Rfp Writer

Job Description Summary

Aegon Asset Management is a leading global investor. Our 370 investment professionals manage and advise on assets of US$447 billion for a global client-base of pension plans, public funds, insurance companies, banks, wealth managers, family offices and foundations.

We organize our investment capabilities around four focused platforms: fixed income, real assets, equities, and multi-asset & solutions. Each platform has dedicated teams with deep asset-class expertise, organized globally and committed to maximizing client benefit from their specialist areas.

We share a common belief in fundamental, research-driven active management, underpinned by effective risk management and a commitment to responsible investment.

We are an international business: Our 1,200 employees work from 17 locations across Europe, the Americas and Asia.

Position Overview: Play a critical role in the sales process, developing concise and consistent firm and product responses for business proposals, and help maintain database content.

These roles are based in Edinburgh and we operate a hybrid working model.

**Job Description**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Develop excellent knowledge of products, processes and people to ensure that expected accuracy and quality standards are met. Ensure that the competitive advantages of products come across in RFPs.
- Contribute to the production of RFPs and other questionnaires for specified asset classes and products, ensuring that all deadlines are prioritised and agreed with relevant partners; ensure all documents are written to suitable standards of accuracy, consistency and in line with agreed deadlines.
- Contribute as required to the maintenance of institutional databases ensuring that content remains competitive and commercially relevant as well as accurate and up to date at all times.
- Collaborate with colleagues on the sourcing, collation and maintenance of data on the central database ensuring accurate and consistent data from relevant areas across AAM.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with all internal suppliers and clients, including relevant fund managers and salespeople, and relevant members of the finance, operations, legal and performance measurement teams; be prepared and organised to respond quickly to product and corporate information queries from customers.
- Continually develop and update regulatory, investment and industry knowledge. Ensure training requirements are fulfilled and personal knowledge is up to date and of sufficient depth.
- Responsible for compliance with the regulatory and legislative regime as it impacts your role and for ensuring that risks are identified, reported and managed accordingly.
- In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the job holder may be required to perform other duties assigned by his/her manager from time to time so long as such duties are within the scope and ability of the job holder.

Qualifications, skills and experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Experience in asset management or a strong desire to develop a deep knowledge of the industry
- Experience in maintaining information in a content management system (e.g., Qvidian, RocketDocs, RFPio, Loopio)
- Experience in maintaining institutional client databases and working with database interrogation tools
- Skill in building and maintaining relationships across the organisation

At Aegon Asset Management, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We are more than a global Asset Management firm - we are a people business, and we recognize that delivering excellent client outcomes comes from embracing diverse perspectives. We value diversity in the full range of human uniqueness without limitation including race, gender, ability, language, culture, beliefs, age, origin, background, perspectives and experiences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer in the UK.

We are open to considering flexible working practices. Please talk to us about what this means for you.

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