Finance Analyst - FP&A
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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
The Finance function, led by the Chief Financial Officer, is structured into four specialist teams and three commercially focused business units supporting interactive investor, Adviser, and Investments. The function is further enabled by a dedicated Finance COO Office, ensuring operational excellence and strategic alignment.
About the Role
Working in the Group Finance team, the Finance Analyst adds significant value to the Group FP&A team and in Finance’s partnering with other areas of the business. The analyst will support senior business partners and senior planning managers in producing compelling analysis that is shared with key stakeholders. The role is responsible for delivering regular reporting requirements, insightful analysis, process enhancement and partnership with stakeholder teams both within Finance and the wider business.
Key Responsibilities
- Support Finance Business Partners by delivering clear financial insights and actionable analysis
- Translate complex financial data into concise, business-friendly commentary for both finance and non-finance stakeholders
- Monitor performance against budget and forecast, highlighting variances and supporting corrective actions
- Contribute to forecasting and budgeting cycles, including preparation of monthly forecasts and annual plans
- Support variable compensation processes, including accrals, deferred share tracking, and fund analysis
- Maintain and enhance financial models, templates, and planning tools to support decision-making and investment analysis
- Produce regular reporting packs with insightful performance commentary and key financial metrics
- Collaborate with Group FP&A on forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning, ensuring alignment with group standards
- Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and strong financial controls across reporting and consolidation processes
- Identify risks, opportunities, and trends, while driving continuous improvement in reporting efficiency, data quality, and forecasting accuracy
About the Candidate
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Part qualified or newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, ICAS) or equivalent (essential)
- Experience in FP&A or analytical finance roles (essential)
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 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.