Job Description
About Us
At Aviva Investors, our expertise is in matching the right investment approach to each client’s unique needs. As the global asset management business of Aviva plc, we bring together our broad investment capabilities to deliver client-focused solutions worldwide. Managing £261 billion in assets, our 1,000‑strong team across nine countries is brilliantly connected, collaborative, and focused on delivering outcomes that truly matter. Working together and acting responsibly are central to how we operate. We take time to understand what our clients want to achieve and design solutions that last - strengthening every portfolio with diverse perspectives and integrated thinking. Our long track record in sustainable investing reflects our commitment to doing the right thing for clients and communities alike.
Everyone at Aviva Investors plays a part in creating an exceptional client experience. With the scale and influence to make a real difference, we take our responsibility seriously. Join us and you’ll find an inclusive, supportive environment where your contribution is valued, high performance is recognised, and you’re empowered to shape your development.
We are looking for a highly motivated credit investment professional to join our Structured & Private Debt (SPD) team, supporting origination, investment analysis, and structuring activities across North America. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a collaborative, cross-regional team with exposure to complex transactions and leading institutional clients, particularly within the insurance sector.
As one of Europe’s largest real assets managers, we take an owner’s approach to investment. From infrastructure to real estate and private debt, we make disciplined, high-conviction decisions that create long-term value for clients and communities.
A bit about the role:
You will play a key part in driving investment performance, supporting portfolio growth, and maintaining strong relationships with borrowers, sponsors, and intermediaries. This role also offers exposure to complex, high-impact investment decisions requiring a blend of technical expertise, commercial judgment, and stakeholder engagement.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Supporting origination, evaluation, and execution of structured and private debt transactions
- Conducting detailed credit and legal due diligence, alongside quantitative analysis and scenario testing
- Portfolio management - monitoring performance of existing portfolio investments and identifying risks or opportunities
- Assisting in the structuring of investments to meet both client and regulatory requirements
- Acting as a local investment interface for distribution teams in client and investor discussions, particularly with insurance clients
- Collaborating closely with SPD origination and Portfolio Management teams across regions
- Contributing to investment decisions that directly impact client outcomes
This job advertisement relates to an active vacancy and has been advertised both internally and externally.
Skills and experience we’re looking for:
- 3–5 years’ relevant experience, with a strong interest in private credit and insurance-focused investing, ideally gained within an investment management environment, insurance investment team, or an actuarial consultancy
- Financial modelling, including sensitivity analysis and familiarity with quantitative credit rating models
- Experience across key areas such as asset allocation, ALM, derivatives, structured credit, or private markets/private debt (including investment-grade and structured credit)
- Strong understanding of North American insurance regulation (particularly Canadian capital and solvency frameworks) and how regulation impacts asset selection, structuring, and portfolio construction
- Solid grounding in private markets/private debt, including credit fundamentals, structuring considerations, and risk/return dynamics, with the ability to assess investments from both an investment and insurance balance sheet perspective
In this role you’ll be ‘Certified’ under the Financial Conduct Authority / Prudential Regulation Authority’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). This means that we’ll need to complete some regulatory background checks on you before you take up your role and we’ll need to ask you some questions on an annual basis to make sure you remain ‘fit and proper’ and competent to carry out your role. We’ll provide training on what holding a SMCR role means when you join us and annually thereafter.
What you’ll get for this role:
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 have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague:
- The salary band for this position ranges from $115,000 CAD to $155,000 CAD. Please note that individual salary is determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills and experience, as well as internal equity.
- Compelling rewards package besides the base salary, including eligibility for annual bonus incentive, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
- Outstanding career development opportunities.
- We’ll support your professional development education.
- Competitive vacation package (starting at 20 days, going up to 25 days with accrued service), and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days!
- Employee driven programs focused on gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity and inclusion.
- Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health.
- Hybrid flexible work model.
- Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 annual volunteering days to help others.
Aviva is for everyone:
We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.
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. To find out more about working at Aviva, take a look here.
We’d love it if you could submit your application online but if you require an alternative method of applying, please email us at [email protected].Please ensure that you have attached an up-to-date CV and/or updated your professional profile on Workday as we cannot progress your application without this.
Aviva Investors may use AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools to assist us throughout the recruitment process to screen, assess or select applicants for a position.
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