Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, Aviva

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+ Eligibility for annual performance bonus

Senior and Expert level

London

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2-4 days a week in office

Insurance, wealth and retirement business

Job no longer available

Insurance, wealth and retirement business

1001+ employees

B2CInsuranceFinancial Services

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

+ Eligibility for annual performance bonus

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

2-4 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2CInsuranceFinancial Services

Company mission

With you today, for a better tomorrow. Aviva exist to be with people when it really matters, throughout their lives.

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Company

Role

Who you are

This is a great job for someone with a strong command of financial disciplines and up-to-date knowledge of financial reporting standards, who is motivated to build and sustain effective relationships across Finance and the wider Aviva Investors business
A confident communicator who can clearly present complex financials to senior stakeholders, with a solid grasp of technical accounting, key judgements, and estimates
Strong understanding of financial systems and controls, with a proven ability to drive process improvements and maintain a robust control environment
Excellent relationship-builder with the ability to engage across teams, analyse information, and influence effectively
Knowledge of the investment management sector, including current IFRS and regulatory frameworks
Experience in audit delivery or oversight, with a clear understanding of audit testing and assurance processes

What the job involves

We’re looking for a finance leader to take ownership of delivering timely, accurate, and compliant financial reporting across Aviva Investors’ global corporate entities
This role is central to ensuring the integrity of group, statutory, management, and regulatory reporting, while also providing expert guidance on complex technical accounting matters
You’ll embed best practices and financial disciplines across teams in the UK, Europe, Canada, and Singapore, with a strong emphasis on robust controls and high-quality outputs
You’ll lead the external audit process across regions, ensuring smooth coordination and timely resolution of issues
Beyond reporting, you’ll drive change initiatives and continuous improvement, streamlining processes, introducing automation, and enhancing the control environment to reduce risk and increase efficiency
This is a high-impact role where your ability to manage risk, influence stakeholders, and deliver results will shape the future of financial reporting at Aviva Investors

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Our take

With 18 million international customers, Aviva is the largest provider of insurance and leading life and pension funds in the UK. With a history that dates back to the founding of Hand in Hand Fire & Life Insurance Society in 1696, Aviva’s current form is thanks to a merger between Norwich Union and CGU plc in the year 2000.

Over the noughties, Aviva grew its market out to Europe and established a high-profile foothold in America thanks to the most expensive advertising campaign of the time that included celebrities Alice Cooper and Bruce Willis. Into the 2010s, the insurance broker was forced to restructure and close a large number of its non-core businesses in a bid to increase its shareholder returns and streamline its focus. In 2012 it sold its US wing to Athene Holding to further this goal.

Now stripped back after sell-offs of subsidiaries in Indonesia, Italy, and many more countries, Aviva is refocusing on pensions. In the wake of a Pensions Dashboard Programme delay in the UK, Aviva is in the running to take over the programme thanks to its pre-existing private systems. This exemplifies Aviva’s renewed focus on the fintech sector, all whilst playing national analyst during the cost of living crisis thanks to its annual Age of Ambiguity study.

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Insights

Led by a woman

2% employee growth in 12 months

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Company

Company HQ

City of London, London, UK

Leadership

Amanda Blanc

(CEO, not founder)

Currently Group Board Non-Executive Director at BP. Previously Chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union, Senior Advisor at Trov, CEO at Zurich Insurance Company.

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