Senior Distribution Governance Manager

Senior Distribution Governance Manager             

This is a great job for someone who excels at balancing strategic oversight with hands-on governance. It suits a detail-oriented professional who enjoys ensuring regulatory compliance across complex distribution channels, especially in managing third-party relationships and mitigating financial crime risks.

A Bit About The Job:

The Senior Distribution Governance Manager is responsible for developing, embedding and monitoring compliance with the risk and governance framework for Distribution. This role also provides support and challenge to Distribution on all matters relating to Governance, Operational Risk, Compliance and Financial crime.

25% of role is expected to provide essential oversight for Aviva Investors’ distribution arrangements for UK Funds, which includes ensuring that all third-party distribution partners remain compliant with prevailing regulations and Aviva’s business standards.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Strong knowledge of the Aviva Group Risk Framework and Distribution business, with proven experience in risk analysis, evaluation, and recording.
• Commercial and regulatory awareness, including emerging risk trends and legal requirements.
• Excellent analytical and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise, plan, and adapt resources effectively.
• Proven ability to influence and advise stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership, with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Degree-qualified or equivalent industry experience, with a track record of providing expert guidance in risk management.

What you’ll get for this role:

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
• Family friendly parental and carer’s leave
• Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
• 21 volunteering hours per year

In this role you’ll be ‘Certified’ under the Financial Conduct Authority / Prudential Regulation Authority’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). This means that we’ll need to complete some regulatory background checks on you before you take up your role and we’ll need to ask you some questions on an annual basis to make sure you remain ‘fit and proper’ and competent to carry out your role. We’ll provide training on what holding a SMCR role means when you join us and annually thereafter.

Aviva Is For Everyone:

We are inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way.  So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.

Most of our people are smart working – spending around 60% of their time in our offices and 40% at home.

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, send an email to GlobalRecruitment@avivainvestors.com.