Job Description

Summary

Technical Finance Operations Analyst
Permanent
Location: Edinburgh (We believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time)
Salary: A competitive salary from 33,040 - 41,300, depending on the experience you can bring
Closing date: 15th September 2025
People are living longer, and we're excited by the opportunities this brings to help people live their best lives. We're here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it - however grand or humble their ambitions.
We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.
Key Responsibilities:
In this role, you will help to support the business to manage their reconciliation processes including supporting the technical aspects of automated reconciliation software, by ensuring daily feeds are delivered for the start of the day, ensuring system performance is working at optimum whilst ensuring quality data is used. You will also review current processes and logic for improvement. Using your technical knowledge, you will support the wider department on more complex breaks and queries. You will also support the delivery of future development.
Alongside this, you will support local and corporate initiatives, covering operational, accounting and reconciliation processes. You will be responsible for documenting requirements, testing new development, supporting implementation, and ensuring business readiness is completed across a wide variety of initiatives. You will lead the partnership with key stakeholders to reduce financial risks and exposures in relation to key processes and represent Financial Operations ensuring all risks, controls, and accounting are captured.
We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Excellent problem solving and analytical thinking
• Experience of SQL and logic rule writing
• Knowledge of banking processes and systems
• Experience of Financial Services general ledger and technical accounting having worked in a Finance environment, including pensions and investments
• Technical knowledge and development experience of automated reconciliation software
• Experience in being a self-motivated team member who demonstrates good collaboration across teams, willing to take the lead in delivery
• Experience of Excel VBA
• Experience of Power Automate or other RPA tools

What's in it for you?

• A non-contributory pension between 8%-12%. We're enhancing our pension from November 2025. If you put in 7% of your salary, we'll top it up by a further 13%
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
• 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to grow with us. Apply today!
The legal bits
We'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Skills Required