Rfp Writer

Job Description Summary
Job Description
RFP Writer
Permanent
Location: Edinburgh (typically 3 days in the office per week, 2 from home)
Closing date: 27th March 2024

Aegon Asset Management is a leading global investor, our employees work from 13 locations across Europe, the Americas and Asia. We advise on assets for a global client base of pension plans, public funds, insurance companies, banks, wealth managers, family offices and foundations. We share a common belief in fundamental, research-driven active management, underpinned by effective risk management and a commitment to responsible investment.

Our people are our greatest asset, and we want Aegon Asset Management to be a place where they can bring their authentic self to work and do all they can to deliver on our strategic promises to our customers.

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter.

As our RFP Writer you will have the opportunity to engage with colleagues across our business, to deliver high quality and complex tender documentation. This is a challenging yet rewarding role where you will have a material impact on our ability to win new business and achievement of sales targets and funds under management.

This is a role where you will take a proactive and collaborative approach to the management of flow, delivery, and completion of RFPs, including:

• Managing the production of RFPs and other questionnaires for specified asset classes and products, ensuring that all deadlines are prioritised and agreed with relevant stakeholders; ensuring all documents are written to suitable standards of accuracy, consistency and in line with agreed deadlines.
• Implementing quality standards for writing and data. Ensuring documents meet the agreed quality standards for RFP production and support the development of investment expertise and writing skills across teams.
• Ensuring output conforms with Aegon AM’s agreed “tone of voice” and brand standards.
• Supporting the efforts to increase level of standardised content and reducing development of bespoke material to optimize available resources.
• Acting as a true RFP SME to provide advice, guidance and professional judgment, identifying options and recommendations for consideration by others, providing challenge where necessary.
• Collaboration with colleagues on sourcing, collation and maintenance of data on our central database ensuring accurate and consistent data from relevant areas across AAM.
• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with all internal suppliers and clients, including relevant fund managers and sales teams, and members of finance, operations, legal and performance measurement teams; being prepared and organised to respond quickly to product and corporate information queries from customers.
• Continually develop and update regulatory, investment and industry knowledge.
• Responsible for compliance within the regulatory and legislative regime as it impacts your role and for ensuring that risks are identified, reported and managed accordingly.
• Contribute to ensuring that the RFP Team consistently applies the principles of TCF, demonstrating with words and actions that the client perspective is always considered in decision making.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• Experience in writing and producing RFPs
• Experience in managing, maintaining and developing RFP production machines (e.g. Qvidian)
• Knowledge of investment management products and the Asset Management industry
• Experience in maintaining institutional client databases and working with database interrogation tools
• Experience in dealing with 3rd party product channels and concepts
• Ability to analyse complex data and communicate its meaning
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Accuracy and attention to detail

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary, depending on the experience you can bring
• A non-contributory pension between 9%-13%
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
• 27 days leave per year (plus 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 staff live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.

We serve a diverse, ever-changing world. It's tough, but we work tirelessly to leave things better than we find them. If that sounds like the sort of place you'd like to work, hit the "Apply" button.

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.
Additional Job Description

Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age

Job Type: Full-time