What will I do in this role?

• You will be responsible for agreeing with local and Group stakeholders the assurance activity required to be performed throughout the year, including timing and prioritisation of this activity. This will support annual, half yearly and quarterly reporting, including IFRS, SII and APM reporting. You will also be responsible for liaising with local external auditors in relation to delivery of FRCF assurance activity and any areas of reliance for the external audit

• You will be responsible for delivery of FRCF governance activities, including provision of papers for the Group FRCF forum, input into Board and Audit Committee reporting, where required, and for drafting input to FRCF papers for the Group Audit Committee

• Attendance and presenting at the relevant governance forums

• You will lead on the co-ordination and delivery of the quarterly and year end certification process to support certification over the effectiveness of the internal controls over financial reporting.

• The role is responsible for the co-ordination of the process for continuous risk assessment over the financial reporting control environment, including delivery of the local quarterly process owner certification process

• The role is responsible for leading and co-ordinating the production and delivery of management information over FRCF for both local and Group stakeholders

• Proactively managing key stakeholders, including market FRCF leads and process owners, internal audit and external audit stakeholders

What skills & experience do I need?

• Recent audit experience (external audit or internal audit)

• Experience and knowledge of life insurance

• Risk and controls delivery experience, including SOx and internal risk and controls management

• Knowledge and experience of financial reporting controls

• Recent experience of audit/review of IT controls applicable for financial reporting

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), with the ability to communicate complex issues in an easily understood manner

• Relationship management skills to achieve objectives through others and maintain effective stakeholder relationships across both the businesses/markets and external suppliers

• Effective influencing skills with people at all levels internally and externally with the ability to build credible working relationships

What will you get for this role?

• A salary between £70,000-£80,000 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 Guv Johal a call on 0750 008 7919 or send an email to Guv.Johal@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.