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 focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs.
- Interactive Investor is the UK’s second largest direct‑to‑consumer investment platform, enabling individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
- The Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
- The 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
The Finance Controls Office supports the Finance function in maintaining a strong control environment and meeting key governance and regulatory requirements, including the revised UK Corporate Governance Code. The team plays an important role in strengthening internal controls and supporting clear, effective assurance and reporting.
About The Role
The Finance Control Lead role offers the opportunity to contribute to a high‑profile agenda with tangible impact across the organisation and forms part of a team supporting the business to achieve the following goals:
- Deliver high‑quality, action‑focused Finance governance and management information reporting.
- Improve Finance’s overall alignment with the firm’s ERMF.
- Enhance the quality of Balance Sheet Substantiation processes through robust quality assurance.
- Remediate support for control design and operating weaknesses, risk issues and events.
- Educate and upskill Finance on risk management and controls.
This is an excellent opportunity for a high‑calibre candidate to join a visible and evolving team at the centre of Finance governance and control enhancement. The role provides meaningful exposure to senior stakeholders, the chance to influence how controls are designed and embedded, and the opportunity to build expertise in an area of growing strategic importance.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate mandatory and ad‑hoc Finance risk and control reporting to other forums across the Group (e.g. Executive Risk Forum, Finance Risk and Control Forum, and other regular reporting that may be required in the future).
- Support and coordinate the delivery of other Internal Compliance and Regulatory returns required by Finance.
- Maintain risk and control databases for the Finance Function and provide checks and challenges over the quality of inputs.
- Oversee the management and closure of risk issues and associated actions to ensure that process and control enhancements are robust.
- Collaborate with the external auditor as required on behalf of the Finance Controls Office, including coordination, ongoing monitoring, and support for validating the closure of Management Letter Points by relevant owners.
- Act as a collaborative partner within the Finance Controls Office and the wider Finance function, helping to deliver priority initiatives, support continuous improvement in the control environment, and contribute to a culture of strong governance and accountability.
About The Candidate
- Risk and control frameworks – experience working with or assessing systems of internal control, managing risk event data, and challenging stakeholders on risk management practices.
- Relationship building & collaboration – builds trusted relationships and works proactively with others to drive outcomes, influencing and enabling effective cross‑team working.
- Communication – ability to communicate effectively with the team and with stakeholders at various levels.
- Impact and influence – operates with intellectual curiosity to identify and surface insights that help strengthen the design and operation of the internal control framework.
- Attention to detail – works with precision to deliver requirements, with a focus on quality.
- Qualifications – Qualified accountant or auditor preferred; candidates with relevant operational risk or controls experience will also be considered.
Our Benefits
There’s more to working life than a good salary. You will receive 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.
Inclusivity and Accessibility
We are proud to be a Disability Confident and 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. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability, please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.
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