Risk & Control Specialist

Location: Norwich/York/Bristol

Risk & Controls Specialist

salary up to £50,000 depending on experience

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Risk and Control Specialist to join our 1st line Risk & Governance Team. If you care about doing a phenomenal job and putting the customer at the heart of everything you do, then this could be the role for you!

A bit about the job:

The role sits at the heart of our business within the Governance & Resilience Operations (G&RO) area of the UKIWR Governance and Assurance (G&A) Team. Reporting to the Risk and Governance Manager within G&RO, you will play a key role in delivering first line risk and assurance services across our important business standards. Working closely with senior leadership teams, first, second- and third-line risk partners, third-party supplier leads, Global functions and a network of internal and external business partners, you will proactively identify, assess, and document operational risks within the business unit.

Part of your day-to-day activities will be to conduct regular risk assessments to ensure that all potential risks are identified and appropriately mitigated. You will lead or support the delivery of regular control assessments to ensure that all controls are in place and functioning as intended and develop, implement, and monitor mitigation and remediation strategies. Managing issues and risk events will be a core part of your role, including development of plans and implementation of corrective actions to prevent recurrence. You will maintain comprehensive, up-to-date risk documentation and provide regular reports and insights to senior management to support informed decision-making.

You will ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements and internal policies and stay updated on changes in regulations and industry standard methodologies.

Skills and experience we are looking for:

• Knowledge and experience in risk and governance related roles, including working with risk and control frameworks and risk management tools such as IBM OpenPages and Archer.
• A Good understanding of any of the business standards in scope (Information Technology, Business Protection, Operational Resilience, Procurement and Outsourcing and Health and Safety) and underlying control frameworks.
• Experience of operational risk management and control assessment.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills, with the ability to interpret data and generate insights and recommendations. Experienced in producing reporting for senior management and proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, combined with strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Comfortable working independently as well as collaboratively within a team.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose – with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Salary up to £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
• 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

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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.

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