Fund Controller, Economic Infrastructure - 12 Month FTC

abrdn; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 days annual leave

16% pension contribution

Discretionary bonus

Private healthcare

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Aberdeens Economic Infrastructure Operations is seeking a Fund Controller to take ownership of day-to-day oversight, control, and delivery of infrastructure funds and SPVs from Edinburgh with a hybrid work pattern.

The role involves cash management, investor activity, valuations and financial reporting, acting as a key bridge between third-party administrators and internal stakeholders. A structured career development path is offered.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with a clear control mindset.
• Experience reviewing service provider outputs and managing multiple deadlines across reporting and cash cycles.
• Comfort working with complex financial data and reconciliations, including strong Excel capability.

Responsibilities

• Own the operational, financial and treasury oversight of assigned funds and SPVs, ensuring deliverables are accurate, timely and well controlled.
• Review and coordinate outputs across the fund cycle including cash monitoring, capital activity, valuations, management accounts and year-end financial statements.
• Provide effective governance and oversight of third-party administrators, auditors, depositaries and advisers, escalating issues where required.
• Partner with Investments, Legal, Tax, Risk and Compliance teams to support transactions, fund events and investor activity.
• Maintain audit trails, reconciliations and documentation to support regulatory, audit and governance requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Excel proficiency

Reconciliation & cash flows

Private markets understanding

Education

ACCA / ACA or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

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 Economic Infrastructure Operations team supports Aberdeen's growing private markets platform, overseeing infrastructure funds and special purpose vehicles that invest in long-term, sustainable assets across Europe. The team works closely with investment professionals and a wide network of internal and external partners to ensure strong governance, accurate reporting and effective control across the full fund lifecycle. With a culture that values collaboration, ownership and continuous improvement, the team plays a key role in supporting investment outcomes for clients.

About the Role

Please note this role is a Fixed Term Contract, lasting 12 months

As a Fund Controller within Economic Infrastructure, you will take ownership of the day-to-day oversight, control and delivery of a portfolio of infrastructure funds and SPVs. This role is based in Edinburgh with a hybrid working pattern. You will work across cash management, investor activity, valuations and financial reporting, acting as a key control point between third-party administrators and internal stakeholders. The role offers broad exposure to private markets and close interaction with investment teams, providing a varied and impactful opportunity to develop your fund oversight expertise and invest in your professional future.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the operational, financial and treasury oversight of assigned funds and SPVs, ensuring deliverables are accurate, timely and well controlled.
• Review and coordinate outputs across the fund cycle including cash monitoring, capital activity, valuations, management accounts and year-end financial statements.
• Provide effective governance and oversight of third-party administrators, auditors, depositaries and advisers, escalating issues where required.
• Partner closely with Investments, Legal, Tax, Risk and Compliance teams to support transactions, fund events and investor activity.
• Maintain strong audit trails, reconciliations and documentation to support regulatory, audit and governance requirements.

About the Candidate

• ACCA / ACA or equivalent, with a background in fund accounting, audit or fund operations.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with a clear control mindset.
• Experience reviewing service provider outputs and managing multiple deadlines across reporting and cash cycles.
• Confidence working with complex financial data and reconciliations, including strong Excel capability.
• Experience in private markets, infrastructure, real assets or SPVs is desirable.

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.

• 40 days' annual leave
• a 16% employer pension contribution
• a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable)
• private healthcare
• 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.

We're committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from