Financial Controller, Aberdeen
+ Discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable)
Savings & investment company
Be an early applicant
Savings & investment company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable its clients to be better investors.
Role
Who you are
- Qualified Accountant (CA/ACCA) with ideally, an audit background
- Demonstratable experience in a similar financial control or commercial finance role
- Knowledge and understanding of accounting principles, practices and processes, including financial reporting standards (IFRS or GAAP)
- Proficiency in financial systems and ERPs (e.g. Oracle)
- Experience within investment management or a financial services environment is highly desirable but, not essential
What the job involves
- This is a 12-month fixed term contract
- As an Entity Financial Controller, the role holder is responsible for the financial management of specific entities across the Aberdeen Group, leveraging the output of the Finance Operations team while providing oversight and challenge. Depending on experience and demands of specific entities, the role holder may be expected to act as a finance representative on the Board of specific entities
- Review and sign-off on commentary on legal entity financials, delivering insights to internal and external stakeholders and sign-off on monthly legal entity financials
- Ownership of monthly legal entity P&L and balance sheet packs to ensure IFRS balances are valid, accurate, and complete. Investigating and challenging commentary where necessary
- Oversee the production and submission of statutory accounts, regulatory reporting, and local statistical reports
- Support the calculation, review, and posting of technical adjustments for complex valuations, impairments, write-offs, and exceptional transactions
- Support the legal entity planning process working together with the Performance and Planning team
Application process
- End Date: April 20, 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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