Assistant Vice President – Auto Claims

Aviva

Assistant Vice President leading Auto Claims team for Aviva Canada. Responsible for operational performance and driving enhancements in customer experience and claims handling.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeOakville • 🇨🇦 CanadaLead💰 CA$140,000 - CA$180,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The use of data to understand how your people and the business unit are performing and initiate improvement activity through to execution.
Working side-by-side with your team to understand your people’s capability, your unit’s performance, and the system in which you operate
Making decisions using data, observing the environment to identify performance blockers/barriers.
Use the data, insight and expertise of the frontline staff to figure out how we improve our overall performance and results.
Ensuring the Quality Assurance program is in place and fit for purpose and that the outcomes are used to identify performance management needs, training needs, and to ensure that the overall governance within the operation is effective.
Fully understand the operational risks, meet compliance obligations, and measure how the team meets those requirements
Leading and overseeing financials focusing on indemnity reserves and spend for National Claims Support planning and lead implementation of enterprise and National Claims initiatives, ensuring delivery of line of business requirements
Use systems and technology to enable streamlined process and improve efficiency and productivity
Be accountable for significant partner management
Provide input to the VP of Claims in support of future strategic direction and change, including input into annual business planning and priority setting
Monitor team capacity, workload and work assignment; find opportunities to partner with other lines of business for shared staffing deployment as appropriate
Continue to develop engaged, talented colleagues that are prepared to grow and stretch themselves into a variety of roles within Aviva
Provide support and direction to the Claims Learning and Development Team, People Function with respect to recruitment and capability of our people.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have a post-secondary degree and a professional Insurance qualification, such as the CIP/FCIP
Demonstrated experience handling multi‑line claims, with strong expertise in Auto Physical Damage and approximately 7–10 years of technical file handling experience, along with broad knowledge of insurance products and lines of business.
You have significant leadership experience in an Operational, Claims or Call Centre environment, with 5 to 7 years of that experience being at a senior level
Propensity for execution and passion for continuous improvement.
You have developed and implemented efficient process enhancements and lead people through change
Shown performance management and career development of others
Business management ability with experience translating strategy into sound technical and business processes
Shown ability to get results through collaborative, outcomes-focused relationships with multiple internal and external partners.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
Hybrid flexible work model.
Outstanding career development opportunities.
We’ll support your professional development education.
Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year.
Employee-driven programs focused on gender, LGBTQ+, origins, diversity, and inclusion.
Corporate wellness programs to support our employees’ physical and mental health.

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysisperformance managementclaims handlingprocess enhancementfinancial managementrisk managementcomplianceinsurance products knowledgetechnical file handlingmulti-line claims expertise

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationstrategic planningcontinuous improvementcommunicationteam developmentaccountabilityproblem-solvingrelationship managementcapacity management

Certifications

post-secondary degreeCIPFCIP