Senior Manager Group Finance Support

End Date Tuesday 10 September 2024 Salary Range £80,206 - £94,360 We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary...

End Date

Tuesday 10 September 2024

Salary Range

£80,206 - £94,360

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

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

.

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Senior Manager, Group Finance Support

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh

SALARY: £80,206 - £94,360

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Edinburgh office site
 

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. 

In this role you’ll be leading and developing a team (approx. 15 colleagues), and as a Senior Manager, you'll role model strong financial control behaviours; have specialist knowledge in Commercial Banking products and business; experience of statutory accounts; influence key senior stakeholders and contribute to broader strategic direction and business decision making by providing insight, control and thought leadership. You'll be able to talk throigh examples of leading teams through large scale change and transformation projects.
 

Day to day you’ll be;

  • Ensuring completion of a large number of Commercial Banking related subsidiary statutory accounts, liaising extensively with the Group’s external auditors.
  • Interpreting and implementing financial accounting matters and Commercial Banking transaction impacts.
  • Providing SME knowledge and collaborating with the Value Streams/Platforms to support requirements & delivery of change programmes.
  • Establishing effective relationships with stakeholders including presenting at senior level meetings.
  • Leading on issue management, communicating and facilitating resolution.
  • Leading a development focused team and demonstrating continuous learning and self-development.

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

  • A qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or have alternatively gained a similar level of expertise acquired through substantial experience in a finance function.
  • Experience in Finance Change and transformation projects.
  • Passion for Financial control and reporting and questioning mindset.
  • Experience of leading a team.
  • Strong background of delivery and driving continuous improvement against a constantly evolving landscape.
  • Bring a problem-solving approach with the ability to challenge and constructively debate key issues.
  • Collaboration skills to manage and work alongside a diverse group of stakeholders, utilising well-developed relationship skills.
     

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
  • 30 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.

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