Head of Financial Reporting, Aviva

Salary not provided

+ Eligibility for annual performance bonus & Aviva Matching Share Plan

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

Insurance, wealth and retirement business

Be an early applicant

Insurance, wealth and retirement business

1001+ employees

B2CInsuranceFinancial Services

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

+ Eligibility for annual performance bonus & Aviva Matching Share Plan

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

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.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

This is a great role for someone who has a strong understanding of all financial disciplines, up to date knowledge of financial reporting developments and who is eager to build and maintain strong relationships across finance and Aviva Investors
Ability to present financial information to senior stakeholders clearly, demonstrating a deep understanding of technical accounting standards, including consideration of accounting judgements and estimates
Strong people management skills with experience of leading teams across locations, effectively managing cross border information flows, and ensuring delivery and capacity management across teams
Experience of either audit delivery or audit oversight with knowledge of audit testing processes and requirements
Graduate, with accounting qualification e.g. ACA, ACCA or equivalent
Understanding of investment management sector, with up-to-date knowledge of the regulatory framework and applicable IFRS

What the job involves

This role is critical to the delivery of timely and compliant group, statutory, management and regulatory financial reporting across Aviva Investors’ corporate entities, including the provision of technical accounting expertise
In this role you will embed the relevant financial disciplines and best practice across the Aviva Investors Financial Reporting teams covering the UK, Europe, Canada and Singapore, with a strong focus on financial controls and the production of high-quality financial reporting
You will be responsible for efficient management of the external audit across regions and for delivering change initiatives and continuous improvement opportunities within financial reporting
You will be accountable for ensuring all risks and issues are managed appropriately and drive actions to closure to ensure the control environment is effective and streamlined, introducing automation where possible, and minimising the risk of error

Application process

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

Salary benchmarks

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.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

2% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

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.

Share this job

View 14 more jobs at Aviva