We have a Fixed-Term Contract (FTC) opportunity on either 15 or 9 month basis for a senior actuary to join our UK Life business.

The purpose of the role is to provide explanation and analysis on a monthly basis of the impact of key drivers of Aviva UK Life’s financial results, in order to provide insight into sources of profit and loss. The role is key to enabling accelerated quarterly reporting and improving business understanding of results.

Duties & responsibilities include:

• Allocation of sources of profit and loss to financial reported results, by driver

• Provides improved insight to shareholders and supports external reporting

• Accountable for elements of UK Life financial reporting. Requires close collaboration and engagement with stakeholders across other finance areas including financial management, finance business partnering and asset origination

• Responsible for delivery of results on a monthly basis, using flexible actuarial resource (1-2 colleagues) from actuarial production and reporting teams to support delivery

• Required to consult on and make judgements in presentation of financial results

• Presentation of results regularly to senior UK Life stakeholders

• Planning ahead is necessary for the next 12-18 months, covering monthly, quarterly and annual reporting cycles

• Role requires individual focus on analysis but with a great deal of consultation to secure expert input

Skills & experience you'll need:

• Strong understanding of financial reporting metrics including IFRS and Solvency II

• Good knowledge of IFRS17

• Ideally degree qualified, Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

What will you get for this role?

• A salary starting from £75,000 depending on skills, experience and qualifications

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family (some exclusions apply)

• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take responsibility, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too. We’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Daniela Krol a call on 0121 234 7660 or send an email to daniela.krol@aviva.com 

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.