General Ledger Accounting Manager

Are you ready to lead a team and shape financial control in a dynamic market? We’re looking for someone who’s curious, collaborative, and ready to take the next step in their finance career. This is a great opportunity to gain experience running end-to-end accounting and financial control for our Ireland General Insurance market.

A bit about the job: You’ll join the UK&I General Insurance GL Accounting Control & Operations team. We’re responsible for delivering the month-end close and maintaining strong financial controls. In this role, you’ll lead the Ireland GI team, ensuring accurate and timely general ledger close, analytics, and reporting. You’ll work closely with teams across Finance, including Financial Reporting, Reinsurance, and Actuarial. You’ll also support internal and external audits and play a key role in governance and risk management.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Experience leading a team and ability to plan and manage team workload and priorities.
• Qualified accountant or suitable financial experience.
• Knowledge of IFRS17 advantageous.
• Experience of operating strong financial control.
• Good analytical skills with a curiosity mindset.
• Strong stakeholder relationship and communication skills.

What you’ll get for this role:

• Circa salary £50,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications).
• Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

Aviva is for everyone: We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares. We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here. We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Jessica Mason a call on 07387 545 666 or send an email to Jessica.Mason@aviva.com.