Risk Governance Manager - Enterprise Risk

Aviva plc; Norwich; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Private medical benefit

Employee discounts

Matching share plan

Save As You Earn

Parental leave

Carer's leave

Flexible benefits

Volunteer days

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Aviva plc is seeking a Risk Governance Manager - Enterprise Risk to lead risk oversight across all three lines, producing high-quality opinions and board reporting, and challenging senior management on financial and non-financial risks.

You can be a qualified or part-qualified actuary or accountant with insurance sector experience, strong analytical ability, and a proven track record of influencing decisions through effective stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified Actuary or Accountant with insurance sector experience.
• Strong understanding of financial risk management and the risks, challenges and opportunities facing the insurance market.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and translate insights into clear, practical risk conclusions.
• Experience producing and presenting high-quality Board, Committee or senior management reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence, provide constructive challenge and build credibility with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight, insight and challenge to support strategic and operational decision-making across all three lines of defence.
• Produce high-quality risk opinions and Board-level reporting; analyse risk trends and emerging issues.
• Contribute to assurance reviews across a broad range of financial and non-financial risks.
• Help shape and enhance the Risk Management Framework; build strong relationships across the business.

Skills

Actuary

Accountant

Insurance experience

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Board reporting

Education

Actuarial qualification

Job description

Risk Governance Manager - Enterprise Risk

Salary: National Circa £80,000 : London Circa £100,000

This is a great job for someone who is a qualified or part-qualified actuary or accountant with strong financial risk experience gained within the insurance sector. You'll enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where you can provide constructive challenge, influence key business decisions and deliver insightful risk reporting to senior stakeholders and Board-level committees.

A bit about the job:

As part of Aviva Insurance Limited's Enterprise Risk team, you'll play a key role in helping the business navigate an evolving risk landscape. Working across all three lines of defence, you'll provide oversight, insight and challenge to support strategic and operational decision-making. You'll produce high-quality risk opinions and Board-level reporting, analyse risk trends and emerging issues, and contribute to assurance reviews across a broad range of financial and non-financial risks. Working closely with the Enterprise Risk Lead, Enterprise Risk Director and Chief Risk Officer, you'll help shape and enhance the Risk Management Framework while building strong relationships across the business.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Qualified or part-qualified Actuary or Accountant with insurance sector experience.
• Strong understanding of financial risk management and the risks, challenges and opportunities facing the insurance market.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and translate insights into clear, practical risk conclusions.
• Experience producing and presenting high-quality Board, Committee or senior management reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence, provide constructive challenge and build credibility with senior leaders.

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: National Circa £80,000 : London Circa £100,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity -12% of annual salary, (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.)
• Generouspensionscheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%
• 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 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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.