Job Specifications
At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's 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 industry's 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 UK's 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 Department
The Corporate Tribe is a dynamic, cross-functional organisational unit focused on driving innovation, collaboration, and value delivery across key business areas. It operates through autonomous squads working together towards shared strategic goals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence. Led by experienced Tribe Leads, the tribe emphasises agility, inclusivity, and strong partnerships across teams to ensure alignment with company strategy and swift delivery of change initiatives. This environment encourages shared ownership, knowledge exchange, and creativity, enabling the tribe to adapt quickly to evolving business needs and deliver impactful solutions efficiently.
About the Role
The Change Business Analyst plays a critical role in driving and supporting change initiatives within the Corporate Tribe by bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions.
This role involves managing small to medium projects using agile and hybrid methodologies, ensuring effective planning, prioritization, and risk management to meet strategic objectives. The role requires close collaboration with stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams to define scope, create business cases, and maintain project deliverables.
The Change Business Analyst also leads the gathering and validation of business requirements, supports change management activities such as test planning and operational readiness, and drives continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes and systems.
Strong communication, leadership, and analytical skills are essential to foster an inclusive team environment and deliver successful change outcomes aligned with organisational goals.
Key Responsibilities
Leading and managing change initiatives across business areas and projects in a hybrid Business Analyst/Project Management capacity
Fully own and deliver projects from initiation to completion, without reliance on a separate Project Manager
Proactively shape and prioritise work, managing conflicting demands, and facilitating consensus among diverse stakeholders.
Coordinating and engaging stakeholders to define scope and priorities.
Planning and prioritising delivery with clear dependency mapping.
Aligning and readying the business for successful change adoption.
Managing risks, issues, and quality across all projects.
Supporting agile methodologies and adapting frameworks to project needs.
Elicit and document business requirements and process improvements, as defined by the business and/or project.
Lead and facilitate meetings and workshops, producing clear documentation, including Business Requirement Documents, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Create Functional and Non-Functional Specifications, Business Process Flows and Data Flows.
Analyse complex and large-scale business and technical projects, including comprehensive reviews of end- to-end data and operating models.
Support business users through UAT testing and obtain sign-off from key stakeholders.
About the Candidate
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
Demonstrable experience initiating, planning, and delivering formal projects, ideally with budgets up to £5m
Extensive experience in a hybrid BA/PM role in Financial Services and ability to manage change initiatives within complex organisations
Experience in delivering corporate projects (Risk, Legal, HR, Audit etc)
Successfully delivered complex change projects requiring changes to corporate systems
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