Aviva UK now have a unique and exciting Governance Operations Manager role within Aviva’s market leading governance function. As part of the Subsidiary Governance & Operations team, this role combines boardroom company secretarial responsibilities with subsidiary governance framework assurance and oversight & operational responsibilities across the governance function. This is a strong opportunity for a qualified company secretary to broaden their commercial abilities and play a key role in driving the delivery and oversight of technology enabled subsidiary governance across the Aviva Group. The role will involve supplier management, budget responsibilities and the implementation of technology solutions across our Aviva Governance Function.

Aviva uses Smart Working, and the person in this role can be based anywhere in the UK, as long as they are comfortable travelling to our London, Norwich, Bristol or York offices weekly.

The role’s duties & responsibilities:

• Ownership of our technology strategy and future roadmap, bringing fresh ideas and a technology enabled approach to our company secretary function

• Supporting the Governance Framework Lead - assess the effective implementation of the Aviva Governance Framework and Subsidiary Governance Principles across our core markets

• Oversight of board fiduciary duties and board governance risk and controls, and first point of contract for any related queries - a key position in ensuring strong risk and controls are embedded in line with our risk management frameworks

• Delivery of company secretarial and governance services to the Audit and Risk Committee of one our dual regulated legal entities

• Governance of one of our dual regulated entities; working with management and Chair to set agendas, attending and minuting board meetings and ensuring the application of our subsidiary governance principles

Skills & experiences required:

• Subsidiary governance framework knowledge – a track record of implementing and assessing governance with critical analysis

• Experienced user of company secretarial technology systems with knowledge of how to configure and fully utilise legal entity management technology solutions, including dashboarding, data analytics and reporting

• Experience of team operations - managing budgets, crafting and implementing induction and training programmes; complex projects involving multiple collaborators

• Background of running and supporting Board, Audit & Risk Committees through annual cycles

• Knowledge of governance trends within complex regulated FS groups

• Building and maintaining strong (senior) business partner relationships, and managing multiple relationships

• Experience from within Risk or Internal Audit would be beneficial

What will you get for this role?

• A competitive salary depending on location, 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 ownership, 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 Daniel Hopchet a call on 0121 234 7625 or send an email to Daniel.Hopchet@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.