Job Description

End Date Thursday 25 September 2025
Salary Range 29,460 - 31,010
Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working
Summary This is a full time Fixed Term Contract based in Edinburgh.

• JOB TITLE: Finance Analyst
• SALARY: 29,460
• LOCATION(S): Edinburgh
• HOURS: Full-time - 12-month fixed term contract.
• 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
At Lloyds Banking Group, we have a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper and to become the best Financial Services provider for our customers. Through our brands, our Group has a relationship with just about every household and community in the UK. We underpin the lives of millions of individuals and businesses and play a key role in helping to build a growing UK economy.
You'll join us in Group Finance Support (GFS), a team of c300 colleagues within the Finance Division, providing centralised support and expertise to the rest of Finance and the Business. This role is a 12-month fixed term contract supporting the CB Financial Control team in Group Finance Support responsible for the financial control activity, reconciliation and basis of substantiation of data on a monthly basis.
The role is in the Financial Control team which is responsible for product control within the Transactions, GCT and Investments team
We're looking for someone who has graduated from university with an accountancy degree and with a long-term aim of becoming a qualified accountant. You should also be an enthusiastic and hardworking candidate who has a passion for learning, especially on the Microsoft Power Automate, Query and BI tools.
As a Finance Analyst in Product Control, you will play a key role in supporting the financial control and reporting of trading activities. You'll be responsible for:

• Preparing and reviewing daily and monthly P&L and balance sheet reporting for assigned trading desks.
• Investigating and resolving P&L variances, working closely with Front Office, Risk, and Finance teams.
• Supporting the month-end close process, including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Contributing to process improvement initiatives and supporting audit and regulatory deliverables.
• Preparation of analysis and in-depth commentary and in-depth P&L commentary tied to market / product /coverage context and balance sheet reconciliation and commentary etc.

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

• An accountancy degree or only a max of six exams left to compete as part of your professional qualification
• Desire to study towards ACCA qualification
• Experience of Microsoft Power Automate, Query and BI tools.
• Questioning mindset;
• Stakeholder management
• Great Teammate.

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
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.
And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
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

• 24 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.
About this Opportunity
At Lloyds Banking Group, we have a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper and to become the best Financial Services provider for our customers. Through our brands, our Group has a relationship with just about every household and community in the UK. We underpin the lives of millions of individuals and businesses and play a key role in helping to build a growing UK economy.
You'll join us in Group Finance Support (GFS), a team of c300 colleagues within the Finance Division, providing centralised support and expertise to the rest of Finance and the Business. This role is a 12-month fixed term contract supporting the CB Financial Control team in Group Finance Support responsible for the financial control activity, reconciliation and basis of substantiation of data on a monthly basis.
The role is in the Financial Control team which is responsible for Ledger Control & Reporting across the Invoice Finance business areas within Commercial Banking.
We're looking for someone who has graduated from university with an accountancy degree and with a long-term aim of becoming a qualified accountant. You should also be an enthusiastic and hardworking candidate who has a passion for learning, especially on the Microsoft Power Automate, Query and BI tools.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Dailly funding of bank accounts
• Dailly bank reconciliations ensuring all outstanding items are cleared by working with the accounting operations teams.
• Contributing to the month end process, including the monthly balance sheet reconciliation and substantiation process, including ARC certification and the assurance of the ledger at month end;
• Taking ownership of control issues or balance sheet breaks, ensuring that these are owned and remediating action plans are in place;
• Collaborating closely with a large number of internal teams
• Developing 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;

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

• An accountancy degree or only a max of six exams left to compete as part of your professional qualification
• Desire to study towards ACCA qualification
• Experience of Microsoft Power Automate, Query and BI tools.
• Financial control and questioning mindset;
• Stakeholder management
• Great Teammate.

About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
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.
And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
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

• 24 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.

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