Investment Governance Manager

Investment Governance Manager – Salary c. £45,000 to £60,000  

This is a great job for someone with experience in investment governance or risk who wants to play a key role in protecting customer and shareholder outcomes. 

Are you someone who understands how strong governance and effective controls underpin successful investment management? 

Do you love influencing risk culture, working with stakeholders, and ensuring the right frameworks are in place to support confident decision-making? 

 A bit about the job: 

The IWR Investments team helps drive improved outcomes for our customers by protecting and growing their assets, while also ensuring strong shareholder outcomes that support our ability to pay future claims. 

As an Investment Governance Manager, you’ll join a high-performing team focused on strengthening risk culture. You’ll work collaboratively to ensure risks and controls are clearly understood, documented, tested, and regularly reviewed, while providing valuable insight and support. 

This role exists to ensure effective governance across investment activities, supporting both operational resilience and regulatory expectations. You’ll play a key role in maintaining robust oversight of risks, controls, and related governance processes. 

 Skills and experience we’re looking for: 

•  Proven experience in risk and controls management, governance, and applying frameworks and systems within a financial services environment  

• Strong understanding of investment management processes and operations, including associated operational, regulatory, and outsourcing risks  

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly and succinctly explain complex issues to a range of audiences  

• Demonstrable stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation capability, including effective engagement with senior stakeholders  

• Highly developed organisational, planning, and delivery management skills, with the ability to provide oversight of contractual amendments and related governance processes 

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 between c. £45,000 and £65,000 (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 

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 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 email seema.rana@aviva.com