Senior Legal Counsel

2 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Aviva Full time

Senior Legal Counsel
National salary circa £80,000

London salary circa £95,000

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior lawyer to join the Wealth team within Aviva’s UK legal function. The role will focus on providing commercial, first class legal advice to Aviva’s UK Wealth businesses. If you are a qualified solicitor and have experience with workplace and individual pensions or investment and savings products, we would love to hear from you

A bit about the job: 

The team provides end-to-end commercially focused legal support to the business areas described above. You will join a busy and strategically important team which strives to deliver the best legal service for its clients and has a strong focus on fostering relationships across the business.

You will provide first class commercially focused legal advice across Aviva UK Wealth business units as described above, and will advise Wealth business units in relation to new propositions and product developments and key strategic investments.

You will review, draft, and advise on customer facing contractual documentation and product literature across different media including digital and social media and review, draft and negotiate contracts relating to the Wealth business units. While providing input into Board and Committee papers where required and providing concise and tailored summaries for various business stakeholders including Finance and Risk.

You will also be responsible for the upwards management of key risks and issues to the Head of Legal, and General Counsel of UK IWR (Insurance, Wealth and Retirement). As well as building solid relationships with key stakeholders within Wealth and the wider Aviva group, providing strategic input into the Wealth business areas and delivering at pace.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

Qualified Solicitor and/or Barrister with strong experience of working in the Financial Services market particularly in the pensions and/or investment platforms space. Proven negotiating experience and relationship management skills. Strong commercial and strategic mind-set with the ability to react and adapt to and implement change at pace. Ability to react and adapt to and implement change at pace. Experience and/or knowledge of workplace and/or individual pensions or investment and/or savings products will be desirable.

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.

National salary circa £80,000, London salary circa £95,000 (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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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. So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just 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.

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