Retail Financial Control And Reporting Manager - 10 Month Secondment

End Date
Thursday 14 March 2024
Salary Range
£61,641 - £68,490
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Job Description Summary
JOB TITLE: 107661 Retail Financial Control and Reporting Manager
HOURS: Full Time - 35 Hours
LOCATION: Cardiff/Bristol
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the office
Job Description
About this opportunity
Are you an experienced Finance Manager with a strong technical financial accounting and control background? If this sounds like you, then this role will provide you with the excellent opportunity for both personal development, career progression and a chance to make a real difference!
You'll join us in Group Finance Support and Finance Data & Analytics Office (GFS & FDAO). We're a team of c500 colleagues within the Finance Division, providing centralised support and expertise to the rest of Finance and the Business. The Retail & Insurance Financial Control & Reporting team within GFS has responsibility for ensuring the accuracy and substantiation of the financial reporting within LBG and this role will specifically focus on the Retail division.
It's an exciting time to join GFS as we move through our finance transformation journey and you'll be actively involved. You'll also play a key role with 10-15 colleagues and you'll be responsible for the direct line management of our Assistant Finance Managers and role model strong Financial Control behaviours; influence key senior partners and contribute to our broader strategic direction and business decision making by providing insight, Control and thought leadership.
What you’ll be doing

• Leading a small team, ensuring monthly and quarterly Control and Reporting deadlines are met and reviewing processes and managing outputs to ensure accuracy and quality.
• Establishing and maintaining effective collaborative relationships with our partners, to support the provision of accurate, high quality and insightful information for group and subsidiary legal entity reporting.
• Leading on issue management, communicating and facilitating action plans to resolution.
• Proactively identifying improvements to existing processes, systems, and procedures, running debrief meetings and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Developing both personal and team capabilities, using existing formal and informal training opportunities and coaching, demonstrating continuous learning and self-development whilst actively contributing to the wider people agenda.

What we’re looking for

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), or have alternatively gained a similar level of expertise acquired through substantial experience in a finance function.
• Passion for Financial Control and statutory reporting and questioning mindset.
• Knowledge of LBG reporting & control systems or other financial software.
• A strong background of delivery and driving continuous improvement against a constantly evolving landscape.
• A problem-solving approach with the ability to challenge and constructively debate key issues.
• Collaborative working across a diverse group of partners, utilising well-developed relationship skills.
• Knowledge of latest key (IRFS) accounting standards.
• Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring colleagues to perform at their best.
• Lloyds Banking Group values and behaviours.

What we’ll offer you in return
In line with our strategy to be the Best Bank for Colleagues, we encourage a culture of professional development. You'll have numerous opportunities to stretch and develop beyond core role responsibilities. In addition, recognition for colleague contribution and performance is an extremely meaningful element of our colleague charter.
You'll be rewarded with excellent benefits, personal development and a career that’s enriching and full of opportunity!
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
If you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to the recruitment process, just let us know.
If you have the skills and experience we're after and this role and joining our team is of interest, then 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.