Finance Manager

Aviva; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Norwich seeks a qualified Finance Manager to join their Group Property team. The role entails financial planning and managing contracts, offering a salary around £55,000. The company promotes a supportive environment with flexible working options and numerous benefits.

Benefits

Salary around £55,000

10% bonus opportunity

Generous pension scheme

Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit

Up to 40% discounts on Aviva products

Free Aviva shares through Matching Share Plan

Supportive policies including parental leave

Flexible benefits options

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing support and tools

Qualifications

• ACCA or ACA qualification required.
• Strong technical accounting and analytical skills needed.
• Experience managing financial contracts is essential.
• Ability to simplify complex data and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning for property portfolio.
• Manage VAT returns and support governance.
• Work closely with colleagues and external partners.

Skills

ACCA or ACA qualified

Strong technical accounting

Analytical skills

Confident communicator

Experience managing financial contracts

Spotting cost-saving opportunities

Simplifying complex data

Problem-solving abilities

Job description

Finance Manager

Location: Norwich (50% hybrid working)

Salary: circa £55,000

This is a great job for someone who is a qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA) looking for a fresh challenge in a dynamic, collaborative environment. You’ll enjoy working with data, solving problems, and making a real impact. If you’re commercially minded, confident with contracts, and love turning numbers into insight, this could be your next step.

A bit about the job:

You’ll join our Group Property team in Group Finance, supporting a wide range of property-related budgets across the UK, Ireland, and beyond. This role sits in the Commercial Risk and Governance Team, reporting to the Global Property Director. You’ll lead financial planning for Ireland’s property portfolio, manage VAT returns, and support governance and reporting. It’s a varied role where you’ll work closely with colleagues across the business and our external partners.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• ACCA or ACA qualified, with strong technical accounting and analytical skills
• Confident communicator who enjoys working with others
• Experience managing financial contracts and spotting cost-saving opportunities
• Able to simplify complex data and processes
• Comfortable owning tasks, solving problems, and adapting to change

What you’ll get:

Our purpose – with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We want you to shine. That’s why we have so much to offer you:

• Salary around £55,000 - depending on skills, experience, and qualifications
• Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary, depending on your performance and the business’
• Generous pension scheme – we’ll contribute up to 14%
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

Take a look to learn more.Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be.

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please send Balazs Palcsek a mail at [e-mail]