Aviva are currently recruiting for a Head of Risk Partnering - Personal Lines to join their team.

The role requires a senior risk professional who is focused on supporting the business to enhance business risk decision making, effectively manage risks and increase the probability of successfully delivering the UKGI strategic ambition. You will also be the lead on keeping the business informed on the current and potential risk environment, providing skilled support on mitigating and rectifying activity. There will also be between 1 to 3 team members, reporting to this role.

The role will report to the UKGI Risk & Governance Director.

Some of the main duties and responsibilities include:

• Partnering with the business area to be the lead on 1st line Risk & Governance decision making and advice

• Enable the business to clearly, consistently and comprehensively articulate the risk profile of the business/service/process, including the integrity of the process and controls

• Support Risk and Control Owners in identifying anomalies in control effectiveness or the aggregation of risks that may take the risk profile of the business outside of tolerance

• Support development of and execute a clear risk & governance strategy for managing the business growth agenda and transformation initiatives

• Ensure there is appropriate culture in place and in line with the requirements of the Group

• Understand and champion the Group’s Risk Management Framework, including all Risk Policies and linked Business Standards; reporting, escalation and governance processes (including all legal and regulatory requirements)

• Providing risk, governance and regulatory compliance expertise and training, balancing good customer outcomes with commercial objectives

Skills & experience needed for the role:

• Ideally knowledge of General insurance market and regulatory framework, or Financial service Sector Risk experience

• Advanced knowledge and use of iCare and Qlik

• Good knowledge of the Training and Competence regulated environment across all areas

• Knowledge of devising and introducing FCA and related procedures

• In-depth knowledge of the UKGI distribution channels and related product suites

• Excellent stakeholder management skills at all levels

• Strong communication and influencing skills

• Advanced planning and organisational skills

• Problem solving and analytical skills to identify the root cause and resolve performance blockages

• CIRM preferred but not essential

What will you get for this role?

• Competitive Salary depending on skills, experience and qualifications

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family. (Some exclusions apply)

• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take ownership, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too, we’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Guv a call on 0750 008 7919 or send an email to Guv.johal@aviva.com.

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.