Investment Analyst

Job description

Are you a recent graduate OR do you have a genuine interest to progress with your career in investments?

If the answer is yes, we would love to hear from you! Our phenomenal and supportive Investment Governance Team is seeking an Investment Analyst to be a part of their team.

The team is part of the Retail Savings and Retirement business unit, our goal is to provide customers with peace of mind so that they can rely on Aviva to offer appropriate investments and to manage them with care and professionalism. The team looks after many aspects of fund governance across Aviva’s UK business, so the role gives you the opportunity to work with a wide variety of business areas, propositions and people.

Not only will this opportunity provide you with your goal to start or progress your career in investment, we will also invest in you and your development, by providing you with support to achieve investment qualifications.

Responsibilities in the role:

• Maintain a rolling schedule of reviews of unit- linked fund risk information (e.g. fund names / aims / risk warnings) and work with the appropriate teams to implement any consequent changes

• Manage, develop and own the Aviva UK fund risk rating process for unit linked funds, including annual reviews and ad-hoc requests for risk rating reviews

• Complete the regular review of Aviva’s stakeholder default propositions in line with regulatory requirements

• Propose Default Replacement Funds for all fund closures and provide robust investment rationale to enable agreement to be sought from stakeholders

• Assess fund change events to decide whether changes have a material impact to customers and which products and platforms are impacted

• Apply investment knowledge to manage specific investment fund related issues, identifying actions to resolve these and ultimate delivery of successful conclusions

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Ability to understand complex issues and contribute to their resolution

• Time management and prioritisation skills to plan and organise work to deliver objectives

• Good working knowledge of core Microsoft Office software

• Strong attention to detail

• Good interpersonal and excellent communication skills

• Be willing to study for an appropriate investment qualification

Desirable skills:

• Strong technical knowledge of the investment industry and financial markets

• Good understanding of the risks faced by the various Aviva unit linked investment businesses and the controls in place to manage and mitigate these risks

• Good understanding of the regulatory regime that the unit linked businesses operate under

What will you get for this role?

• Salary up to £25,000 depending on location, skills, experience and qualifications

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family (some exclusions apply)

• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take responsibility, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too. We always ‘Care More’. It’s our thing. We’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Just send us an email once you’ve applied stating that you have a disclosed disability, we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Lacey Lane Mckoy a call on 0207 255 0884 or send an email to lacey.lane-mckoy@aviva.com

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.