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Finance Risk and Controls Manager

Hybrid in Bristol·Full-time·Added 16 days ago (last checked 12 Oct)

Aviva

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Overview

Job details

  • £60,000 a year

    Gross, as stated in the ad.

    About £3,780 a month after tax.

  • Full-time

    Per the ad.

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

  • Be near Bristol for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

Benefits

  • 29 days holiday

    Per the ad, which doesn’t say whether bank holidays are on top.

  • Up to 14% employer pension

    Paid in by the employer, per the ad. The legal minimum is 3%.

  • Cycle to work scheme

    Commuter benefits named in the ad.

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Experience of financial reporting processes within risks and controls within finance, audit, risk or controls assurance
  • Experience planning and delivering controls testing, including walkthroughs, design assessments and operating effectiveness reviews
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify underlying causes of issues and recommend improvements
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge
  • Ability to prioritise work, manage deadlines and deliver high-quality outputs

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Salary: circa £60,000

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:

  • Salary around £60,000 - depending on skills, experience, and qualifications
  • Generous pension scheme - we'll contribute up to 14%
  • 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
  • 29 days of paid leave exclusive of public holidays - with the option of buying or selling 5 additional days - (pro-rated for the duration of your contract)
  • 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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The role

This is a great job for someone who enjoys understanding how financial reporting controls work and wants to help strengthen them. You'll be confident reviewing processes, challenging constructively, and building strong relationships across various teams.

This role would suit someone with experience in Finance, audit, risk or controls assurance who enjoys solving problems and improving how things are done.

You'll join the Finance Risk and Controls Assurance team supporting UK General Insurance and Direct Line. We help make sure key financial reporting controls are working effectively and continue to meet the needs of the business.

You'll deliver controls assurance activity, identify opportunities for improvement and support sustainable remediation of control weaknesses. You'll work closely with Finance teams, Risk colleagues, Internal Audit and external auditors to provide clear insight and practical recommendations.

Your work will help strengthen confidence in our financial reporting and the wider control environment.

Please note that previous experience in Insurance or Financial Services is essential to be successful in this role.

What you'll do

  • Deliver assurance reviews of key financial reporting controls across UK General Insurance and Direct Line Finance
  • Complete walkthroughs, design assessments and operating effectiveness testing
  • Produce clear and well-evidenced documentation to support assurance conclusions
  • Share findings with stakeholders and agree actions that address control weaknesses
  • Monitor remediation plans and support ongoing improvements to the control environment

How you'll work

Location: York, Norwich, Glasgow, Bristol, Eastleigh, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Perth or Eastleigh based (50% hybrid working)

Hiring process

4 steps2 interviewsa task to do
  1. We'll contact you

    With a recruiter

    Once you've applied, or Aviva has found you on LinkedIn, a recruiter gets in touch to discuss your application and the specific opportunity in more detail.

  2. We'll send a test

    If you're successful at the first stage, you're invited to the next stage of the process, which could be an online test or interview. If you're unsuccessful, you're told.

  3. You'll come to interview

    Aviva agrees an interview date and time. The interview may be a one-to-one meeting or a group assessment; there may be more than one stage to this part of the process.

  4. We'll make an offer

  5. You'll complete screening checks · 1–2 days

  6. You can stay in touch

    With Candidate Care team

    Once PES checks pass, candidates receive a 'confirmation of start date' email and can ask the Candidate Care team questions before their first day.

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  • There may be more than one stage to the interview part of the process; candidates are told in advance.

About Aviva

Industry
Insurance and financial services
Website
aviva.com

In their own words

Additional information

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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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please send Balazs Palcsek a mail at balazs.palcsek@aviva.com

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