Senior Finance Change Manager

Aviva Direct Ireland Limited; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - GBP 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services provider in Somerset is seeking a Senior Finance Change Manager. In this role, you will lead Finance Transformation projects to streamline reporting processes and drive impactful change. You will engage with stakeholders, manage project delivery, and solve complex problems while improving efficiency across teams. The position offers a competitive salary between £80,000 and £110,000, a bonus opportunity, and a supportive work environment fostering employee development and community involvement.

Benefits

Bonus opportunity up to 12%

Generous pension scheme with up to 14% contribution

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit

Up to 40% discount on Aviva products

Free Aviva shares through Matching Share Plan

Flexible benefits including cycle to work

Supportive parental and carer's leave policies

3 paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience in Finance, exposure to reporting or quarter-end processes.
• Technical understanding to engage with finance and actuarial teams.
• Ability to manage and influence stakeholders effectively.
• Experience in coordinating delivery in complex environments.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Finance Transformation workstream improving reporting processes.
• Act as the main contact for stakeholders and gather information.
• Track progress using clear metrics and highlight key risks.
• Prepare updates and present findings to senior leaders.
• Delegate work across an analyst team for effective delivery.

Skills

Finance data understanding

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Presentation skills

Job description

Senior Finance Change Manager

Bristol or York

Salary £80,000 - £110,000

12-month FTC

This role could suit a finance professional who enjoys driving change, or a change professional who understands finance and wants to deepen their technical knowledge.

A bit about the job

We’re delivering Vision, a key part of Aviva’s Finance Transformation. Its aim is simple: make our finance processes easier, more streamlined, and fit for the future.
In this role, you’ll lead a workstream focused on reducing manual processes across actuarial and finance reporting. You’ll work closely with Finance, Actuarial and Technology teams to understand what we do today, why we do it, and what it could look like tomorrow.
You’ll coordinate delivery across the team, while also rolling up your sleeves to solve problems. You’ll be accountable for progress, clarity, and outcomes that make reporting more reliable and less manual.

A bit about the job:

• Lead a Finance Transformation workstream that simplifies and improves actuarial and finance reporting processes

• Act as the main point of contact for stakeholders, gathering information, shaping solutions and joining the dots across teams

• Use your finance knowledge to understand processes at a high level, including why key calculations exist and where risk or inefficiency sits

• Track progress using clear MI, highlighting risks, dependencies and benefits

• Prepare updates and presentations, confidently sharing progress and decisions with senior leaders

• Delegate work across a small analyst team, supporting delivery without line management responsibility

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Experience working in Finance, with exposure to reporting or quarter‑end processes and a good understanding of how finance data is used

• Enough technical understanding to engage confidently with finance and actuarial teams, including why key calculations exist, without needing to perform them yourself

• Proven ability to manage and influence stakeholders, bringing together information and shaping practical solutions across teams

• Experience coordinating delivery in a complex environment, balancing planning, prioritisation and hands‑on problem‑solving

• Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience presenting progress and recommendations to senior leaders

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 £80,000 and £110,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)

• Bonus opportunity - 12% 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, please give Jessica Mason a call on 07387 545 666 or send an email to [e-mail].