Share Schemes Consultant

This role is perfect for an ambitious professional with experience in listed company share plans who is ready to take a step up into a global, strategic environment. If you are naturally curious, proactive, enjoy solving complex problems for colleagues, and have a "can-do" approach to managing financial projects, you will thrive in our team. We are looking for candidates who are available to start immediately or at short notice.

A bit about the job: You will join our Share Schemes team at a pivotal time, helping deliver a wide range of UK and global employee share plans, supporting lifecycle events such as grants, releases and maturities across our all-employee, discretionary and asset-manager incentive plans. In this role, you’ll work closely with our third-party partners, ensuring our plans operate smoothly and employees receive an excellent experience. This role is central to fostering employee ownership, motivating our people, and supporting Aviva’s strategy through effective reward delivery.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Issuer experience administering share schemes (such as SAYE, SIP, or Discretionary plans) for a listed company, with strong understanding of plan rules, legislation and regulatory requirements (Tapestry ICSA CERT ESP and EquatePlus experience desirable).
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, and confidence communicating with a range of stakeholders.
• Strong Excel knowledge and general computer literacy.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines while maintaining high-quality outputs.
• A natural curiosity to identify improvements and challenge the status quo.

What you’ll get for this role:

• Starting salary between £70,000 and £90,000 (depending on skills, experience, and qualifications).
• Bonus opportunity: 12% 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.
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it.
• 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 at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.