General Ledger Analyst

This Finance Operations GL Analyst role is a key opportunity within Record to Report in Edinburgh. You will act as a gatekeeper of the general ledger, delivering journals, reconciliations, month-end close and balance sheet substantiation while ensuring financial data is accurate, complete and audit ready. You will use technical judgement to understand, challenge and explain financial movements across areas such as intercompany, transfer pricing, revenue recognition, cost control and fixed assets. The role offers variety, ownership and exposure to process improvement, automation and AI-enabled finance solutions, helping you invest in your tomorrow.

Preferred: demonstrated ability to understand, challenge and explain financial data and movements.

Preferred: proven track record in maintaining data integrity and financial control within a General Ledger environment.

Desirable: experience supporting or delivering process improvement initiatives.

Desirable: curiosity about automation, AI-enabled finance solutions and opportunities to improve Record to Report processes.

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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 .

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.

Ready to invest in your tomorrow as a Finance Operations GL Lead Controller in Edinburgh? Apply now and join Aberdeen in enabling our clients to be better investors.