Finance Project Manager – Governance & TOM Lead

Aviva; West of England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Aviva is seeking an experienced Finance Project Manager to lead Governance and TOM workstreams within our Data & Modelling Control programme. The role focuses on strengthening end-to-end controls across data journeys and embedding sustainable governance models across the business.

You will drive delivery across Finance, Risk, Actuarial, Control and Technology, coordinating multiple teams, and transitioning governance into BAU while ensuring alignment with audit and regulatory expectations.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering large-scale Finance transformation or regulatory change programmes within Financial Services.
• Proven experience implementing Target Operating Models, governance frameworks or control transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrable experience taking TOM designs through to practical implementation and embedding changes into BAU.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk management, controls and regulatory expectations.
• Experience implementing accountability frameworks, RACI models and governance structures across multiple teams.
• Experience delivering audit, regulatory, risk or control remediation programmes.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders across multiple functions.
• Strong planning, delivery management, dependency management and governance reporting capabilities.
• Ability to translate complex recommendations into structured delivery plans and measurable outcomes.
• Confident challenging stakeholders, driving accountability and navigating complex organisational environments.
• Experience working across Finance, Risk, Actuarial and Control functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of Governance & TOM initiatives within the Data & Modelling Control Programme.
• Develop and manage delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, actions and governance reporting.
• Drive the implementation of Target Operating Model recommendations and governance improvements.
• Coordinate the implementation of accountability frameworks, RACI models and decision-making structures.
• Facilitate workshops to define current-state and future-state governance arrangements and operating models.
• Work with Finance, Risk, Actuarial, Control and Technology teams to establish clear ownership and accountability across end-to-end processes.
• Drive the implementation of governance forums, management information, reporting and escalation mechanisms.
• Support the design and embedding of control frameworks and operational controls.
• Coordinate multiple control owners and stakeholder groups to ensure actions are delivered effectively.
• Manage organisational change impacts arising from governance, accountability and operating-model changes.
• Ensure programme governance, reporting and decision-making processes operate effectively.
• Support the transition of programme outcomes into sustainable BAU ownership.
• Ensure delivery outcomes meet audit, regulatory, risk and control expectations.
• Work with internal stakeholders and external advisers to deliver governance and control remediation activities.
• Experience delivering audit, regulatory remediation or control framework implementation programmes.
• Experience working within Finance transformation programmes involving actuarial, data or modelling environments.
• Previous experience working across complex Financial Services organisations with multiple business and control functions.

Skills

Finance transformation experience

TOM & governance frameworks

TOM implementation

Governance & risk

RACI & accountability

Audit/remediation

Stakeholder management

Delivery planning

Structured delivery plans

Challenging stakeholders

Cross-functional finance

Job description

Aviva is seeking an experienced Finance Project Manager to lead Governance and TOM workstreams within our Data & Modelling Control programme. The role focuses on strengthening end-to-end controls across data journeys and embedding sustainable governance models across the business.

You will drive delivery across Finance, Risk, Actuarial, Control and Technology, coordinating multiple teams, and transitioning governance into BAU while ensuring alignment with audit and regulatory expectations.