Graduate Operations Analyst

Job description

Aviva in Norwich are now looking for an Operations Analyst in Norwich. This role would fit somebody looking for a challenge and the opportunity to take on responsibility for administering large reinsurance arrangements in an accurate and efficient manner in our DBS Solutions team.

DBS Solutions plays a key role in providing pension schemes with solutions to meet the needs of pension scheme sponsors, trustees and members. The Reinsurance Team within Aviva is integral in achieving this ambition by working with reinsurance companies and pension schemes to craft capital efficient solutions. The Reinsurance Operations Team specifically has sole responsibility for the ongoing administration of all in force reinsurance arrangements within DBS Solutions.

Some of the role’s duties & responsibilities:

• Producing accurate monthly account materials for a portfolio of reinsurance arrangements, ensuring that a robust control framework and audit trail process is adhered to
• Carrying out detailed analysis of insured data extracts
• Assisting the actuarial team with developing, implementing and coordinating new and existing products
• Considering risk and control framework and ways to make improvements where possible
• Participating in team training sessions within the Reinsurance Operations team and other parts of the Group where applicable (which may involve occasional travel to the London and York offices)

Skills & experiences required:

• A degree in a numerical field (sciences, economics, mathematics, etc.)
• Strong familiarity with excel and processing spreadsheets
• Strong attention to detail and catching errors/patterns in data

Aviva are keen to build a path for development in this team. We are growing quite substantially in the reinsurance space and looking to encourage those who want to build a career with study support and the backing of Aviva’s significant resources.

What will you get for this role?

• A salary up to £25,000 depending on skills, experience and qualifications
• Generous defined contribution pension scheme
• Annual performance related bonus and pay review
• Holiday allowance of 25 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

Oh, and by the way…

At Aviva, we always ‘Care More’. It’s our thing. We’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you need 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. We’ll even try to bend work around your further studies or hobbies where we can.

We care deeply about welcoming people no matter where they’re from, how old they are or what disability they have. We encourage applications from every age, race, ethnicity, disability, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or caring responsibility. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

As part of that we interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Just send us an email once you’ve applied, and we’ll make sure we interview you.

If you like the sound of all that, we’d love it if you could submit your application online. For an alternative method of applying, please give Dan Hopchet a call on: 0121 234 7625 or ping them an email at: Daniel.Hopchet@Aviva.com.

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you must 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.