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Finance Manager, Americas– Finance – Chicago
The Role
A 12-month fixed term contract role for an experienced finance manager based in the Chicago office of Aviva Investors. You will drive improvement in existing processes (including balance sheet reconciliations), strengthen the Finance risk and control framework, support the enhancement of internal financial reporting, manage the year end audit process, and support BAU Finance accounting activity where required.
The Team
Working with a local finance team of 2 people in Chicago reporting into the Finance team in London, UK. There is a third-party offshore team based in Sri Lanka that support the BAU activities of the Chicago based team. The team is responsible for all finance aspects of the Aviva Investors businesses in the United States and Canada.
Responsibilities
Undertake a detailed review of the balance sheet reconciliations. Identify weaknesses and areas for improvement in current process, and work with the wider team to implement improvements. This will involve being able to extract data from other systems (including the Revenue and billing system) to ensure data is aligned with data in the general ledger.
Liaise with the Risk and Controls teams locally and in the UK to ensure that key controls are identified, operating effectively, documented, and tested.
Work with the UK based Finance team to enhance regular internal financial reporting (including highlighting current and potential financial risk and issues), and robust cashflow forecasting.
Be the main point of contact for the external auditors of the Canadian entity, and manage the day engagement and delivery of
Support the Finance team with any other BAU or ad hoc activities as required.
Requirements
Essential
- Qualified accountant/CPA
- Ability to identify financial risks and issues and implement process improvements
- Experience of overseeing or performing reconciliation process, identifying issues and implementing improvements
- Ability to quickly learn and work with new IT systems, including being able extract and manipulate data
- Experience of managing external audit process
- Self-motivated and able to work independently and manage own workload
- Good verbal and written communication skills
Highly Desirable
- Experience of working for large organisations, ideally cross border and with offshore/outsourced teams
- Experience of working in asset management/financial services industry
- Experience of working as an external auditor
- Experience of working with Oracle Fusion
Working at Aviva Investors
Aviva Investors is a global asset manager with broad and deep expertise across all major asset classes. As part of the Aviva Group – the UK’s largest insurance company – we are uniquely positioned to combine our insurance heritage with our investment capabilities to deliver the outcomes that matter most to today’s investor.
More than 1,500 people work across the globe, bringing it all together for today’s investor. When everyone feels part of a unified team, in an environment of fairness, inclusion and positivity, we all achieve more. We care deeply about this, which is why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
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 how 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’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. 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’s needs vary. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.
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, and 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 send an email to GlobalRecruitment@avivainvestors.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.