Enterprise Assurance Specialist

This is a great job for someone who enjoys getting beneath the surface of how things work, evaluating evidence and helping a business make meaningful and sustainable improvements. 

You'll play a key role in delivering assurance reviews across governance, risk and control frameworks, turning analysis into clear insight, balanced conclusions and practical recommendations. Working as part of the Enterprise Assurance team, you'll partner with stakeholders across the business while providing the independent challenge and professional judgement needed to strengthen customer, risk and regulatory outcomes.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver assurance reviews from initial scoping and evidence gathering through to reporting, action tracking and follow-up activity.

• Assess governance arrangements, controls, risk management practices and management actions to determine whether they are appropriately designed and operating effectively.

• Analyse evidence to identify control weaknesses, emerging risks, trends, root causes and opportunities for continuous improvement across the business.

• Produce clear, evidence-based findings and recommendations, maintaining robust audit trails and translating complex information into meaningful insight and practical actions.

• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders, providing constructive challenge while supporting sustainable improvements and contributing to assurance planning, methodologies and best practice across the team.

Skills & Experiences

• Experience within assurance, internal audit, risk, controls, compliance, governance or a related oversight function, ideally within financial services or another regulated environment.

• Strong experience planning and delivering reviews, assessments or investigations, evaluating evidence and reaching balanced, evidence-based conclusions.

• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to identify key themes, assess control effectiveness and distinguish isolated issues from wider business risks.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to provide constructive challenge and influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Knowledge of life and pensions operations, regulatory frameworks or the Three Lines of Defence model would be advantageous, alongside relevant professional qualifications in audit, assurance, risk, compliance or governance.

What will you get for this role?

The work you do at Aviva will make a real difference to our customers. We will recognise your contributions and reward you. From competitive salaries to generous pension contributions and paid paternity leave; take a look through some of our employee benefits!

The expected pay range for this role will fall between €45,000 and €60,000 and salary offered will commensurate with candidate's level of skills and experience.

• A competitive market leading salary depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.
• Generous pension (employee contribution matching of up to 14% if you contribute 8%).
• Annual performance related bonus and pay review.
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays, and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days.
• Generous Health & dental insurance contributions.
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme and Approved Profit Share Scheme.
• TaxSaver Travel Scheme.
• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products plus discounts for Friends and Family.
• Professional qualification support and transparent career progression plans.
• 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 paid volunteering days to help others.
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.
• We’re deeply invested in our people,  our total reward package has so much to offer.

Aviva is for Everyone   

Our diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives are shaping an environment where everyone feels welcome regardless of age, disability, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or those with other caring responsibilities. Our approach helps to ensure that Aviva is a place which values difference and provides equal opportunities for all.  

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.  

We prefer all applications to be submitted online, however if you require an alternative method of applying please contact kate.ohara@aviva.com