Great new 6 month contract opportunity for a Governance Manager in our Business and Supplier Management team.

The successful applicant will be tasked with managing the governance frameworks within which Investment Operations, particularly the Unit Pricing team here at Aviva operate.

The responsibilities of the role will include:

• Leading the secretariat function for Unit Pricing Group (UPG), Breach Group and the two Unit Linked Shareholder Risk Oversight groups. This includes managing the Terms of Reference, agenda and reporting packs, meeting schedule, attendees, the meetings themselves and meeting minutes; and ensuring actions are executed and the Groups remain fully effective in line with the relevant policies and guidance

• Write reports for other groups such as Unit Linked Fund Governance Committee (ULFGC) and Life Finance Risk & Solvency Committee (LFRSC) as required

• Maintenance of the Unit Pricing policies and framework in line with regulatory requirements, including tracking changes due to legacy policy harmonisation

• Support first line controls testing in line with ORCM

• Provide support to the Unit Pricing team on operational readiness for large projects

• Provide governance and risk advice to stakeholders

• Key point of contact for internal and external audits

• Ensure tasks undertaken by analysts are performed to the appropriate standard

• Supporting the Unit Pricing Business Support team with IT-related issues tracked through Archer

• Delivering a specific project to make the Unit Pricing polices more user friendly

Skills / knowledge / experience required:

• Strong academic record

• Articulate, with strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Pride in accuracy and equally comfortable with the detail as well as the big picture

• Understanding of financial markets, regulatory frameworks and/or risk management would be an advantage

What you will get

• Salary of up to £40,000 depending on location, skills and experience

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Holiday allowance of 29 days (pro rata)

• 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 Ben Parker a call on 07833 239394 or send an email to ben.parker@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