Job Description

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At abrdn, we empower our clients to plan, save, and invest for their futures. Through the expertise, insight, and innovation of our team, we aim to help clients create more ways for money to make an impact. We set our sights on giving them more confidence to achieve their goals and more clarity about what they need next. And we focus on delivering outcomes that are more than just financial – by investing sustainably to build a better world. We are structured around three businesses – Investments, Adviser, and Personal – focused on the changing needs of our clients, and by diversifying the group, we are positioning ourselves for growth in a changing investment landscape.

About the Department

Our Insight and Analytics team works to uncover strategic insights that drive future growth and innovation at abrdn. We employ cutting-edge data analysis and visualisation techniques to provide actionable insights across the business, working collaboratively with other departments to optimise performance and customer satisfaction.

About the Role

The Insight Scientist is a highly skilled and experienced professional responsible for leveraging data and analytics to identify future trends and drive strategic planning. In this role, you will use advanced data analysis, modelling, and visualisation techniques to extract insights and provide actionable recommendations for future business growth. You will collaborate closely with cross-func

tional teams to design data collection processes, ensuring data quality and governance while delivering critical insights.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement statistical models and algorithms to predict future user behaviour, customer preferences, and market trends.

• Conduct in-depth analysis on existing data to identify patterns, trends, and insights that inform business decisions and future planning.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement data collection processes, ensuring data quality and integrity.

• Create and maintain advanced dashboards, reports, and visualisations to communicate trends and strategic insights to stakeholders.

• Provide strategic recommendations based on data insights to optimise operational efficiency, enhance customer experience, and drive business growth.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Proven experience in advanced data analysis, data modelling, and statistical analysis.

• Proficiency in data analytics tools such as Excel, SQL, or Python.

• Experience in data visualisation tools such as Tableau or Power BI.

• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.

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 by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. 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.