External Reporting Manager

External Reporting Manager (Fixed term – 12 months) – Salary National between £45,000k-£55,000/London between £50,000k-£60,000 (DOE)

This is a great job for someone who is a qualified accountant and enjoys working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

It offers the opportunity to collaborate with a wide range of finance teams across Group and business units, contributing to the delivery of Aviva plc’s external reporting.
This role suits someone with experience in financial reporting, ideally within a listed company, who is ready to take on a strategic and visible position.
It’s ideal for someone keen to be involved in major initiatives such as acquisitions and integration projects, while helping shape how Aviva communicates its equity story.

A bit about the job:

You’ll join our high-performing Group External Reporting team on a secondment basis, helping shape how we communicate Aviva’s equity story to investors, leaders, and the public. The role involves working closely with teams across the Group—including technical accounting, FP&A, investor relations, and media—to deliver high-quality financial reporting. You’ll provide insightful analysis for internal reporting and help craft key messages for external publications. You’ll also support strategic initiatives such as the integration of Direct Line and its impact on Group targets.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• A qualified accountant with a strong interest in external reporting and a desire to grow in a Group environment.

• You bring a positive, can-do attitude, collaborate well, and can solve complex problems even in ambiguous situations.

• Highly organised, able to manage multiple deadlines, and take full accountability for your work.

• Understand the importance of controls and can clearly evidence and document them.

• You’re a confident communicator with strong stakeholder and presentation skills, able to turn financial data into clear insights.

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 National between £45,000k-£55,000/London between £50,000k-£60,000  (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 balazs.palcsek@aviva.com.