General Ledger Accounting Manager 12-month Fixed-term Contract Location: Norwich based (50% hybrid working) Salary: circa £50,000 This opportunity is perfect for someone who would like to play a meaningful role in both delivery and change. Leading a small team, you'll be accountable for the delivery of BAU month-end activities, supporting the team to perform consistently and to high standards, while also driving efficiency, continuous improvement and transformation across the end-to-end close. A bit about the job: You'll join the UK&I General Insurance General Ledger Accounting Control & Operations team, responsible for delivering the month-end close and maintaining strong financial controls. In this role, you'll lead the UKGI GL Accounting team (working closely with another UKGI team leader), ensuring accurate and timely general ledger close, analytics, and reporting. Alongside BAU, you will have the opportunity to drive efficiency, continuous improvement and transformation across the end-to-end close. You'll work closely with teams across Finance, including Financial Reporting, Reinsurance, and Actuarial. You'll also support internal and external audits and play a key role in governance and risk management. You'll be supported with development opportunities to build your leadership and technical capability in the role. Skills and experience we're looking for: Experience leading, coaching, or supporting others, or a strong aspiration to step into a people-leader role with the ability to motivate and challenge individuals. Ability to plan, manage, and prioritise team workload while taking ownership of outcomes and decisions. Qualified accountant or equivalent financial experience (IFRS 17 knowledge advantageous), with experience operating effective financial control and governance. Proven experiencing improving processes, improving controls and driving efficiencies. Curious, analytical mindset with strong stakeholder relationship management and communication skills. What you'll get: 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 want you to shine. That's why we have so much to offer you: Salary around £50,000 - depending on skills, experience, and qualifications Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary, depending on your performance and the business' 29 days of paid leave exclusive of public holidays - with the option of buying or selling additional holiday days Generous pension scheme - we'll contribute up to 14% 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 Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be. 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. 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, please send Balazs Palcsek a mail at balazs.palcsek@aviva.com