This is a great job for someone who enjoys influencing at senior level, navigating a complex regulatory environment, and helping shape a strong customer-focused culture. You'll play a key leadership role within Compliance, partnering with stakeholders across the business to provide expert regulatory guidance, challenge and oversight, while supporting the Head of Compliance in delivering the compliance plan.

You'll also act as deputy to the Head of Compliance, representing Compliance at senior forums and helping the business deliver its commercial objectives while meeting its regulatory obligations and delivering fair customer outcomes .

Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Compliance in delivering the compliance plan , providing oversight, guidance and challenge across the business on Regulatory and Conduct risk.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders, influencing decision-making and embedding a positive culture of accountability, governance and customer focus.
• Monitor regulatory developments, assess business impacts and support the implementation of new regulatory requirements, including Consumer Protection expectations.
• Provide support on strategic projects, propositions and business initiatives, ensuring regulatory and conduct considerations are identified and addressed early.
• Lead compliance activities in the absence of the Head of Compliance, representing the function at management and governance forums, supporting incident management, compliance oversight & monitoring and reporting to senior committees.

Skills & Experience

• Significant experience working in a Compliance, Risk or a Regulatory role within financial services.
• Strong knowledge of the Irish regulatory environment and the ability to interpret, advise on and challenge regulatory requirements effectively.
• Proven experience influencing and building credibility with senior stakeholders, including Executive and Board-level audiences.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex regulatory matters and deliver clear, practical guidance.
• A strong customer and conduct focus, with a track record of promoting fair customer outcomes and embedding positive risk and compliance cultures.

What will you get for this role?

The work you do at Aviva will make a real difference to our customers. We will recognise your contributions and reward you. From competitive salaries to generous pension contributions and paid paternity leave; take a look through some of our employee benefits!

The expected pay range for this role will fall between €80,000 and €85,000 and salary offered will commensurate with candidate's level of skills and experience.

• A competitive market leading salary depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.
• Other discretionary benefits at this grade may include an additional car allowance of €9,000 per annum
• Generous pension (employee contribution matching of up to 14% if you contribute 8%).
• 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.
• Generous Health & dental insurance contributions.
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme and Approved Profit Share Scheme.
• TaxSaver Travel Scheme.
• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products plus discounts for Friends and Family.
• Professional qualification support and transparent career progression plans.
• 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 paid volunteering days to help others.
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.
• We're deeply invested in our people, our total reward package has so much to offer.

Aviva is for Everyone

Our diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives are shaping an environment where everyone feels welcome regardless of age, disability, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or those with other caring responsibilities. Our approach helps to ensure that Aviva is a place which values difference and provides equal opportunities for all.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We prefer all applications to be submitted online, however if you require an alternative method of applying please contact kate.ohara@aviva.com