Senior Governance & Assurance Business Partner in Eastleigh

This is a great job for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, building strong partnerships, and helping a business make confident, risk aware decisions. Whether you're already an experienced risk, governance or assurance professional, or you're ready for your next step supporting senior leaders, this role would suit someone who loves bringing clarity, challenge and insight to a fast-paced environment.

If you thrive on improving processes, influencing decisions, and shaping how a business manages risk, this could be your next move.

A bit about the job:

In this role, you'll support Aviva's Health business to strengthen business risk decision making, ensuring we protect our customers, our people and our reputation. You'll work as part of our Governance & Assurance team, contributing to the delivery of our strategy and helping streamline how we manage risk across the Health area. You'll partner closely with senior leaders, providing expert oversight of governance, assurance, risks and controls. You'll also support our risk committees, deliver high quality analysis, and help embed SMCR accountabilities. Ultimately, you'll make sure the Health business has a clear, accurate view of its risk profile and that decision making is well informed and well governed.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Successful record of building strong relationships and influencing senior stakeholders with credibility.
• Strong governance capability, with good understanding of Three Lines of Defence framework and how it applies in practice.
• Deep knowledge of Financial Services industry, including operational, conduct and regulatory considerations.
• Experience delivering risk, governance and assurance support with clear, actionable insight.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn complex information into clear, meaningful insight and senior level reporting.

What you'll get for this role:

• Salary circa £75,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 12% of annual salary
• 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.

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, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please send an email to beatrix.rozsa@aviva.com.