Senior Governance Manager

4 weeks ago


York, York City, United Kingdom Aviva Full time
Job Title: Senior Governance Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Governance Manager to join our team at Aviva. As a key member of our CASS & Middle Office Team, you will be responsible for establishing and leading a brand-new team to ensure the operational environment for all new and migrated insured products on the FNZ platform is fit for purpose and operating effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and manage a small team of analysts to ensure business operations comply with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
  • Oversee the development of policies, procedures, and controls, and develop and maintain risk management frameworks and methodologies to identify, assess, and manage operational risks.
  • Support the delivery of good customer outcomes through all activities and deliverables, enabling us to act in good faith towards customers, avoid causing foreseeable harm, and support our customers in pursuing their financial objectives.

Requirements:

  • Ability to accurately identify and proactively resolve risk issues, understanding causes of failure and identifying areas of weakness and using influencing skills with colleagues, the various business areas and/or third parties to resolve them and mitigate the risk of them reoccurring.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to demonstrate ownership and accountability.
  • Must be able to evidence strong stakeholder management skills in a challenge and support capacity.

What We Offer:

  • Salary up to £80,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
  • Bonus opportunity - 12% 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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