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
Investments Technology Services forms part of the Operations division within Aberdeen.

Its key function is to provide global technology services that, when combined with the intellectual capital within Aberdeen, create value for our clients.

It achieves this by developing and maintaining a technology strategy and architecture that is aligned to the company's operating model and designed in such a way to enable the implementation of business strategy.

Investments Technology Solutions also contains the capabilities necessary to execute against that strategy, to provide robust and appropriate solutions. All of this is achieved within a context of positive assurance ensuring activities are conducted in line with standards, policies and commercial targets.
About the Role
As a Senior Power BI Developer within the Investments team, you will lead the design, development, and optimisation of BI solutions that deliver actionable insights to support strategic investment decisions. You will play a key role in shaping our BI architecture and mentoring others in best practices.
Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and develop interactive Power BI reports and dashboards, determining optimal data loading methods (e.g. memory, fabric, direct query), re-using existing data flows and datasets, and building robust data models using DAX and visualisation techniques. Integrate data from multiple sources, ensuring accuracy and consistency, and develop and maintain ETL processes to streamline data flow into Power BI. Maintain an inventory of reusable Power BI components including Fabric Shortcuts, Models, Datasets, and Dataflows. Work closely with investment analysts, portfolio managers, and other stakeholders to understand data needs and deliver tailored BI solutions, while ensuring alignment with the wider BI team's strategy and best practices. Optimise Power BI reports and dashboards for performance and usability, implementing best practices for data visualisation and user experience. Provide training and consultancy to business users on Power BI tools, and support self-service BI by assisting users in developing their own reports and dashboards. Stay current with Power BI features and industry trends, continuously seeking opportunities to enhance BI solutions and processes.

About the Candidate
The ideal candidate will possess the following:Proven experience as a Power BI Developer, ideally within the Investments sector. Experience working with stakeholders to understand requirements. Strong proficiency in Power BI, including data modelling, DAX, and Power Query. Experience with SQL and data integration techniques. Experience with Alteryx is desirable. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong communication and collaboration abilities. Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

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.