Analytics Manager

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.

Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

Our investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Department

Our vision is to put data and analytics at the heart of all aspects of our approach to internal audit, being strategic, efficient, proactive and vocal.

The Data Analytics team can recognise, understand and maximise the value of data and analytics to our key stakeholders; the aberdeen PLC Board, the Audit Committee, the Business, the Regulators and most importantly, the Internal Audit (IA) team. We want to be recognised by our stakeholders and our peers as leading users of data analytics; with data analytics being actively considered for all areas of IA. We want to build a capability that uses data analytics to:

Enhance the confidence, objectivity and transparency of our audit work.

Capitalise on existing business data to improve understanding of processes and operations.

Assess key business activity and change in an independent, timely manner.

Create greater insight into the risks and controls environment and activity of the business.

Provide better assessments of the impact and root causes of issues identified.

Improve the efficiency of all aspects of IA’s activities.

About the Role

We have an excellent opportunity for an Analytic's Manager to join our Audit Team. This is a 12-month fixed term contract and can be based in Edinburgh or London.

Develop data analytics solutions for IA projects to increase access to insight, objectivity of reviews and process efficiency across Aberdeen PLC's core vectors (Investments, Adviser & ii) and central functions (Finance, HR, IT, Transformation, etc.)

Drive adoption of data analytics methodology and use cases within IA’s annual project plan and ad hoc projects by identifying and exploring opportunities to introduce data analytics techniques.

Engage with Lead Auditors, Audit Teams and the Business (BU) business stakeholders through audit scoping and planning stages to build clear and useful data analytics use cases, prep work and testing plans.

Regularly communicate with Lead Auditors, Audit Teams ahead of and throughout audits to ensure that data acquisition, prep work and testing is conducted within appropriate timescales.

Partner with Lead Auditors, Audit Teams in interpreting and influencing the outcomes of testing, ensuring audit findings are carefully formulated to mitigate risk and add value.

Develop and nurture data and analytics networks across Aberdeen PLC.

Document and communicate technical data analytics testing and findings to IA and Business stakeholders in clear, understandable language.

Deliver data analytics elements of audits that complement the IA Audit Methodology

Continually seek opportunities for individual and team development in data analytics methodology, approach, techniques and tools.

Own and proactively advance self-learning activity through professional and personal development.

Build and demonstrably share knowledge in tools and techniques in data, analytics and audit.

About the Candidate Requirements

Extensive experience of working with data and data analytics tools (i.e. Power BI, Power Query, Power Automate, Dataflows, Fabric), techniques (i.e. data mining, modelling and visualisation) and languages (i.e. Azure, SQL, Python, R).

Proven ability to demonstrate problem solving capabilities, derive insight from raw data and deliver insightful, value adding reporting and analysis.

Ability to see connections in data, analysis, systems and processes to support delivery of insight to stakeholders and project value.

Ability to engage and influence key stakeholders on data analytics techniques and outcomes in an understandable way.

Ability to adapt and deliver in a fast-moving commercial environment.

Educated to degree level, with relevant experience or professional qualifications.

Excellent written and oral communication skills in any environment.

Desirable Skills

Experience of risk management frameworks or working in a risk management environment.

Familiar with Risk and Control fundamentals, for example through experience working with or alongside Risk or Audit functions.

Knowledge and experience of the asset and investment management sector or wider financial services.

An understanding of data protection best practices.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

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 

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 .

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.

, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do.