Financial Controller, Aberdeen
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Excel
Oracle
Senior and Expert level
Dublin
Savings & investment company
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Savings & investment company
1001+ employees
B2BInvestingFinancial Services
Be an early applicant
Salary not provided
Excel
Oracle
Senior and Expert level
Dublin
1001+ employees
B2BInvestingFinancial Services
Company mission
To enable its clients to be better investors.
Role
Who you are
- Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA), with audit background desirable
- Minimum 2 years post qualified experience in a similar financial control or commercial finance role, ideally within investment management or a financial services environment
- Knowledge and understanding of accounting principles, practices and processes, including financial reporting standards (IFRS or GAAP)
- Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills including proficiency in PowerPoint
- Operates with intellectual curiosity and strategic insight. Builds credibility with senior stakeholders and communicates with clarity and conviction to influence outcomes and gain support for ideas
- Proficiency in financial systems and ERPs (e.g. Oracle)
- Intermediate/advanced Excel skills, with the ability to handle large datasets and complex models
What the job involves
- 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 repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand and are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent
- As a global business, Aberdeen consists of three divisions: Investments, Adviser, and interactive investor (ii)
- Each division is dedicated to meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs
- In European markets, our dedicated and highly experienced investment team manages our European products, including emerging market income and debt, smaller companies, European credit, ETFs, real estate and sustainable investing propositions
- The Finance function, led by the Chief Financial Officer, is a strategically aligned, commercially focused team structured across specialist group functions and embedded business-unit support
- It includes leadership for financial control and operations, external and regulatory reporting, performance management and planning, capital and treasury, tax, and investor relations, all working closely with senior leadership, the Board, and external stakeholders
- Dedicated Business CFOs sit within each business unit, partnering directly with CEOs to drive commercial performance, while a Finance COO Office underpins the function with strong governance, operational excellence, and delivery of strategic change
- This is a key role within the UK & EMEA financial reporting and control team, which will report directly to the Head of Finance EMEA
- As a Financial Controller, the role holder is responsible for the financial management of Aberdeen’s Ireland entities, leveraging the output of the wider Finance team (principally, Finance Operations), while providing control, oversight and challenge
- The role offers significant variety and development opportunities across financial control, reporting, budgeting and commercial insight, together with exposure to and stakeholder management at a senior level (including entity Boards)
- The incumbent of this role will oversee the day-to-day finances of abrdn Investments Ireland Limited, providing leadership and direction with responsibility for setting and implementing the Aberdeen group policies and guidelines and ensuring that operations are organised in a controlled and efficient manner
- Preparation and review of commentary on legal entity financials, delivering insights to internal and external stakeholders and sign-off on monthly legal entity financials
- Contribute to the month end process for the EMEA group by producing analysis and MI on the Irish business
- Where appropriate, preparation of Ireland entity board packs
- Conduct a rigorous review and challenge of monthly legal entity P&L and balance sheet packs, proactively ensuring that all IFRS trial balances are not only valid, accurate, and complete but also adhere to the highest standards of financial integrity
- Take ownership of the attestation process by guaranteeing that every balance sheet account has been formally attested by the responsible parties and personally perform thorough attestations on all balances affected by technical and local GAAP adjustments to safeguard compliance and accountability
- Responsible for delivery of the annual statutory accounts for the Irish regulated subsidiary entity
- Build relationships with the auditors and ensure improvements to the audit process are implemented
- Implement accounting systems and processes that are relevant for the local market and consistent with those used by Aberdeen head office
- Responsible for preparation of prudential regulatory reporting for Ireland and liaison with the regulator where required
- Work closely with the Tax team to ensure accurate reporting of tax balances and returns. Ensure tax obligations are met and tax risks identified and addressed in respect of the Irish business and branch network
- Liaise with finance colleagues to ensure transfer pricing entries in Ireland and across the branch network have been processed in line with policy
- Support tax team to implement any changes / improvements to transfer pricing policy
- Identify implications for Ireland / branch network of changes to transfer pricing policy and identify / escalate areas of risk
- Lead the legal entity planning process working together with the Performance and Planning team, providing challenge where appropriate
- Feed into group forecasts with key items for consideration and ensure significant variances highlighted on a timely basis. Influence corrective action from management where appropriate
Application process
- End Date: February 12, 2026
Our take
Aberdeen, formerly known as Standard Life Aberdeen and Abrdn, is a global investment company helping its clients to save and invest for their futures. It operates three businesses - Investments, Adviser and Personal - and has been operating since way back in 1825.
Nowadays, atop its investment and advice services, the company delivers two platforms for financial advisers. The first, Wrap, enables users to build and manage portfolios for each client. The second, Elevate, encompasses a suite of tools for advisers to save time and make sure their clients are informed.
Over the years, the company has continued to improve its offering, for example by making it simpler, more data-led and to require less admin. This suggests that Aberdeen is keen to keep pace with tech developments across the investment space and position itself as an innovator.
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Company benefits
- Salary sacrifice pension arrangement
- Private health insurance
- Life Assurance
- 40 days holiday if you work full time
- Dental insurance
- Health assessments
- Critical illness cover
- Will writing
- Power of attorney
- Financial Guidance and Advice
- Holiday buy
- Discounted gym memberships
- Cycle to work
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Electric car lease scheme
- Travel insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Share Plans
- Give As You Earn (GAYE)
- Volunteering
- Long service awards
- Subscription to Interactive Investor
- Subscription to Finimize
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Supportive parental leave policies , delivered regionally (e.g. 26 weeks paid leave in UK for primary and secondary caregivers)
- Employee discount site
- Discounted parking
Company HQ
Edinburgh New Town, Edinburgh, UK
Leadership
Jason Windsor
(CEO)Previously CFO at Persimmon Homes, Group CFO at Aviva and was the Managing Director of Morgan Stanley.
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