Assistant Fund Controller

Job Description

At abrdn, we empower our clients to plan, save, and invest for their futures. Through the expertise, insight, and innovation of our team, we aim to help clients create more ways for money to make an impact. We set our sights on giving them more confidence to achieve their goals and more clarity about what they need next. And we focus on delivering outcomes that are more than just financial – by investing sustainably to build a better world. We are structured around three businesses – Investments, Adviser, and Personal – focused on the changing needs of our clients, and by diversifying the group, we are positioning ourselves for growth in a changing investment landscape.

About the Department

Global Private Markets Operations (GPMO) is a specialist operational partner providing expertise and support to the Private Markets asset classes and Investment teams while utilising various services from the rest of Operations. We support all alternative and real estate asset classes and adapt to differences across asset classes, clients, geographies, and systems. We work together on common initiatives, enabling us to become more scalable, efficient, and consistent globally.

About the Role

Reporting to a Real Estate Operations Senior Manager, this role is responsible for a variety of back-office and financial control support services across complex real estate funds and mandates investing on a continental European and global basis. The role holder will work closely with the Real Estate Fund Controllers and the Investment teams to achieve our goals of excellent service, scalability, efficiency, and global consistency.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with Fund Controllers to help meet key deliverables, including sending supporting documentation to service providers.

• Provide support on AML/KYC processes.

• Assist with funding activities, including liquidity planning, organising capital calls, and preparing board meeting documentation.

• Engage with the Tax Structuring team in terms of funding split (equity/IC loan).

• Prepare drawdown notices and set up payments in online banking systems.

• Support lending bank covenant reporting and client standard/bespoke financial reporting.

• Assist with bank account set-up and treasury sheet maintenance.

• Prepare files summarising fund metrics (PDCT) and perform payment setup using various online banking platforms.

• Provide audit support.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Strong Excel skills and problem-solving abilities.

• A keen analytical mindset and excellent attention to detail.

• Self-motivation, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships.

• Excellent communication skills, with proficiency in English (both verbal and written).

• A good understanding of financial reporting, with knowledge of real estate being an advantage.

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

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.

We’re 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.