An exciting opportunity for a Pricing Analyst to join the Commercial & Pricing team has arrived.

The Commercial & Pricing team looks after pricing Savings & Investments products for the advised platform, the direct platform and bonds. We develop and use pricing models, produce trading MI and analytics, carry out development work and provide planning support.

As a Pricing Analyst you will be responsible for modelling deals for accounts and individual clients for Retail products. You’ll track the performance (sales and profitability) of Savings & Investment products against plan alongside adhoc trading MI, monitoring market activity, implementing new pricing tools/assumptions and assisting in the production of business cases for Retail developments.

This is a fantastic opportunity to drive value into the organisation, helping Savings & Investments win business and increase profit.

The team is currently based in York and you will be required to go into the York office 1 – 2 days per week.

Day-to-day responsibilities of the role:

• Working with the Distribution team to put terms in place for account and individual deals that will maximize a balance of volume and value

• Understanding the financial and insurance risk inherent in products and assist in recommending appropriate risk levels in keeping with overall business risk management principles

• Supporting the Head of Commercial and Pricing (Retail) and the Pricing Lead in deriving suitable pricing basis for the changes/new products and obtaining sign-off for these through the appropriate governance framework

• Producing Trading MI that will help inform the business and drive actions to help us to exceed or meet plan

• Establishing appropriate relationships across the business

• Assisting other Retail teams with the production of business cases

Knowledge, skills & experience we are looking for:

• Highly numerate and analytical with a capability to interpret data and establish alternatives and solutions to complex problems

• Strong Excel skills

• Good communication and influencing skills with the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships across teams

• Good knowledge of life and pensions industry including financial regulation

• Understanding of the risks faced by the function and the controls in place to manage & mitigate these risks

What will you get for this role?

• A salary between £24,000-£28,000 depending on location, 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.