Job Description

End Date

Friday 15 August 2025

Salary Range

43,803 - 48,670

We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working

Summary

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JOB TITLE:

Assistant Manager - Financial control (12-Month FTC)

SALARY:

43,803 - 53,537

LOCATION(S):

Edinburgh

HOURS:

Full time

WORKING PATTERN:

Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

This role supports the Commercial Banking Financial Control team in Group Finance Support responsible for the financial control activity, reconciliation and basis of substantiation of data on a monthly basis.




You'll join us in Group Finance Support (GFS), a team of c600 colleagues within the Finance Division, providing centralised support and expertise to the rest of Finance and the Business.




Our ethos of Building The Best Team in Finance promotes a positive and empowered culture where you'll enjoy a diverse, innovative and exciting place to work!


Day to day you'll:


Undertake daily and month end financial control activity including reconciliations, preparation of journals and basis of substantiation. Take ownership of control issues or balance sheet breaks, ensuring that these are owned and remediating action plans are in place. Support inbound change activity, ensuring that finance processes are adapted to support business change. Collaborate closely with a large number of internal teams including stakeholders in other GFS teams. In addition, there will be extensive liaison with Divisional Business and Operations teams, Finance Platform colleagues and external auditors. Supervise, support and coach junior colleagues in their operational tasks and wider development Work with Finance Platform, and other Change teams to ensure that Financial Control matters are considered in Transformation, including managing the ongoing change impact on source system reconciliations. Develop personal capabilities using existing formal and informal training opportunities. Proactively identifying improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, including the running of debrief meetings and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Oversight of PRISM (Commercial Banking MI tool) for Financial Control team

Why Lloyds Banking Group

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you'll need:

A professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), with experience of either financial control, or statutory reporting. Ideally, you'll have experience of Power Automate and Query. Process and Controls expertise with a passion for financial control and questioning mentality. Strong background of delivery and driving continuous improvement against a constantly evolving landscape. Bring a problem-solving approach with excellent analytical and investigative skills. Works collaboratively with a diverse group of stakeholders, utilising well-developed relationship skills. Good communicator, excellent organisational ability and able to operate independently or as part of a team.
In return, you'll get to join a welcoming team who will support you in your career progression and development and encourage you to be your best.

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.


We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.


We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.


We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual performance-related bonus Share schemes including free shares Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch!

We'd love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.