Senior Manager, Gfs Risk & Control

End Date
Monday 22 January 2024
Salary Range
£78,634 - £92,510
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Job Description
JOB TITLE:Senior Manager, GFS Risk & Control
SALARY:£78,634 - £92,510
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh or Bristol
HOURS:Full time
WORKING PATTERN:Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site
About this opportunity:
This role presents an exciting opportunity to lead the SOX Business Partnering team for Group Finance Support (GFS) & Finance Data Analytics Office (FDAO).
You'll co-ordinate and deliver a broad range of activities that focus on how GFS & FDAO meet their SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) requirements along with contribution to overall risk management practices. The role will partner our finance stakeholders and ensure the controls are robust both for our delivery of the SOX assurance and our Risk and Control Self Assessment (RCSA) processes.
The role provides a perfect opportunity for you to use your expertise to drive the oversight of GFS & FDO control remediation activity, and curiosity to refresh our approach to assurance across the end to end process. This will include identifying risks associated with the IT applications, data lineage and opportunities to place a greater emphasis on preventative, business controls and a greater use of technology. In support of our ongoing journey to strengthen and automate our financial control environment more generally, the individual will also provide guidance and expertise on risk and control matters across the end to end business processes.
The Senior Manager in this team will be expected to lead, implement and embed the SOX methodology for GFS & FDAO. You'll have a deep understanding of business strategic requirements and the ability to build strong and long-lasting partnerships and drive performance quality and continuous improvement to maximise value and manage risk within the Finance processes. By building strong relationships with our stakeholders, we’re enabling the Group to respond to internal and external change, adapting to a changing and fast pace environment are key for this role holder.
GFS & FDAO operates in a team culture and you will be expected to work effectively as part of the wider team, collaborating to solve problems and sharing knowledge. There are always new issues to investigate and resolve, starting every single day with a desire to learn and improve is critical for success in role.
The role reports into the Head of Finance, GFS Risk & Control.
Lloyds Banking Group is the UK’s largest Digital, Retail and Commercial Bank with a focus on Helping Britain Prosper. Our Finance teams sit at the heart of the organisation. GFS & FDAO are a key function within the Finance community of LBG. We’re a team of 550 colleagues, with responsibilities including financial and regulatory reporting and control, Risk & Control, data, people and culture initiatives and strategy implementation.
The roles and responsibilities will extend to:

• Shape and lead the SOX business partnering team for GFS & FDAO, working with the key stakeholders across the GFS & FDAO finance teams, as well as our Group Finance Risk, Audit & CCOR risk partners
• Critically review our existing SOX approach, build on the quality and type of controls; identifying, recommending and delivering on areas for improvement
• Ensure our SOX scope is regularly refreshed to reflect business and regulatory change
• Co-ordinate and plan risk and control assessments, mapping of key processes and controls, remediation actions, and provide guidance across the end to end GFS & FDAO finance processes
• Provide guidance, review and challenge to process and control owners in the application of the Risk Management framework for the GFS & FDAO finance teams
• Deliver the Finance SOX strategy, driving business strategic requirements and building partnerships with senior internal and external stakeholders

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:

• Professional qualification in related field (audit, risk management, accounting) with in-depth specialist risk capabilities, professional knowledge and financial competence
• Detailed understanding of the LBG SOX framework & methodology
• Good knowledge of all key risk types and of SOX and its application in relation to financial services
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills to work with people at all levels
• Deliver influential insight, challenge and advice whilst building collaborative relationships across the Group

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 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.