Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Starting Salary c. £65,000  (depending on skills, experience and qualifications)

Location: York, Bristol and Norwich – Hybrid working with 50% office attendance

If you’re skilled in working with data and analysis and love uniting people to make meaningful change happen, this could be the ideal next step in your career. It’s a great fit for someone with experience in business analysis and project delivery, especially those who’ve been involved in finance integration.

A bit about the job:

You’ll play a key role in helping us solve meaningful business problems through finance analysis activities – shaping what needs to change, why it matters and how we make it happen. Working with teams across Aviva, you’ll gather and translate requirements, explore solution options and support programmes that deliver better outcomes for our customers and colleagues.

You’ll guide stakeholders across Actuarial, Accounting and beyond with clarity and constructive challenge, bringing structure to complex change and ensuring our solutions align with strategy, standards and long‑term goals. From shaping business cases to supporting delivery, you’ll help turn opportunities into tangible outcomes — always keeping our people and customers at the heart of every decision.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong background in analysing, shaping and optimising business problems and processes within financial services or other regulated environments.
• Skilled at engaging stakeholders at all levels, offering clarity, insight and constructive challenge.
• Proven experience delivering change across projects or programmes; finance integration exposure is desirable.
• Solid understanding of business analysis tools, methodologies and documentation standards.
• Able to balance business needs, risks and impacts to recommend well‑rounded, practical solutions.

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 c.£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

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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 Amber Britton a call on 07775546100 or send an email to amber.britton@aviva.com