Senior Finance Business Partner – Front Office

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner – Front Office - 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

This is a great job for someone who has Asset management experience, including deep knowledge of products, distribution channels, pricing trends and regulatory developments (especially those relating to clients / customers).

A bit about the job:

The Business Partnering team provides insight and challenge to ensure Aviva Investors business leaders deliver against the ambitious targets that have been set and can operate with a thorough understanding of the commercial impact of decisions. The Senior Finance Business partner plays a key role in enabling the Head of Distribution and their leadership team to meet their financial targets. The role seeks to maximise the profitability and efficiency of the business by advising on commercial opportunities, strategic initiatives and through robust cost management.  You will be required to manage the financial planning and forecasting processes for the function including the setting of appropriate budgets. Alongside this you will support the Liquid Markets function in delivery and monitoring of projects, ensuring original business cases are robust and delivered to plan.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

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Resilience in the face of setbacks with determination to pursue desired outcomes

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Excellent project management skills including Strong influencing skills, ability to build relationships and deliver robust challenge at all levels of the business and the ability to develop ‘subject matter expert’ status across multiple disciplines

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Ability to step back from detail to drive strategic perspective

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Highly numerate with strong analytical skills

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Ability to adapt rapidly to meet changing priorities/deadlines

What you’ll get for this role:

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Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in

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Eligibility for annual performance bonus

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Family friendly parental and carer’s leave

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Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

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Up to 40% discount for Aviva products

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Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars

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Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme

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21 volunteering hours per year

Aviva is for everyone:

We are inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way.  So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.

Most of our people are smart working – spending around 60% of their time in our offices and 40% at home.

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.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online.   If you require an alternative method of applying, send an email to  GlobalRecruitment@avivainvestors.com .