General Ledger Accounting SME

12-month FTC

Location: Norwich based (50% hybrid working)

Hours: full time (flexible options available)

Salary: circa £50,000 depending on experience and qualifications

We have an exciting 12-month fixed term contract opportunity in the Aviva Norwich office for an ambitious professional to join our GL Close team in Finance as a General Ledger Accounting SME.

We’re looking for a motivated finance professional to join our General Ledger (GL) Close team as a Subject Matter Expert. You’ll help deliver accurate and timely month-end close processes for our UK General Insurance business. This role is key to delivering Aviva’s general insurance legal entity results, financial reporting, improving processes, and embedding change. You’ll work closely with other SMEs and people managers to ensure strong financial control. It’s a great opportunity to gain experience in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

A bit about the job:

This role sits within the UK & Ireland General Insurance General Ledger Accounting Control & Operations team, supporting the delivery of accurate and timely month-end close processes. You’ll be responsible for managing key financial controls, reviewing ledger inputs, and ensuring the integrity of the balance sheet. The role focuses on UK General Insurance but may also support Ireland, working closely with teams across Finance, including Financial Reporting, Reinsurance, and Actuarial. The role will suit someone able to work with and analyse large volumes of data, and who can quickly understand technical concepts and infrastructure.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Qualified accountant or suitable financial experience
• Experience of operating strong financial control
• Good analytical skills with a curiosity mindset, proficient with MS Excel
• Strong stakeholder relationship and communication skills
• Team player who can adapt and learn quickly

What you’ll get:

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 want you to shine. That’s why we have so much to offer you:

Lighting everyone’s path:

• Salary circa £50,000 (depending on skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary, depending on your performance and the business’
• Generous pension scheme – we’ll contribute up to 14%
• Get up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan
• Make your money go further – up to 40% discount on Aviva products, plus other retailer discounts
• At least 25 days holiday plus bank holidays – you can buy or sell up to 5 days
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Industry-leading access to life and healthcare cover with discounted car and home insurance rates, including offers for friends and family too
• Fully paid maternity/paternity leave
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• Get free access to a wealth of resources that will help look after your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing, including company-funded Group Income Protection, Aviva Digicare+ and the popular Headspace app

Brighten your prospects:

• Full financial support to pursue insurance qualifications
• Digital access to all sorts of useful on-demand learning content
• Aviva University and its business academies give you everything you need to empower your growth

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re 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. Don’t let it be a barrier to your application. And if you’re in a job share, feel free to 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 50% of their time in our offices every week – combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied online, 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 need a different way of applying, please send an email to balazs.palcsek@aviva.com.