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About Aberdeen
At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth and Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is a strategic priority to attract and retain the industry’s best talent and to deliver positive outcomes for 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. Aberdeen is committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.Three Business Areas
— Interactive Investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser — each focusing on meeting evolving client needs. Interactive Investor is the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform; our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers; our Investments business is a specialist asset manager focusing on areas of strength and scale across public markets or alternative asset classes.About The Role
We are seeking a Corporate Change Manager to join our Corporate Change team. The team manages projects that include cross-company change projects, transformational initiatives, merger and acquisition transactions, integration, separation and TSAs, target operating model implementation and regulatory compliance. This position works with business sponsors to deliver change initiatives as single projects or as part of a larger programme, or as collections of related projects / change activities. The role focuses on delivering change initiatives with a clear benefit realisation plan.Key activities include stakeholder management, shaping change initiatives with Project Sponsors and Programme managers, effective planning, prioritising delivery, aligning and readying the business for change to achieve agreed goals, and managing risks, issues and quality of delivery. The role will manage projects using agile, waterfall and hybrid approaches and requires a strong understanding of methodologies and the ability to adapt them to ensure project success.Key Responsibilities
Manage smaller projects or workstreams ( Partner with sponsors to create Business Cases for approval forums.Deliver one or more projects where intimate business knowledge is critical to success.Ensure compliance with the Aberdeen Change Framework.Lead project teams to maximise value from resources.Maintain robust project plans with clear dependency mapping across delivery partners and related projects.Coordinate with stakeholders to define project scope, objectives and deliverables.Work with squads to create and maintain epics and features for project deliverables.Partner with Tribe Lead, Product Owners and Application Tribe teams to keep work on backlogs and on delivery timelines.Ensure budgets stay within approvals and forecasts remain within tolerance.Maintain robust risk and issue management with effective mitigations.Lead end-to-end delivery analysis and support shaping initial business ideas.Lead business requirements gathering and scope validation.Prepare detailed documentation and presentations for stakeholders.Collaborate with business teams to define operating model changes and support their delivery.Support change management activities such as test approach, runbooks and operational readiness.Assist in designing and implementing operating models to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across Aberdeen.Collaborate with Tribes/Squads to deliver changes to applications/products to enable operating model updates.Identify opportunities for process and system improvements and apply best practices learned from previous projects.About The Candidate
The role is part of the Strategic Enablement Job Family. Roles in this family ensure Aberdeen thrives and is prepared for future challenges and opportunities. They create connections, bring specialist knowledge to the table, and help deliver plans and strategy.Extensive, relevant experience; may hold a related degree or professional qualification.Proven track record of delivering projects in the financial services sector.Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build constructive relationships with internal leadership, stakeholders, and third parties.Thorough understanding of policies, processes, legislation and guidelines, ensuring compliance and best practices in the relevant area.Excellent analytical skills with the ability to translate technical concepts and provide guidance.Experience coordinating activities across teams or areas using effective project management techniques.Positive leadership with the ability to foster an inclusive environment and influence beyond the team.Ability to apply focused technical expertise to key milestones, with understanding of policies and procedures and taking responsibility for processes or projects.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 in the application so we can support you through the process.Our Benefits
There’s more to working life than a good salary. We offer an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported. Benefits include 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and flexible benefits such as gym discounts, season ticket loans and an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.Our business
We enable our clients to be better investors. Our business is structured around three distinct areas focused on clients’ changing needs. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and free from unfair or unlawful treatment. Diversity includes the breadth of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcome 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.Seniority level
Mid-Senior levelEmployment type
Full-timeJob function
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