Corporate Change Manager

Job Description

At aberdeen our ambition is to be the UKs 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 industrys 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 UKs 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 Role

We are seeking a Corporate Change Manager to join our Corporate Change team who manage projects that include: cross-company change projects; transformational initiatives; merger & acquisition transactions; integration separation & TSAs; target operating model implementation and regulatory compliance.

This position is responsible for working with business sponsors to deliver change initiatives in the form of both singular projects or workstreams that are part of a larger programme as well as collections of related projects / change activities. The role is focused on the successful delivery of the relevant change initiatives into the relevant business areas with a clear benefit realisation plan in place.

Key activities for this role include stakeholder management shaping of change initiatives with Project Sponsors and Programme managers effective planning prioritising delivery aligning and readying business for the change to achieve agreed goals and ensuring risks issues and quality of delivery is managed. The role will be required to manage projects using agile waterfall and hybrid approaches and is required to have a strong understanding of various methodologies and the ability to adapt and apply them as needed to ensure project success.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage smaller projects or workstreams less than 1million / covering a number of business areas and jurisdictions with the support of a programme manager.

• Partnership with sponsors to create Business Cases for the respective approval forums.

• Deliver one or more projects where intimate business knowledge is critical to success.

• Ensure compliance with the Aberdeen Change Framework.

• Manage project teams to ensure maximum value from all resources.

• Ensure robust project plans are in place with clear dependency mapping across all delivery partners and dependent projects.

• Coordinate with stakeholders to define project scope objectives and deliverables.

• Work closely with squads to create and maintain epics and features for project deliverables.

• Strong partnerships with Tribe Lead and Product Owners as well as Application Tribe teams to ensure work required is on backlogs prioritised and tracked through to delivery.

• Ensure project budgets are within Financial Approvals with forecasts remaining within tolerance or funds returned.

• Robust Risk & Issue management in place across all projects under remit with effective mitigations in place.

• Lead the analysis of end-to-end project delivery from Define to Delivery. The role will also support the shaping of initial business ideas.

• Lead business requirements gathering understanding/ validating scope of the project.

• Prepare detailed documentation and presentations for stakeholders.

• Work closely with the business teams to define / document and support delivery of operating model changes.

• Support change management activities such as test approach runbook creation operational readiness and other project change events.

• Support the design and implement operating models that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes across Aberdeen.

• Collaborate with Tribes/Squads to deliver change to applications/products to enable operating model changes.

• Identify opportunities for process and system improvements and implement best practices / standards learned from previous projects.

About The Candidate

The role is part of the Strategic Enablement Job Family. The roles in this job family are making sure that Aberdeen thrives and is well-prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the future. Whether partnering with a specific part of the business or keeping an eye on the big picture they create connections bringing their specialist knowledge to the table and help us deliver our plans and stick to our strategy.

• Extensive relevant role experience and may hold a relevant degree/professional qualification.

• Proven track record of delivering projects in the financial services sector

• Proven interpersonal skills can create and maintain constructive relationships with internal leadership and stakeholders as well as third parties or suppliers.

• Able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of company policies processes legislation and guidelines ensuring compliance and best practices with particular focus on your
  business area/function.

• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to translate technical concepts and provide guidance and advice to others.

• Demonstrable experience of co-ordinating activities across teams or areas employing effective co-ordination and project management techniques

• Positive leaderships skills with the ability to create an inclusive environment and influence outside the team as appropriate.

• Able to use professional and technical expertise to swiftly identify and resolve complex issues.

• Ability to apply focused technical expertise to key milestones or deliverables with understanding of policies and procedures assuming full responsibility for a process or project.

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

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 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. You can read more about our benefitshere.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas our vectors of growth focused on our clients changing needs. You can find out more about what we dohere.

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.