Financial Crime Manager

Location: Bristol / Norwich / York / Sheffield

Financial Crime Manager – Salary circa £45,000 pro-rated to 24 hours/week

We have an exciting opportunity in 2nd line UK Financial Crime Risk within the Outsourced Service Providers (OSPs) team. We are looking for someone who is interested in financial crime prevention, passionate about compliance and is keen to play an active part in supporting the anti-financial crime assurance in Aviva and our partners/suppliers. 

The role is based in the 2nd line and will cover financial crimes risk management in our major partners/suppliers. If you are looking to build on your knowledge of financial crime prevention, risk management or assurance, you have a good attention to detail and not afraid to have challenging conversations, we would love to hear from you! 

This is a part-time position of 24 hours per week. As we work in a fluid and evolving environment, there may be opportunities for this to increase over time, although this cannot be guaranteed. Applications from individuals returning to work are warmly welcomed. 

A bit about the job:

Our key purpose is to provide advice, support, challenge to, and 2nd line oversight of, the major key Aviva IWR partners/suppliers to Aviva IWR to help manage the risks of financial crimes. 

You will be based in our Outsourcer Service Providers (OSPs) Team. We monitor (with the Aviva Relationship Managers (RMs)), the financial crime risks, remediation, change programmes and ‘Business as Usual’ (BAU) activity of our OSPs. You will protect Aviva’s reputation by helping evidence the sound, regular oversight of their activities in relation to the various financial crime risks. This is a unique opportunity to build on existing knowledge and experience of OSPs, assurance, compliance or financial crime. 

During your day to day work you will apply your strong organisational, communication (verbal and written) and stakeholder/relationship management and prioritising skills. A core part of the role is to challenge the status quo, or a changing situation and then help manage Aviva and the OSPs to a safer risk position. 

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

If you’re interested in this role but don’t feel you meet every requirement listed below, but have an inquiring mind and great attention to detail, we’d still love to hear from you. We’re open and flexible in the experience we consider and value potential, motivation and transferable skills as much as direct experience. 

• Strong relationship-building skills, with experience (or the ability) to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders and build trusted working relationships. 
• Ability to work independently and prioritise effectively, with good attention to detail and confidence using the Microsoft Office suite (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and collaboration tools such as SharePoint. 
• Clear and confident communication skills, with the ability to identify, understand and explain financial crime risks, assurance or compliance issues both verbally and in writing. 
• An understanding of good governance practices, such as meetings, minute-taking and the preparation of papers or packs, or a willingness to develop these skills. 
• Interest, understanding or experience in financial crime or risk management, such as Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorist or Proliferation Financing, Sanctions, Fraud, Bribery & Corruption, Enhanced Due Diligence, Compliance, Assurance, Governance or Risk frameworks (e.g. ICARE, ORCM). We also welcome candidates who are motivated to begin or develop a career in Financial Crime.

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 £45,000 pro-rated to part-time (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 at least 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, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please send an email to beatrix.rozsa@aviva.com.