Aviva’s Finance Operations team are currently looking for a Control Analyst to join on a 12-month, fixed term contract.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone that has past experience when working in a role involving a high use of Numerical skills, as well as someone that might of just finished university with a strong background using excel.

Investment Operations are part of the Aviva Finance Operations shared service.  The unit-linked life and pensions customers of our Life business rely on Investment Operations to ensure that their life and pension premiums are invested in the funds they have selected, that their unit holdings are valued accurately and that they can access their investments when they choose. 

In 2020 Aviva introduced “Smart Working”, so although you will be mostly home based we still require you to travel in to our York office when needed.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Analysing investment transactions data and clearing system generated exceptions

• Processing journals as necessary to the Investment Management System (Hiport); Corporate General Ledger (Oracle)

• Performance of key control and suspense account reconciliations ensuring differences are identified, actions put in place to correct issues at source

• Reconciliation of other key data items (stock holdings; unit movements) to provide assurance as to the quality of financial data

• Other ad hoc processes resulting from Unit Pricing operational processes

Skills & Experience required

• A Higher qualification in Mathematics or related subject desirable, with the ability to think logically

• Proficient in numeracy and problem solving together with strong analytical skills

• Ability to work efficiently, under time pressure without compromising on accuracy, whilst also being able to quickly adapt to change

• Accounting Knowledge or working towards an accounting degree (Preferred, but not essential)

• Able to work flexibly to accommodate daily timeframes and project requirements

• Excellent communication and organisational skills

What will you get for this role?

• Salary of £25,000 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 Dylan Wood a call on 07385 426164 or send an email to Dylan.wood@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.