Transactions Analyst

Aberdeen; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 days annual leave

16% employer pension contribution

Discretionary performance-based bonus

Private healthcare

Gym discounts

Season ticket loans

Employee discount portal

Job summary

Aberdeen is seeking a driven professional for a pan-European role in the European Transactions team, based in London. You will support coordinating acquisitions and disposals across Aberdeen’s European real estate portfolio, working with the Head of Investments Execution and regional colleagues.

The role offers exposure to multiple jurisdictions and asset classes, with opportunities to improve processes, data management and reporting through AI and workflow automation.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of or interest in European real estate investment markets.
• Experience supporting transaction processes and investment analysis.
• Proficient in Excel and data-driven decision making.
• Ability to prepare reports and supporting papers.
• Curiosity and initiative with a continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Help co-ordinate and support acquisitions and disposals across Aberdeen’s European real estate portfolio.
• Appraise investment and divestment opportunities and contribute insight to transaction decision-making.
• Prepare investment committee papers, transaction reports and client presentation materials.
• Maintain transaction data, records and reporting to support existing funds and new fund launches.
• Collaborate with colleagues across fund management, portfolio management, research and development teams.
• Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency through AI solutions and workflow automation.

Skills

Real estate market knowledge

Transaction support

Data-driven decision making

Reports & papers

Stakeholder relationships

AI & automation

Analytical mindset

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

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

Our Real Estate Investments team is responsible for the acquisition, management and disposal of assets across multiple European markets. Working closely with fund management, portfolio management, development, research and strategy teams, the department supports investment performance and enables our clients to be better investors. The team combines market insight, disciplined execution and collaborative working to deliver outcomes across a diverse portfolio.

About The Role

This opportunity sits within the European Transactions team and would operate as a pan-European role. You will support the coordination and execution of acquisitions and disposals across Aberdeen’s European real estate portfolio, working alongside the Head of Investments Execution and colleagues across the region. The role offers exposure to multiple jurisdictions, asset classes and investment strategies, providing an excellent platform to build deep real estate transaction expertise. You will also help improve processes, data management and reporting through AI and workflow automation. Based in London, this is an opportunity to make a visible impact while developing your career.

Key Responsibilities

• Help co-ordinate and support acquisitions and disposals across Aberdeen’s European real estate portfolio.
• Appraise investment and divestment opportunities and contribute insight to transaction decision-making.
• Prepare investment committee papers, transaction reports and client presentation materials.
• Maintain transaction data, records and reporting to support existing funds and new fund launches.
• Collaborate with colleagues across fund management, portfolio management, research and development teams.
• Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency through AI solutions and workflow automation.

About The Candidate

• Knowledge of, or genuine interest in, the European real estate investment market.
• Experience supporting transaction processes, investment analysis or related real estate activities.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience using data to support decision making.
• Analytical mindset with experience preparing reports, proposals or supporting papers.
• Ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Curiosity, initiative and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Experience using AI, automation tools or process improvement techniques.

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.

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 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.