Finance Business Readiness Operations Lead

Business Readiness Operations Lead

Salary: circa £75,000

Location: all Aviva sites

Are you ready to take on a pivotal role in a dynamic and transformative environment? As the Business Readiness (BR) Ops Lead, you will coordinate all BR activities for Finance within one of the most Ambition transformation programme Aviva has undertaken. Your mission: ensure compliance with our robust framework, plan & orchestrate the execution of the "Readiness" plan across our organisation with timely delivery, and adherence to the highest quality standards. Join us and be at the forefront of financial transformation.

A bit about the job:

The Business Readiness Operations Lead will:

• Serve as a primary contact for the Transformation Programme across our IWR Business Unit (Insurance Wealth & Retirement) and the Finance Transformation Team.
• Plan, oversee and orchestrate Business Readiness (BR) activities, including milestones tracking, BR reporting, and risk management.
• Manage the team of Business Readiness Business Analysts (BAs) and leverage from the stakeholders involved in the finance Transformation (Circa 140 FTEs)
• Produce key deliverables: "Scope & Impact Assessment" and BRACs (Business Readiness Acceptance Criteria) documentation for each migration event.
• Review and document the scope, deployment approach, and expected changes for each delivery workstream, including systems, processes, teams, and controls impacted.
• Support the Acceptance decision of the change with the Finance leadership team

Skills & experience we're looking for:

• Exceptional attention to detail and high-quality deliverable formalisation.
• Extensive PMO experience in large Finance Transformation Programs, particularly in Business Readiness, including planning, action plan follow-up, reporting, and meeting facilitation.
• Deep understanding of Finance Transformation and Finance & Insurance processes, with project exposure to accounting and financial reporting changes, actuarial transformation, system implementation, process re-engineering, and organizational changes.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with rapid deliveries and manage ambiguity effectively.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.

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 around £75,000 - 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
• 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 interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you've applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we'll interview you.

We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please an email to Balazs.palcsek@aviva.com

Location: Bristol, GB

Posted Date: 11/23/2024