Financial Reporting Senior Manager

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Financial Reporting Senior Manager

Location: London, York or Norwich

Salary: circa £70,000 (National) - circa £85,000 (London)

This is a great opportunity for a qualified accountant with demonstrable post-qualified experience, who wishes to gain experience within one of the UK’s largest insurance companies. If you are an experienced financial reporting professional within the insurance sector who would be interested in leading and mentoring a team of Solvency II reporting specialists – we would love to hear from you!

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

A bit about the job:

Reporting into the UKGI Financial Reporting Lead, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team focused on Solvency II reporting. This team will ensure compliance with internal policies, requirements of quarterly reporting templates (QRTs) & National Specific Templates (NSTs), industry best practices and support the organization's overall goals and objectives.

You will build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across GI finance, the wider Aviva Group and external audit. You will provide analysis to support market CFOs in understanding their Solvency II results, including the impact of complex transactions, and support their regulatory sign-offs.

You will join a leadership team of 4 senior managers and the UKGI Financial Reporting Lead, and make a strong contribution to a well-rounded, high performing and caring team culture, providing development opportunities to team members and shaping career development within the team. You will look to identify and deliver process improvements in the financial reporting process, working with other finance teams and project workstreams to make processes more automated and sustainable. You will play a significant role in the development and delivery of key finance projects which are deemed to provide strategic value to the finance function and Aviva overall.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Qualified accountant with relevant post-qualified experience. Insurance and Solvency II experience is essential.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting requirements, including technical Solvency II knowledge but also Risk & Control requirements.
• The ability to lead team members, prioritise team workload, display resilience and energise the team under pressure.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including report writing and the ability to present to senior management.
• Ability to think both operationally and strategically, identifying long term opportunities and challenges for the team while still delivering on short term priorities.

What you’ll get for this role:

• Salary around £70,000 (National) - £85,000 (London) - 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.

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.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here.

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, 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 require an alternative method of applying, please send an email to Balazs.palcsek@aviva.com.

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