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Form of workJOB TITLE: Senior Manager, Group Finance Support
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh
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.
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.
- 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.
