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.

The Adviser business strategy is to deliver client-led growth – we help advisory businesses to thrive, so they can help their clients prosper. We will achieve our strategy and deliver on our business purpose by focusing on doing business their way, making it easy and putting our strength to work for our clients and customers. Section

This exciting role is responsible for running the office of the Adviser Chief Distribution Officer, focusing on strategic priorities and delivering on a wide spectrum of responsibilities effectively and efficiently. The role reports to the CDO, and works closely with all members of the leadership team.

Key responsibilities:

• Supporting day to day duties ensuring the CDO is fully briefed in readiness to represent the organisation and adviser business at all internal and external meetings.

• Working in partnership with the CDO to maximise their output through the first-class delivery of delegated responsibilities.

• Oversee coordination of all reporting from programmes, projects, and departments, prepare pre-meeting briefings, and ensure actions are completed.

• Oversee sales reporting and outputs across various governance meetings: Adviser Growth Forum, SLSL (platform) board reporting, aPSL (MPS) Investment Oversight Group and MPS Growth Forum.

• Lead on regular financial forecasting and annual budgeting covering flows, FTE and non-staff costs on behalf of CDO.

• Supporting CDO on discharging SMF responsibilities aPSL and SLSL.

• Ensure quality briefings are in place for all key meetings and internal/external events.

• Attend and facilitate appropriate internal and external meetings with the CDO, providing the necessary level of preparation and governance, on time and to a quality standard suitable for board, ELT and Adviser Executive level meetings.

• Support delivery of key strategic projects and initiatives and act as a representative on wider Group projects to ensure that the Adviser business views and priorities are considered.

• Build and maintain relationships, credibility and trust with abrdn Executive and Adviser Leadership team

• Continue to build the CDO’s personal brand both internally and externally through leading or reviewing all written communications in the CDO’s name.

• Provide general Executive support when required including being point of liaison, access, and escalation to the CDO.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Good relationship management skills with a track record of being able to effectively influence, collaborate and constructively challenge stakeholders at all levels

• Strong verbal and written communicator with an ability to make the complex simple and engage both technical and non-technical audiences using a variety of mediums

• Exceptional commercial awareness

• Skilled in analysing the appropriate data and KPIs to support and identify themes/ trends to make fact-based decision making

• Dedication to robust, timely and consistent delivery of agreed outcomes

• Self-sufficient, driven and able to work on own initiative

• Organises, prioritises and delegate work to efficiently accomplish tasks and meet objectives.

• No direct budgetary responsibility, but will work directly with the CDO and Finance to review and monitor monthly MI reporting and budget setting & business planning process.

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.