Audit Specialist - Advisor

Job Description

Please note this is a 1-year FTC opportunity.

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.

The Internal Audit team are futurists and believe everyone should have a future they can look forward to. That means supporting our clients, customers, and shareholders in achieving prosperity, whilst providing an engaging and rich experience for our people.

We are a key function in one of the world’s largest investment companies, our mission is to support aberdeen in maximising sustainable, high-quality returns for our clients, customers and shareholders whilst effectively managing the risks faced by the business.

We are highly ambitious function who seek to innovate. We will help you grow by recognising and leveraging your strengths and potential, supporting your personal development. In return, we will ask you for your energy, enthusiasm, and the drive to deliver the results we aim to achieve.

We cannot wait for you to join us!

The Internal Audit Specialist plays a key role in driving audit delivery across the Adviser audit team. While each Specialist is aligned to a specific business or functions team, allowing for deep operational insight, the role is also designed to be adaptable. Specialists will be called upon to contribute / assist with audit delivery in different areas as needed, ensuring development opportunities, a well-rounded perspective, and a consistent audit approach across the various audit teams.

This Internal Audit Specialist will service our platform-based Adviser business, working closely with and providing full audit support one of our Internal Audit Managers to plan and execute audits.

• Support the development of the audit plan through researching appropriate universe entity, inputting your knowledge from stakeholder engagements and other insight meetings and proposing audit ideas.
• Support Audit Manager/Senior Manager and Heads of Audit in developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders to enhance business area knowledge and to promote best audit practice across the Group. Where appropriate, this may include attending governance committees and forums.
• Responsible for detailed planning, scoping & performance of audit work to support delivery of Audit Plan. Where appropriate, the Audit Specialist may perform the Audit Lead role on audits.
• Ensure issues identified are analysed to determine the root cause and findings reported on with related follow-up undertaken on a timely basis to ensure effective delivery.
• Documentation of audit delivery work meets methodology and quality requirements. Ensure timely completion of work and escalation of issues and risks.
• Audit findings are articulated and communicated effectively to Senior Business Management in a clear,…