Senior Governance & Assurance Reporting Manager in West Bromwich

Senior Governance & Assurance Reporting Manager – Salary circa £75,000
Location: Leeds / Norwich / York / Sheffield / Bristol / Glasgow / Perth
This is a great job for someone with extensive risk experience and a keen interest in data and reporting. Our 1st line Governance & Assurance team is a centre of excellence for conduct risk management, SM&CR governance, and reporting – including regulatory reporting – as well as being responsible for much of the risk & control MI within the UK General Insurance (UKGI) business.
Alongside these responsibilities, the role will lead the Regulatory Reporting Consolidation Programme, helping to strengthen and improve the way regulatory reporting is coordinated and delivered across UKGI. If you are open-minded and tackle challenges with a can-do attitude, we would love to hear from you!
A bit about the job:
The purpose of this role is to deliver a suite of meaningful and insightful reporting, and lead on the collation, validation and submission of regular data submissions to the FCA, such as value measures and complaints data. In addition, you will continuously identify and drive improvements across reporting processes, data quality, the MI suite and wider operational risk activities within the first line of defence. This enables the business to operate more efficiently and effectively.
A key part of the role will be leading the Regulatory Reporting Consolidation Programme. You will work with return owners and stakeholders across UKGI to improve the coordination, ownership and oversight of regulatory reporting. This will include helping to establish a clearer view of regulatory returns across the business, identifying opportunities to improve and consolidate reporting processes, and driving improvements to supporting data, controls and governance.
In this position, you will be responsible for producing regulatory data submissions and developing high-quality technical reporting, as well as presenting to senior stakeholders such as the Board Risk Committee, Enterprise Risk Committee, UKGI ExCo and conduct committees.
You will also ensure that key controls remain within tolerance and are assessed in a timely manner, while overseeing UKGI’s Senior Manager & Certification Regime processes, controls and activities, including quarterly reviews of the Management Responsibility Map ahead of regulatory submission.
Skills and experience we’re looking for:
A highly experienced risk professional with a strong track record in risk management, gained in a regulated financial services organisation, ideally within a reporting environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to build credibility and effectively present to, and influence, senior stakeholders.
Proficiency in using data visualisation tools to communicate insights clearly and effectively with proven experience in producing high-quality reports, with a focus on detail, data quality and accuracy.
A forward-thinking mindset, with the ability to anticipate future trends and business needs while effectively managing current priorities.
Experience of leading change or improvement activity across multiple business areas, with the ability to establish structure and drive delivery, coordinate activity, manage competing priorities and drive agreed actions through to completion.
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 circa £75,000, (depending on location, 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