Head of Policy & Advisory - Group Compliance and Conduct

Head of Policy & Advisory - Group Compliance and Conduct National Salary Circa £100,000 London Salary Circa £120,000 This is a great job for someone who is an experienced financial services professional with a strong background in regulatory compliance and conduct. Are you someone who excels in building relationships and collaborating with senior stakeholders? Do you love to develop policies and standards that drive strategic objectives and ensure regulatory compliance? Are you excited about the opportunities available through the adoption of data led ways of working and new technologies? A bit about the job: This role exists to support the Croup Compliance and Conduct Director by partnering with Aviva Group Functions, providing strategic, pragmatic regulatory compliance and conduct advice to support the achievement of their objectives. Advisory related responsibilities include collaborating with Markets on high-impact regulatory activities and providing broader risk partnering services to certain group functions. You will ensure relevant Group Policies, Frameworks and Business Standards are thought leading, underpinned by an appropriate, risk based, control environment. Developing and providing training on Compliance and Conduct topics, frameworks and standards is another core component of the role. As a dynamic, data-rich organisation, which is embracing use of new technologies including Gen AI, keeping up to date with developments, and supporting the adoption of data-led work approaches underpinned by new technologies is critical to the success of the role. You will constructively support the delivery of great customer outcomes through all activities and deliverables, enabling great service and experiences and customer pursuit of their financial objectives. Skills and experience we’re looking for: Direct experience leading Conduct and Compliance teams with a proven track record in developing and embedding policies, standards, and frameworks, and partnering with first line businesses and group functions. Strong communication skills with a flexible influencing style and excellent relationship building and collaboration skills. Strong programme and project management skills. Proven ability to produce meaningful, insightful reports for senior stakeholders. Curious, experienced in and a strong appetite for working with data and to generate new insights and with new technologies to facilitate more effective ways of working. Join us at Aviva and help us to meet our ambition for the risk function to be a valuable, valued and trusted contributor across the organisation! 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. National Salary Circa £100,000, London Salary Circa £120,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications) Bonus opportunity – 25% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva. 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 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 around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues. To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here 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 give Tawana Chin a call on 07789 624461 or send an email to tawana.chin@aviva.com. We help our 19.5 million customers to save for the future and manage the risks of everyday life. To give these customers the best possible products and service we know we must make Aviva the most attractive choice for talented, entrepreneurial people with diverse backgrounds and an evolving range of expertise and insight. So, we’re passionate about helping our 23,000 people to do the best work of their lives, to enable them to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers.