Investment Data Analyst: Drive Data Quality & Lifecycle

Job Description About The Department Public Market Operations underpins Aberdeen’s investment management activities by delivering trusted, high-quality operational and data services. The team supports front office trading, fund valuation and performance by ensuring investment data is accurate, timely and well governed. Working closely with investment teams, custodians and technology partners, the department focuses on control, continuous improvement and strong client outcomes.

About The Role As an Investment Data Analyst, you will support the management and quality of security and investment data across Aberdeen’s public markets business. Based in Edinburgh and reporting to the Data Management Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring data flows from custodians and vendors are accurate, complete and fit for purpose. You will investigate and resolve data exceptions, support corporate actions processing and respond to queries from investment and operational stakeholders.

This role offers strong exposure to the end-to-end investment data lifecycle and an excellent opportunity to build a long-term career in data management. (Permanent role, Edinburgh, blended working.) Key Responsibilities Monitor, validate and maintain investment and security data received from custodians and data vendors. Investigate and resolve data exceptions relating to positions, static data and security attributes. Support the processing and review of corporate actions to ensure accurate downstream impact.

Respond to data queries from front office, operations and other internal teams. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance data quality, controls and processes. About The Candidate Experience in investment or security data within an asset management or financial services environment.

Understanding of asset classes such as equities and fixed income. High attention to detail with an analytical and questioning mindset. Comfortable working with data, systems and reconciliations in a fast-paced environment.

Willingness to learn and develop within a collaborative, global team. 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. Inclusion & EEO 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr