Senior Calculations Analyst

4 weeks ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom abrdn Full time

Job Description

At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.

Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.

About the role:

This role is responsible for working alongside the broader Commercial & Strategy area to set-up and support the Adviser business for commercial success. They will support with all key business case, business performance and benefits tracking activity. The liaison between the wider Adviser Business and Commercial & Strategy area, a core focus will be to ensure there is a high degree of commercial acumen and understanding across these business areas, ensuring dedication to the wider Adviser Business's strategic objective.

Key Responsibilities:

Act as a key point of contact for all commercial questions/enquiries across the Adviser businessSupport the modelling and analysis required to develop the relevant business casesSupport with analysis to undertake validation of benefit realisation with responsibility for overall tracking of business benefitsProvide relevant support and input for business rate card negotiationsMaintenance and ownership of business performance dashboards including reviewing how to bring this to life and inform the wider businessProduction and articulation of relevant MI and BI requirements between the Commercial & Strategy team and wider business functionsSupport with the creation of key material to feed into wider employee commercial acumen initiativesDraft papers to support new initiatives, consumer duty and business cases Developing and maintaining pricing models (e.g. gathering requirements, building calculations and forecasts, producing output in a suitable format, testing results). Analyse complex, technical and numerical problems, providing practical solutions and implementing these, often within tight deadlines. Understand cashflows, financial modelling and the relative importance of elements within a pricing context to be able to determine whether results are reasonable. Essential: Excellent analytical skills. Strong learning and numerical capabilities demonstrated through successful experience. Keen business sense and ability to simplify complex details Excellent attention to detail, ensuring accuracy of data, analysis and output created Strong communicating and influencing skills, particularly of technical concepts in very simple language (verbal and written) Desirable: A good university degree in Mathematics or a related discipline, e.g. Statistics. Modelling experience Working knowledge of relevant products We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. Therefore, 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 and 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.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.



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