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 Role    

In this role, you will be responsible for the operational implementation of controlling and accounting tasks for the entities of Aberdeen in Germany. You will review and support month end, quarter end & year end tasks pursuant to IFRS and Local GAAP, supporting BAU in Finance to cover additional tasks and new projects. You will also be involved in the implementation of SOX controls and documentation required by the Group, as well as preparing internal and external reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation of the periodical and ad-hoc reporting, including preparatory activities (e.g. cash flow and movements) to Aberdeen Group Finance, the local management board and other reporting recipients

• Active and intensive support/collaboration on preparation of annual financial statements

• Processing of month end, quarter end, half year end and year end tasks, pursuant to IFRS and German Local GAAP

• Local operational implementation of group wide budgeting- and forecast processes

• Preparation of cost-type accounting, product cost and profit centre calculations

• Preparation and posting of monthly accruals for expenses / revenues

• Preparation and annotation of target/ actual comparisons and variance analyses

• Reconciliation of balance sheet nominals.

• Support on reconciliation of sub ledger vs. general ledger 

• Functional quality assurance in terms of required account assignments for posting of transactions

• Operating manual payment runs

• Steering, oversight and control of outsourced Finance services

• Oversight and control on intercompany accounting (e.g. transfer pricing costs & revenues)

About The Candidate

• Extensive experience in a similar role

• Very good feeling for figures and pronounced understanding of book-keeping and accounting

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Products

• Ability to speak fluent English essential

• Knowledge of ORACLE Cloud preferable

• Relevant qualification preferable

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.

Applications in English are preferred

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.