First Line Technology Governance & Assurance Business Partner; Risk and Controls

Location: Leeds / Bristol / Birmingham / York / Sheffield / Norwich / Glasgow / Perth / Manchester

First Line Technology Governance & Assurance Business Partner (Risk and Controls)

Salary circa £55,000

This is a great job for an experienced operational risk and controls professional who thrives on business partnering and is looking to take on an influential role within Aviva at a pivotal time of growth.

Join our UK General Insurance (UKGI) Risk & Governance team, where you'll help strengthen the management of IT risk and controls across the business. As a subject matter expert, you'll support the delivery of risk assessments, control testing, assurance activities and remediation actions to ensure technology risks are effectively identified, managed and controlled. Working closely with stakeholders across UKGI, you'll provide insight, challenge and guidance to improve control effectiveness, meet regulatory requirements and enhance operational resilience.

Your work will play a key role in protecting our customers, colleagues, reputation and business performance.

• Strong understanding of IT risk principles and value of effective risk and control management and frameworks and recognises the importance of good conduct and governance.
• Experience working with risk and control activities within a regulated environment, ideally with exposure to the insurance industry.
• Experience of supporting the implementation and application of effective risk and control management through periods of significant organisational changes and realignments
• Strong stakeholder management and engagement skills across multiple teams, specialisms and levels of seniority.

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.

• Salary circa £55,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity: 10% 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

• 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

• 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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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 at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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