Cash and Collateral Operations 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.

Aberdeen is a leading asset management company with a global footprint. Operations is committed to delivering a truly global, scalable and efficient operating platform at the heart of establishing and maintaining equilibrium in the firm, powering the investment management process and global distribution. The team will also play a core role in facilitating the product development process, fostering innovation and working with a range of trusted global third-party providers to ensure world class service provision. Public Market Operations plays a key role in powering the investment management process. Our aim is to provide our stakeholders with value-add investment performance insights, exceptional value from our platform/data vendors and an enabling innovation partner. All underpinned by a service culture and a focus on our clients.

Reporting to the Cash and Collateral Senior Manager within Public Markets Investment Operations, the role holder will be responsible for performing Cash, FX and Collateral Operations related activity in a variety of forms.

• Providing Trade Support services for FX and Money Market instruments (Deposits/CDs/CPs/Liquidity Sweep/Repo), working closely with the FX and Money Market Investment teams.
• Being the first point of contact within Operations for Fund Managers and Client Relationship Managers who have queries on Cash related items, and representing the team on service review meetings with these colleagues.
• Identifying and implementing process improvements, utilising the available technology tools.
• Oversight of the investigation and resolution of complex issues across multiple systems, data flows and user groups.
• Overseeing Margin processes and Collateral Management.
• Management of supplier service in relation to Cash and Collateral activities, across BAU and change.
• Working with Custodians to ensure FX Standing Instruction setups are in place and accurately recorded on Aberdeen systems.
• Investigation of overdrafts including root cause, devising ways to prevent occurrence.
• Assisting with presenting on team activities, successes and issues to senior management.

Experience of creating and nurturing long-term relationships, particularly with Fund Managers, Traders and Client Relationship teams. The ability to work in a diverse and demanding environment managing conflicting priorities with calm and ease – delivering a seamless client service. The ability and tenacity to drive change through to completion and a naturally curious and inquisitive mind-set. Experience of working with technology to devise and deliver solutions to business problems – both localised small scale change and strategic change. Strong knowledge of the asset management industry and of overseeing an outsourced operating model. Display a high level of attention to detail and an ability to quickly learn and own processes. Cash or Collateral knowledge preferred.

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.

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.