Financial Risk Manager - 2nd Line

Aviva plc; Bristol; On-site; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Financial Risk Manager in Bristol, where you'll oversee transformative finance programs. Collaborate with stakeholders, influence risk management, and contribute to significant changes in finance operations. Ideal for candidates with accounting experience seeking to advance their careers in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary

Generous pension scheme - up to 14% contribution

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Up to 40% discount on Aviva products

Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year

Flexible benefits including sustainability options

3 paid volunteering days

Wellbeing support and tools

Qualifications

• Experience in Financial Reporting or Insurance Operations and Change projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight to a large-scale business-led change program.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to influence effective risk management.
• Drive meaningful change in finance operations.

Skills

Communication Skills

Relationship Management

Industry Knowledge

Education

Qualified or nearly qualified accountant

Job description

Aviva City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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Financial Risk Manager - 2nd Line

Salary circa £65,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

We have an incredible opportunity for you to join the Finance & Investment Risk Business Partnering (F&I RBP) team at Aviva as a Risk Manager. If you have accounting/finance experience working at a large firm and you are ready to take your career to the next level, we would love to hear from you!

A bit about the job:

This role is pivotal to our strategic growth, providing oversight to a large-scale, business-led change program. You'll report to a Senior Risk Manager within the F&I RBP team , operating within a matrix reporting structure during the lifecycle of the program before the role evolves to focus on overseeing Financial Operations and supporting Finance Change.

Impactful Work: You'll be at the heart of a transformation program that offers insights across a wide range of finance processes and delivery risks. Your contributions will drive meaningful change and help shape the future of our finance operations.

Collaborative Environment: Partner with individuals leading and delivering finance transformation and change activities. Build strong working relationships and deepen your understanding of the relevant processes, systems, and data.

Influence: Building to be a subject matter expert, you'll collaborate with various stakeholders across finance, using your expertise to generate innovative ideas, challenge existing processes, and support successful delivery.

Leadership and Direction: Work alongside project stakeholders and management to influence and provide direction on effective risk management across all areas of Finance. You’ll be able to balance your Finance knowledge and expertise with the broad view Risk function roles offer, to support identifying and managing risks through thorough review and challenge of plans.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Qualifications: Ideally, you're a qualified or nearly qualified accountant with recent experience in Financial Reporting or Insurance Operations and Change projects.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex subject matter expert knowledge to non-subject matter experts.
• Relationship Management: Strong relationship management skills to achieve objectives through others and maintain effective stakeholder relationships.
• Industry Knowledge: A solid understanding of the financial services industry is desired but not essential.

What you’ll get for this role:

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 have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Salary circa £65,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• 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

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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.

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Seniority level

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Employment type

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  Full-time

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  Insurance and Financial Services

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