Investments Business Partnering Analyst

Job Description

About Aberdeen

Aberdeen Group plc is one of Europe’s largest investment companies, and we are built on a long-standing culture of caring about the future and making a positive impact. Together we invest for a better future. We do it to make a difference to the lives of our clients and customers, our employees, society, and our shareholders. Our business is structured around three distinct areas focused on our clients' changing needs: Aberdeen Investments, Aberdeen Adviser, and interactive investor. As part of our Investments Finance team, you will help drive informed decision-making that supports our purpose and brings our ambition to invest in your tomorrow to life.

About the Department

The Investments Finance team partners closely with business leaders across Aberdeen Investments, providing financial insight, forecasting, reporting and analysis that support strategic decision-making. Working in a collaborative and commercially focused environment, the team helps ensure resources are deployed effectively and performance is clearly understood. Through strong stakeholder partnerships and data-driven insights, the team plays an important role in enabling our clients to be better investors.

About the Role

This permanent opportunity is based in Edinburgh and offers the chance to work at the heart of the Investments Finance function. You will partner with Finance Business Partners and senior stakeholders to deliver forecasting, reporting, commercial analysis and management information that support key business decisions. With regular interaction with senior leaders and clear progression opportunities, this role provides an excellent platform to invest in your tomorrow and build towards a future Finance Business Partner career.

Key Responsibilities

• Support monthly forecasting and annual planning processes, delivering accurate workforce forecasts for approximately 1,900 FTE employees.
• Prepare monthly financial reporting for the Investments Executive, supported by insightful and commercially focused commentary.
• Collaborate on projects across Finance and Investments, identifying opportunities to improve processes, reporting and efficiency.
• Provide analysis and commercial insight on key business initiatives, cost drivers and indirect cost allocations.
• Develop management information including CEO reporting, regional reporting and Power BI dashboards that support business decision-making.
• Build strong relationships across Finance and Investments while strengthening the team’s data visualisation and Power BI capability.

About the Candidate

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) (essential), preferably with some post-qualification experience.
• Strong accounting, financial analysis and reporting capability with a focus on accuracy and quality. (essential)
• Analytical and curious mindset with an interest in understanding complex cost drivers and business performance. (essential)
• Well organised with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to reporting deadlines. (essential)
• Experience within asset management or the wider financial services sector. (essential)
• Collaborative approach and ability to build effective stakeholder relationships across Finance and the wider business. (desirable)
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly and translate insights into practical recommendations. (desirable)

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Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

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