Assistant Finance Manager

Working Pattern: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an our Bristol office site

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.

We're looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Finance professional to provide support to management, positively challenging current processes and encouraging a growth mindset across the team.

The candidate’s responsibilities will include:

• Providing support to team managers, specifically when organising and planning Month end deliverables;
• Completion of month end activities and also review of month end activity carried out by other colleagues withing the team;
• 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 including colleagues in other GFS and IP&I Finance teams. In addition there will be extensive liaison with Divisional Business and Operations teams, Finance Platform colleagues and external auditors;
• Taking the responsibility for the running of debrief meetings, driving continuous improvement initiatives which will create efficiencies within the IFC team but also downstream Reporting teams.
• Working with wider Finance teams, and Change teams to ensure that Financial Control matters are considered in Transformation, including managing the ongoing change impact on source system reconciliations;

We are looking for a candidate with the following:

• Accountancy qualification/part qualified accountant or qualified by experience
• Strong excel skills and a curious mindset that will drive process improvements;
• Passion for Financial control;
• Strong stakeholder management;
• Team collaborator

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 bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

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.