Assistant Investment Accountancy Manager

Working Pattern: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in one of the offices listed above.

About this opportunity

Within the Bank's Insurance, Pensions and Investments Finance division an exciting opportunity has arisen within the Investment Accounting & Operations team for an Investment Accounting Assistant Manager.

Investment Accounting & Operations is responsible for the data, systems and reporting of financial instruments held in insurance, pensions and investment Funds. The team has Finance SMEs that cover investment fund accounting, accounting for financial instruments, Group Reporting of Investment Funds (using LBG ledgers and consolidation systems) and Regulatory Reporting (Insurance specific). The team also distributes investment data to internal teams for use in actuarial models and risk monitoring.

The role has no direct report responsibilities but as an assistant manager you will be encouraged to lead on specific areas of work to achieve common goals.

Day to day you’ll be;

• Handling and minimising operational risks by operating complex reconciliation and control processes.
• Posting journals relating to Investment Fees or other Investment Balances not captured correctly by source systems.
• Managing and overseeing activity delivered by third party fund management and accounting service providers.
• Supporting agreed change projects to deliver continuous improvement.
• Scoping to plan and prioritise your own workload, including liaison with colleagues in other functions.
• Assisting with the management of sophisticated processes in terms of scale, scope and specialism with a cross-divisional impact and be a recognised subject matter expert.

About us

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

• Typically, you will be a qualified or part qualified accountant (ACCA or equivalent), we will also consider candidates who are qualified by experience.
• Experience in an investment or funds operational or accounting function.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and engagement skills to influence up to Head of Department level.

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Experience in PowerBI or Tableau.

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 letus 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.