Corporate Communications Manager - FTC

Job Description

Fixed Term Contract End Date 30th September 2025

aberdeen plc is oneof Europes largest investment companies and we are built on a longstanding culture of caring about the future and making a positive impact. Together we invest for a better future. We do it to make a difference to the lives of our clients and customers our employees society and our shareholders.Our business is structured around three distinct areas focused on our clients changing needs.

• abrdn Investments a leading investment management business looking after 368bn of assets for Institutional Wholesale and Insurance clients

• abrdn Adviser one of the UKs largest providers of platform services to financial advisers with 75bn in assets across our Wrap and Elevate platforms

• interactive investor the UKs most trusted investment platform for individual investors with 430000 customers who have invested almost 75bn with us

Our strategy is to build a vibrant and valuecreating purposeled organisation with the current and future needs of our stakeholders at the heart of all we do.

About the role

The role of the External Communications team is to maximise every opportunity to build belief in our corporate story purpose and strategy. The remit of the team includes corporate communications and content corporate social media and website and corporate events for all audiences including clients analysts investors and colleagues. The team is responsible for the delivery of key financial calendar activity including Financial Results the Annual General Meeting and the Annual Report and also includes a busy Media Relations operation. Led by the External Communications Director we are part of the Brand Corporate Affairs and Sustainability function.

As a Corporate Communications Manager you will be responsible for championing the corporate purpose and supporting the strategic business priorities of aberdeen. You will play a key role in the delivery of corporate communication projects including development of our Annual Report and Accounts and financial calendar activity; communications support for CSuite stakeholders; development of corporate messaging frameworks and TOV writing principles; participation in communication workstreams for key commercial projects; and crisis management scenarios. You will also work closely with our Corporate Content team to develop relevant content for our owned channels including social media and the corporate website.

The key objective of this role is to ensure the corporate narrative is clear consistent and effectively delivered across our corporate channels.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work as part of the wider External Communications team to ensure aberdeens purpose performance and strategy is appropriately promoted and understood across all audiences

• Successfully lead key corporate projects and forums to coordinate critical and complex communication requirements

• Lead on the creation of content in a variety of formats appropriate for corporate communication channels including abrdn and corporate social media channels

• Provide direct communications support to Csuite stakeholders including script writing briefing notes and other long and shortform content

• Produce and manage corporate communications content including support for full year and half year results Annual Report and Account production and Annual General Meeting key presentation deliverables

• Collaborate and cooperate with colleagues in Brand Corporate Affairs and Sustainability and throughout the business to ensure effective coordination and promotion of activity across the business

• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and coordination of key business messages across channels to ensure delivery of strong and consistent messages to all stakeholders

About the candidate

• Corporate communications experience particularly in corporate reporting and script writing Business and industry aware with strong global asset management and UK savings and wealth knowledge and experience an advantage

• Strong writing skills to draft highly effective and insightful corporate content

• Ability to build rapport establish a network and maintain strong relationships at all levels of the business including Csuite

• Comfortable challenging and discussing complex issues and able to clearly articulate the key messages in writing or verbally for all stakeholders

• Strong trackrecord of effective coordination of project delivery

• Demonstrable reputation management expertise

• Aware of listing and disclosure rules and experience managing confidential information

Our Benefits

Theres 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 private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits including gym discounts season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefitshere.

Our Inclusive Culture

We are committed to exploring the possibilities of working smarter. This means wed like to hear from you whatever way you like to work.

We have a longterm commitment to building inclusive workplaces; we value diversity in our workforce and welcome enquiries from everyone. If you need assistance or a reasonable adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.

Were 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.