Senior Commercial Analyst

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.

About The Role

This role is responsible for working alongside the broader Commercial & Strategy area to set-up and support the Adviser business for commercial success. They will support with all key business case, business performance and benefits tracking activity. The liaison between the wider Adviser Business and Commercial & Strategy area, a core focus will be to ensure there is a high degree of commercial acumen and understanding across these business areas, ensuring dedication to the wider Adviser Business's strategic objective.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a key point of contact for all commercial questions/enquiries across the Adviser business
• Support the modelling and analysis required to develop the relevant business cases
• Support with analysis to undertake validation of benefit realisation with responsibility for overall tracking of business benefits
• Provide relevant support and input for business rate card negotiations
• Maintenance and ownership of business performance dashboards including reviewing how to bring this to life and inform the wider business
• Production and articulation of relevant MI and BI requirements between the Commercial & Strategy team and wider business functions
• Support with the creation of key material to feed into wider employee commercial acumen initiatives
• Draft papers to support new initiatives, consumer duty and business cases
  
  

Experience Requirements

• Good numerical background
• Able to analyse and draw conclusions from large data sets
• Knowledge of the investment/asset management industry
  
  

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.