Assistant Finance Manager Commercial Banking Control and Reporting within Group Finance Support

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking candidate to support the Finance Manager in leading a Finance team responsible for ensuring the ledger is complete and accurate for Commercial Cards, Term Deposits, AMC (all Commercial Banking product areas) and a Joint Venture (JV) business between LBG and an external party. Involves both preparation and review of month end journals, balance sheet substantiation preparation and regular interaction with Finance Business Partners and external JV partner, production of management and statutory reporting and other financial control processes. Why Lloyds Banking Group? From building a truly sustainable business to crafting a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose. What you'll be doing

• Overseeing Finance Analysts who post and reconcile the daily JV account balances in the LBG general ledger
• Continuing to strengthening the relationship between LBG Financial Control and the external third party who manage the operational and financial processing functions
• Supporting the Manager with meeting key deliverables and reducing key person dependencies as well as driving forward resolution of issues.
• Leading on the production of the standalone entity statutory financial statements and legal entity audit, providing updates to Finance Manager and attending regular check point calls with external auditors, whilst supporting and upskilling financial analyst throughout.
• Contribute to Governance, Legal Entity & Risk packs, with a focus on strengthening controls to mitigate risks and reviewing these regularly.
• Collaborating closely with a large number of internal teams including; other GFS teams and the CB Finance business partner teams (based primarily in London and Bristol). In addition there may be a requirement to liaise with Accounting Policy, Divisional Business and Operations teams, Finance Platform colleagues, internal and external auditors when required.
• Appropriate involvement in adhoc projects relevant to Commercial Cards or the JV business.
• A willingness to cross-cover and support other sub teams and deputise where required.
• Mentoring and supporting junior colleagues
• Developing personal capabilities using existing formal and informal training opportunities, while also coaching others as required;
• Proactively identifying improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, including the running of debrief meetings and driving continuous improvement initiatives;
• Significant contribution to the eventual successful adoption of the new Oracle ledger through regular engagement with Finance Platform, and other Change teams to ensure that Financial Control matters are considered.
  
  Accountancy qualification - ICAS (or equivalent), ACCA or CIMA;
• Passion for Financial control and a curious mindset;
• Good analytical skills;
• Good stakeholder management skills
• Confidence to challenge;
• Desire to embrace and emulate LBG's Grow With Purpose ethos
  
  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.

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're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. 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. As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role. We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• 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
If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.