Governance Manager – Accounts Payable

Job title: Governance Manager - Accounts Payable

Location: Norwich, Bristol, York, Perth

Salary: circa £45,000 (depending on experience & qualifications)

Are you passionate about financial controls and process integrity? We’re looking for an experienced Governance Manager with a strong background in financial controls within Financial Services to lead our AP function and ensure our processes operate within a robust control environment.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives on designing and embedding effective finance controls, ensuring compliance, and driving continuous improvement in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

A bit about the job:

This role sits within the Accounts Payable (AP) team and is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end AP process, ensuring payments are accurate, timely, and well-controlled. You’ll lead the design and testing of AP controls, work closely with audit teams, and drive improvements to mitigate risk. The role also supports transformation initiatives, ensuring AP processes remain robust through change. You’ll be accountable for identifying and resolving issues, maintaining process documentation, and enhancing control integrity across operations.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong understanding of financial controls within Financial Services with proven ability to assess and design controls through data analysis, sample testing, and process walkthroughs.

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant with experience in P2P and AP processes, systems, and best practices preferred, but not essential.

• Excellent communication and influencing skills across all levels and geographies

• Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines

• Proficiency in Oracle Financials, Ariba, and Microsoft Office.

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.

• Starting salary around £45,000 - (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

• 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 give Tawana Chin a call on 07789 624461 or send an email to tawana.chin@aviva.com.