First Line Technology Governance & Assurance Business Partner (Risk and Controls)

Aviva plc; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunity: 10% annual salary

Pension up to 14% employer

29 days holiday + bank holidays

Private Medical Benefit

Employee discounts on Aviva products

Job summary

Aviva plc is seeking an experienced operational risk and controls professional to join the UK General Insurance Risk & Governance team as a Business Partner (Risk and Controls).

You will lead on strengthening IT risk management and control practices across the business, delivering risk assessments, control testing, assurance activities and remediation actions while collaborating with stakeholders to improve control effectiveness, meet regulatory requirements and support operational resilience.

Qualifications

• Understanding IT risk principles and governance
• Experience with risk/control activities in a regulated environment (insurance preferred)
• Experience supporting risk/control management through periods of organisational change
• Strong stakeholder engagement across teams and levels of seniority

Responsibilities

• Strengthen IT risk management and control practices across the business.
• Deliver risk assessments, control testing, assurance activities and remediation actions.
• Provide insight, challenge and guidance to improve control effectiveness and regulatory compliance.
• Support operational resilience and protect customers, colleagues, reputation and performance.

Skills

IT risk principles

Risk & controls management

Regulated environment experience

Stakeholder management

Job description

Location: Leeds / Bristol / Birmingham / York / Sheffield / Norwich / Glasgow / Perth / Manchester

First Line Technology Governance & AssuranceBusiness Partner (Risk and Controls)

Salary circa £55,000

This is a great job for an experienced operational risk and controls professional who thrives on business partnering and is looking to take on an influential role within Aviva at a pivotal time of growth.

A bit about the job:

Join our UK General Insurance (UKGI) Risk & Governance team, where you'll help strengthen the management of IT risk and controls across the business. As a subject matter expert, you'll support the delivery of risk assessments, control testing, assurance activities and remediation actions to ensure technology risks are effectively identified, managed and controlled. Working closely with stakeholders across UKGI, you'll provide insight, challenge and guidance to improve control effectiveness, meet regulatory requirements and enhance operational resilience. Your work will play a key role in protecting our customers, colleagues, reputation and business performance.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong understanding of IT risk principles and value of effective risk and control management and frameworks and recognises the importance of good conduct and governance.
• Experience working with risk and control activities within a regulated environment, ideally with exposure to the insurance industry.
• Experience of supporting the implementation and application of effective risk and control management through periods of significant organisational changes and realignments
• Strong stakeholder management and engagement skills across multiple teams, specialisms and levels of seniority.

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 £55,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity: 10% 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

• 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

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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 at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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