Key Responsibilities
Support the development, prioritisation and delivery of Client Experience strategic and tactical plans while providing trusted advice to the CXO.
Lead executive reporting, performance insight and management information, identifying trends, risks and opportunities that support decision making.
Maintain integrated delivery plans for strategic, operational and service improvement initiatives, ensuring milestones, owners and outcomes are clearly defined.
Coordinate cross-functional programmes, challenge delivery slippage and support readiness and post-implementation reviews.
Design and manage the Client Experience Leadership Team operating rhythm, facilitating planning, prioritisation and follow-through.
Oversee governance, risk and regulatory commitments, supporting Executive, Board and regulatory forums through effective stakeholder management and communications.
About the Candidate
Essential
Significant experience in a Business Manager, Chief of Staff, project, consulting or senior operational support role.
Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional delivery and drive actions to completion.
Strong analytical capability with experience turning management information and root-cause insight into measurable improvement.
Ability to influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders within a regulated environment.
Excellent communication, executive presentation, planning and organisational skills.
Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution and governance oversight.
Desirable
Experience within wealth, platform, pensions, adviser, customer operations or broader financial services environments.
Experience supporting an Executive Committee member or senior business leader.
Understanding of client journeys, service delivery, complaints, customer outcomes and executive MI.
Project management, Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement accreditation.
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Our benefits
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. You can read more about our benefits here.
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 do here.
An inclusive way of working
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.
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