Senior Calculations Analyst

at  ABRDN PLC

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.

IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE OR AN ADJUSTMENT DUE TO A DISABILITY PLEASE LET US KNOW AS PART OF YOUR APPLICATION AND WE WILL ASSIST.

Job ID R0071890

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
• Developing and maintaining pricing models (e.g. gathering requirements, building calculations and forecasts, producing output in a suitable format, testing results).
• Analyse complex, technical and numerical problems, providing practical solutions and implementing these, often within tight deadlines.
• Understand cashflows, financial modelling and the relative importance of elements within a pricing context to be able to determine whether results are reasonable.