Consultant Risk Reporting

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.

Our Risk & Compliance division is looking for a Risk Reporting Consultant to join them on a 12m fixed term contract.

This role offers an excellent overview of our business and risk agenda and the opportunity to shape a key function within abrdn’s Risk & Compliance. Key aspects of the role include:
- Coordinating and delivering Risk & Compliance (R&C) reporting across the full range of abrdn boards and committees, spanning our asset management, advice and personal vectors.- Working with manager to lead development of the risk reporting team framework and operating model, including process simplification, increasing automation and development of streamlined, impactful Risk management information (MI).- Day-to-day management for one analyst.

Responsible for:
Risk & Compliance reporting- Leading preparation of a broad range of external R&C reports, including for asset management entity boards, board meetings of our adviser and personal firms and regional executive committees.- Collating and analysing data from across the abrdn group to generate key risk data points and insights in an accessible and practical format.- Supporting the Risk Reporting Team Manager in preparing meetings of the abrdn Executive Leadership Team and the board-level Risk and Capital Committee.- Contributing to Risk inputs for group reports & accounts, other important public disclosures and client due diligence.

Development of risk reporting framework and operating model- Leading work on the risk reporting team operating model, working with Risk Analytics and CRO teams to develop processes for producing clear, effective and timely risk reports.- Working closely with colleagues across Risk & Compliance to ensure reporting & MI needs are understood and met.- Maintaining the Risk Reporting Team framework and standards, including reporting templates and our library of core MI.

Contributing to R&C Committee & Reporting team activities- Promoting and encouraging a risk culture that underpins abrdn’s values and drives risk awareness and accountability.- Promoting close working with Regional CRO teams (EMEA, APAC, Americas) to ensure a ‘joined up’ approach globally.- Supervision of one analyst in the team.- Representing the team in meetings across the R&C function.- Supporting the production of relevant MI on team activities.

What we're looking for:
- Degree qualified or equivalent professional experience.

Key knowledge, skills & experience- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to translate complex data into insightful, high quality reporting.- Strong organisational and delivery skills and good time management.- Experience of advanced data analytic tools such as Power BI.- Track record of operational improvement, ideally including automation.- Detailed knowledge of financial services and a good understanding of the role of Risk & Compliance.- Excellent stakeholder relationship building experience.- Strong commitment to personal development and developing others.

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, 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 abrdn 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

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,