The role is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of Aviva's Corporate Consolidation and Reporting area supporting IFRS and Solvency II reporting. This role will require the successful candidate to implement improvements in our end-to-end financial reporting processes and require significant liaising with our customers, Finance Technical teams, and our markets. The successful candidate will enjoy exercising their strong capabilities in both reporting and operational process improvement.

This role is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract and is part of the Corporate Consolidation and Reporting team working with a wide range of business partners, including key customers in the Chief Accounting Office, IT, offshore and wider reporting teams. You will be part of the Aviva Finance Operations (AFO) team: a highly effective and agile team managing resources and providing service excellence to the rest of Aviva's Finance function.

Duties & responsibilities:

• Production of the Aviva plc IFRS financial statements and notes, Solvency II QRTs/FSTs and narrative reports

• Assist in running the Group consolidation process and producing analysis to support quality of the accounts

• Support the delivery of IFRS and Solvency II group financial reporting ensuring accuracy, adherence to deadlines, technical and business relevance

• Support for projects including IFRS 17, FCCS and business change and plan for regulatory changes advised by local regulator

• Design, implement and operate process improvements

• Develop collaborative positive relationships with stakeholders across the Group

• Take ownership for responsibilities given whilst supporting the wider team as required

Skills & experience we're looking for:

• Financial Systems experience required i.e., comfortable with high volumes of data

• Excellent analytical skills and a good eye for detail

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate across all levels and across different geographies

• A positive attitude to change and new challenges and an ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities

• Relevant IFRS experience ideally within the insurance industry

• Ability to identify problems and help resolve them or escalate as appropriate

• Proactive, highly organised and a strong team player

• Experience designing and implementing improvement in execution

• Qualified Accountant with post qualification experience and familiarity with accountancy

What will you get for this role?

• A salary between £40,000-£53,000 depending on location, 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.