Investment Data Analyst

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.

Public Market Operations supports Aberdeen's investment management activities by delivering trusted, high quality operational and data services. The team supports front office trading, fund valuation and performance, ensuring investment data is accurate, timely and well governed. Working closely with investment teams, custodians and technology partners, the department focuses on control, continuous improvement and strong client outcomes.

As an Investment Data Analyst you will support the management and quality of security and investment data for Aberdeen's public markets business. Based in Edinburgh and reporting to the Data Management Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring data flows from custodians and vendors are accurate, complete and fit for purpose. You will investigate and resolve data exceptions, support corporate actions processing and respond to queries from investment and operational stakeholders. This role offers strong exposure to the end to end investment data lifecycle and an excellent opportunity to build a long term career in data management.

• Monitor, validate and maintain investment and security data received from custodians and data vendors.
• Investigate and resolve data exceptions relating to positions, static data and security attributes.
• Support the processing and review of corporate actions to ensure accurate downstream impact.
• Respond to data queries from front office, operations and other internal teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance data quality, controls and processes.

• Experience in investment or security data within an asset management or financial services environment.
• Understanding of asset classes such as equities and fixed income.
• High attention to detail with an analytical and questioning mindset.
• Comfortable working with data, systems and reconciliations in a fast paced environment.
• Willingness to learn and develop within a collaborative, global team.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident and Committed employer. We encourage applicants with disabilities to notify us through our candidate questionnaire.

• 40 days annual leave.
• 16% employer pension contribution.
• Discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable).
• Private healthcare.
• Flexible benefits including gym discounts, season ticket loans and an employee discount portal.

Aberdeen promotes blended working and values diverse perspectives. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.