Senior Finance Business Partner - Insurance Background

Aviva; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Aviva is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner in Greater London to enhance performance across key business areas. This strategic role requires a strong commercial mindset and insurance industry experience, focusing on driving performance and influencing senior stakeholders. The position offers a competitive salary, bonus opportunities, and extensive benefits, including a generous pension scheme and support for professional development.

Benefits

Bonus opportunity – 12% of annual salary

Generous pension scheme – up to 14% contribution

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

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Fully paid maternity/paternity leave

Access to life and healthcare cover

Financial support for insurance qualifications

Digital access to learning content

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in the insurance industry is essential.
• Proven track record of building strong relationships.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead on improving performance across the E2E category.
• Work across Finance, Claims, and pricing/underwriting.
• Design and embed a performance rhythm.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Influencing skills

Strong communication skills

Education

Qualified accountant

Background in business or economics

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner - Insurance Background

Aviva Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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Base pay range

Senior Finance Business Partner

Location: Norwich or London based (50% hybrid working)

This is a great job for someone who has a strong commercial mindset and thrives on turning insight into action. You might be an experienced finance professional or a qualified accountant with a background in business or economics. If you’re confident influencing at senior levels, love solving complex problems, and want to shape how we manage performance across two major entities, this role is for you.

Please note that relevant experience in the insurance industry is essential to be successful in this role.

A bit about the job:

This role leads on improving performance across the E2E category performance. You’ll work across Finance, Claims, and pricing/underwriting to understand how performance is tracked and how we can improve it. You’ll design and embed a performance rhythm that aligns with Aviva’s ways of working. You’ll also help prioritise initiatives and shape the future of our performance framework. It’s a strategic role with real impact – helping us deliver for customers today and plan for tomorrow.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong commercial awareness and influencing skills
• Proven track record of building strong relationships & establishing rapport with new stakeholders quickly
• Ability to bring others with you as you drive performance
• Strong communication skills, across written & verbal mediums
• Insurance industry experience required

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:

Lighting everyone’s path:

• Salary around £65,000 (Norwich) around £75,000 (London) - depending on skills, experience and qualifications
• Bonus opportunity – 12% of annual salary, depending on your performance and the business’
• Generous pension scheme – we’ll contribute up to 14%
• Get up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan
• Make your money go further – up to 40% discount on Aviva products, plus other retailer discounts
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays – you can buy or sell up to 5 days
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Industry-leading access to life and healthcare cover with discounted car and home insurance rates, including offers for friends and family too
• Fully paid maternity/paternity leave
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• Get free access to a wealth of resources that will help look after your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing, including company-funded Group Income Protection, Aviva Digicare+ and the popular Headspace app
• Full financial support to pursue insurance qualifications
• Digital access to all sorts of useful on-demand learning content
• Aviva University and its business academies give you everything you need to empower your growth

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way. Don’t let it be a barrier to your application. And if you’re in a job share, feel free to apply as a pair.

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.

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied online, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you need a different way of applying, please send an email to [e-mail].

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  Insurance

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