly
• A detail oriented approach with a focus on accuracy coupled with an appreciation of the need for pragmatism in a commercial environment.
• Inquisitive mind with strong analytical skills. Often, data sources will not be obvious and will require self-initiative and subjective interpretation. It is therefore necessary to understand the overall intention of a particular project, in order to ensure data sources are not missed and captured data are relevant, comprehensive and consistent.
• Experience of using a number of data sources and data extraction techniques is a strong advantage, e.g. data mining, web scraping.
• MS Excel will be heavily used so a proven advanced knowledge of MS Excel and operating on large data sets is required. Experience with “R” or Python, statistical computing software, visualization tools, SQL and VBA (at least basic) would be a strong advantage.
• Fluency in English, both spoken and written, is essential. Additional European language is an advantage.
• Good organizational skills and time management.
• Excellent people skills; successful collaboration and building relationships with stakeholders; communicative and open to new challenges. Must be happy to work as part of a team