In Summary

As a permanent employee from day one, you will embark on a focused 2-year programme designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of Aviva, Aviva Investors, and the Asset Management Industry.

Job Description

The Programme:
We are excited to offer a unique opportunity for graduates to launch their careers with Aviva Investors. As a permanent employee from day one, you will embark on a focused 2-year programme designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of Aviva, Aviva Investors, and the Asset Management Industry as a whole. You will be aligned with a specific business area, collaborating with colleagues on real work that make a real impact. Additionally, you will be sponsored for professional qualifications, ensuring you are well-equipped for a successful career in asset management.

What we offer?
We think this is a great place to learn, collaborate and get ahead. During the programme you’ll have opportunities to work on live business projects. Throughout the programme we also offer continuous learning and development opportunities. By the end of the programme, we aim that you’ve developed a broad and transferable skillset and knowledge base, making you very employable and well placed to contribute to future success of Aviva Investors. A lot of your learning will come from ‘on desk’ experience but this will be supplemented by ‘off desk’ training, development and networking opportunities as well as the pursuit of professional qualifications. These include IMC, CFA or appropriate other qualifications. At the end of the programme, we will support you in finding a long-term position within the business.

About You:
Our people come from a wide range of backgrounds, allowing them to bring diversity of ideas and unique perspectives to our investment decision-making process. You do not need a specific degree to be an Aviva Investors Graduate.

We look for potential; if you have the following qualities, we would love to see your application:

• Curiosity; do you have an insatiable hunger to learn, discover and question the world?
  
• Innovation; do you think differently and do you enjoy crafting unique solutions?
  
• Initiative; are you a self-starter who isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo?
  
• Collaboration; do you love working with others and sharing your ideas?
  
• Communication; are you good at interacting with others, influencing them and conveying messages clearly?
  
• Data Driven; do you enjoy handling, manipulating, and interpreting vast quantities of information and do you use data to help you make decisions?
  

About Us

As a global asset manager with extensive expertise across all major asset classes, we are uniquely positioned within the Aviva Group – the UK’s largest insurance company. This allows us to blend our rich insurance heritage with cutting-edge investment capabilities to deliver the outcomes that matter most to today’s investors.

In an era where investors demand more transparency and integrated solutions, we are committed to meeting these expectations. We strive to provide holistic, interconnected strategies that place our clients’ needs at the forefront. By continuously adapting to industry changes and global developments, we ensure our approach remains relevant and effective.

What is Asset Management?

As an Asset Manager, we pool together money from investors with a common investment goal. We then invest the money in different assets, aiming to grow the value of their money. For example, the money people pay into their pension scheme is pooled into a fund which we then invest to ensure that when each individual comes to retire, the value of the money they put in has grown enough for them to live on comfortably.

Why is it a rewarding career?

The fact that we are investing people’s futures is at the heart of everything we do. It is a great responsibility. With a career in Asset Management at Aviva Investors, you are helping to build financial security for people just like you, your family, and your friends; through working life and retirement, through the ups and downs of life, and always with a view to investing responsibly.

The Application Process

Apply online.

Stage one: The Application
You will be asked to preference which business area(s) you are interested in (see below for more details on these!), upload your CV, and fill in a few basic questions such as your contact details – it’s that easy!

Stage two: Online Testing
You will be invited to complete 2 online tests crafted to assess your abilities. You will have 7 days to complete these and can be done at any time during those 7 days.

Stage three: Video Interview
Our Video Interview is a great chance for us to get to know more about you and your aspirations.

Stage four: Assessment Centre
This is our final stage. Making it to this stage means we believe you’ve got what we are after. You will be invited to our virtual assessment centre for a dynamic day during which we will assess your potential through a number of different assessments and also give you the opportunity to meet members of the business area you have applied to. 
 

Additional Information

We’re looking for people to shine within our Distribution, Public Markets, and Private Markets teams.

Distribution:
Our Distribution teams are focused on getting our products out to our clients, as well as developing, growing, and protecting our relationships with clients.  Distribution includes a substantial sales team, client relationship management teams, product development teams, people that administer the complex process clients go through before deciding who will manage their money, and teams that look at the overall end-to-end client experience process.
Our clients are all investors – pension schemes, insurance companies, and other financial institutions such as banks, plus their advisors and investment consultants, plus we invest a lot of Aviva’s own clients’ money.  Working in Distribution will provide you with an understanding of how Asset Managers bring their investment expertise to market, how we develop client relationships, and a rewarding career after the graduate programme in one of the Distribution teams, looking after one of Aviva’s strategic pillars, our customer.

Public Markets:
Within our ‘Public Markets’ business, we have roles across the following teams:

• Fixed Income - The Fixed Income team invests in bonds which are loans that are borrowed for a defined period of time. They act as lenders to companies across a range of markets. Fixed Income is a broad and diverse asset class, meaning that many investments are evaluated from both a bottom-up and a top-down perspective (examine various economic factors, that affect the overall market). Portfolio managers and analysts evaluate each opportunity based on macro-economic, fundamental, valuation and technical attributes in order to assess where price has deviated from fair value.
  
• Multi-asset & Macro - Our team takes a top-down approach to investing and follows the economics and politics across both developed and emerging economies. In doing so we hope to uncover long term investable trends such as an improving growth outlook for an economy which will impact central bank policy or asset prices across global financial markets.  The team aims to look through short-term market noise to come up with a central economic scenario (our house view) and strategically allocate client assets in long term positions on that basis. In a constantly changing world, this team strives to find a steady path which will provide the best return for our clients whilst also respecting their sustainability goals. Debating this path both internally as a team and collaboratively with the equity, fixed income, and sustainable investment teams makes this area a diverse and stimulating place to work.
  
• Equities - Our team takes a bottom-up approach to investing, focusing on meeting and analysing companies around the world. Our aim is to build portfolios of companies best placed to thrive over the next few years, taking account of market trends, their competitive positioning, and management quality. We work very closely with the ESG team to ensure a comprehensive view of these companies' abilities and willingness to adopt best practice in areas such as governance, climate policies and impact on society. We have recently increased the focus of our equity business on our new Sustainable Outcomes range of global funds.
  
• Global Trading - Our team is responsible for trade execution across equity, fixed income, and FX. Based in London, North America, and Singapore, we operate a global model where we aim to optimise for local liquidity. Given the nature of the funds we manage and our insurance heritage, Aviva Investors are also active in trading complex OTC derivatives which makes for a challenging environment and a broad spectrum of activity. The Global Team is responsible for understanding the minutia of market structure, positioning, and liquidity for each asset class and is charged with fulfilling our regulatory responsibility to deliver the best execution. A role in Global Trading will give you an opportunity to work collaboratively with PMs, whilst also operating at the very forefront of financial markets, monitoring in real-time how they react to news and events.
  
• Investment Specialists – This team is the bridge between our clients, client-facing teams, and our investment capabilities.  The team is responsible for defining and executing product strategy for Public Markets, developing product franchises that use the firm’s investment capability and that meet the current and future needs of our wide array of clients.  This involves driving innovation through new product development, evolving the existing product portfolio, and creating compelling messaging based on our areas of advantage and to take our products to market.  Working in this team gives you exposure to both our Public Markets investment professionals and the commercial opportunities with our clients.
  

Private Markets:
Our Private Markets team specialises in investment opportunities in tangible assets, including buildings and facilities. We provide solutions aimed at achieving absolute returns and growth, cashflow and liability matching, and multi-asset Real Assets. By leveraging our research insights, we target specific sectors and geographies that offer the best risk-adjusted returns for our clients. Our investments span real estate (equity, debt, and long income), infrastructure (equity and debt), and private debt.

We integrate sustainable investing principles into our investment and active asset management processes, acting as responsible stewards of our clients’ assets. We are committed to achieving Net Zero by 2040.

Inclusion and diversity
Around 1,000 people work across the world, bringing it all together for today’s investor. True integrated advantage starts with our culture.
When everyone feels part of a unified team, in an environment of fairness, inclusion, and positivity, we all achieve more. Integrated advantage is created when everyone feels stronger together - with no barriers to their ability to contribute, collaborate, and succeed.

Please note, we reserve the right to close the application process before the stated deadline if we receive a sufficient number of applications.