Third Party Due Diligence - 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. 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.

The Third Party Risk Management Team (‘TPRM’) sits within the Chief Operating Office (COO), which was established earlier this year as part of a strategic restructure. The COO function includes a range of teams, including Operational Resilience, Cyber Security, and Incident Management, all central to ensuring our people and data are safe and we understand and manage risk, including third party risk, within our risk appetite.

Occupying an important position within the Third Party Risk Management function, your work will focus on supporting the assessment and ongoing monitoring of third-party suppliers through structured due diligence activities. You will play a key role in identifying risks, reviewing documentation, and ensuring suppliers meet Aberdeen’s standards for compliance, security, and operational resilience. The analyst position works closely with Aberdeen’s Supplier Risk Managers (‘SRMs’), domain owners, risk and procurement. The role ensures that third-party engagements meet internal risk standards and regulatory requirements, supporting the organisation’s TPRM framework and risk appetite.

• Conduct initial and periodic due diligence assessments of suppliers across risk domains (e.g., information security, data protection, operational resilience).
• Review suppliers’ documentation such as questionnaires, certifications, audit reports, and policies.
• Identify gaps or risks in suppliers’ responses and elevate findings to senior team members.
• Maintain accurate records of assessments and ensure timely updates in suppliers management systems.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to support suppliers onboarding and renewal processes.

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Experience in risk, compliance, procurement, or supplier management preferred.
• Ability to interpret and summarise technical and non-technical documentation.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

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.

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.

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.

An inclusive culture, 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.