Technology Controls Assurance Manager in Edinburgh

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 Department

Sitting within the Chief Operating Office (COO), the Technology Controls Assurance function is responsible for providing assurance over the technology and security control environment, as well as assisting the business in the development of new controls, improving controls efficiency through automation, and advising senior management on control effectiveness.

About the Role

Working for the Technology Controls Assurance Lead, you will be part of the team which continues to transform and mature our Technology controls framework. You will support the ongoing development of Aberdeen’s ICT Risk framework to ensure that technology risks and controls are understood, governed and accurately reported.

Key Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate control oversight activities so we understand the effectiveness of technology controls against regulation and our internal Policies and Standards.
• Provide advice to drive improvements in our control design and operating practices.
• Support external reviews and requests from stakeholders such as clients and auditors.
• Drive the delivery of insightful and risk-based reporting so that our technical risk and control environment may be understood by stakeholders, boards and regulators.
• Working collaboratively with our stakeholders, support the delivery of ICT risk framework initiatives to drive continuous improvement and risk reduction.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Experience of working with information security controls and regulatory standards (i.e. COBIT, NIST and ISO 27001/2).
• Experience of delivering assurance activity (including control testing) of key controls.
• Demonstrate a balance of technical and non-technical knowledge of technology, information & cyber security.
• Ability to implement robust risk management processes and insightful reporting to key stakeholders.
• Motivated individual with an ability to build productive and trusted relationships both internally and externally.

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.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you. At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

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.