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 This position sits within Group Financial Control who are responsible for a combination of business performance management across the Aberdeen Group, internal and external reporting activity (group, statutory, regulatory and non-financial including sustainability), and management of the relationship with external auditors and the Audit Committee. The area consists of a number of teams including: Performance and Planning – responsible for all performance and planning activities centrally for the group, including coordination of planning, forecasting, quarterly business reviews and cost management across central functions. Group Reporting and Control – responsible for all aspect of Group external reporting, consolidation and technical accounting matters. Regional and Entity Control & Reporting teams – responsible for entity level and regional financial control and reporting, including discharging of responsibilities under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, as well as decision support to regional CEOs. About the Role This is a senior and key role within Aberdeen Finance, reporting directly to the Group Financial Controller. The role holder will lead the UK and EMEA Financial Reporting and Control team, comprising around 20 experienced controllers. They will ensure robust financial stewardship, entity reporting, and control, while driving collective problem-solving and business insight beyond the numbers. Key Responsibilities Lead a team of approximately 20 experienced financial controllers across the UK and EMEA regions. Inspire and motivate the team to achieve their best, supporting personal and technical development. Oversee the production of legal entity financials and board packs, ensuring valuable insights for decision-making and control. Ensure IFRS trial balances are valid, accurate, and complete. Oversee the balance sheet attestation process and implement robust financial controls. Supervise statutory accounts, regulatory reporting, and local statistical reports. Coordinate legal entity audits. Oversee technical adjustments for complex valuations, impairments, write-offs, and exceptional transactions. Oversee the legal entity planning process, working with Performance and Planning teams. Act as a financial control subject matter expert for projects and strategic initiatives. About the Candidate The ideal candidate will possess the following: Significant experience in a similar financial control or commercial finance leadership role within investment management or financial services. Qualified Accountant (CA/ACCA) with audit background desirable. Strong track record of leading and motivating teams. Expertise in relevant accounting principles, practices, and processes, including IFRS or GAAP. Proficiency in financial systems and ERPs (e.g., Oracle) and advanced Excel skills. Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills. Self-driven, ambitious, and willing to challenge the status quo. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and are happy to provide adjustments to the recruitment process to support candidates. 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. We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.