Governance and Controls Manager
This is a great job for someone who is well organised with good time management skills and who has an excellent eye for detail, taking pride in what you produce whilst prioritising key task.
A bit about the job:
The Strategy, Integration & Governance teams’ primary responsibility is to oversee all aspects of breach management and corporate governance for the relevant management companies/subsidiaries. The team works closely with the 1st and 2nd line teams across GFS and the wider Aviva Investors to facilitate accurate and efficient breach reporting for internal oversight and governance, whilst at the same time working with the Depositary and external suppliers to produce effective management and regulatory MI that will create the best customer outcomes. In this role you will coordinate the receipt and sign-off of breaches and errors from all of GFS’ contracted parties. You will need to maintain daily, weekly and monthly operational statistics relating to breach management which will include monthly Depositary reporting, production of the monthly GFS breach statistics pack and reporting within the various committees. In addition to this you will take responsibility for reporting operational issues into the internal risk reporting system RED and deal with the maintenance and update of iCare controls.
Skills and experience we’re looking for:
1. An effective knowledge of prevailing regulation within the UK and EU (e.g. COBS, COLL, CASS, MIFID, UCITS, DP).
2. Experience of attending/managing meetings with an understanding of what best practice looks like for effective governance.
3. A good understanding of Collective Investment Schemes and Tax Transparent Funds in terms of products and operating models.
4. Working knowledge of iCare and the current risk management framework within Aviva, plus the application of robust and efficient controls.
5. Experience of working with the Aviva Risk Event Database (RED).
What you’ll get for this role:
6. Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
7. Eligibility for annual performance bonus
8. Family friendly parental and carer’s leave
9. Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
10. Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
11. Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
12. Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
13. 21 volunteering hours per year
Aviva is for everyone:
We are inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
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We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.
Most of our people are smart working – spending around 60% of their time in our offices and 40% at home.
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