Group Finance Support - Head of Group Reporting and Ledger Close

This exciting role offers the opportunity to lead, build and motivate a team of c.40 finance professionals, in the Group Reporting and Ledger Close Team, partnering with other teams across Group Finance Support (GFS) and Central Finance to deliver a robust control environment which gives confidence in reporting to stakeholders. This includes providing valuable insights and support to partners to contribute to LBG strategic agenda. In addition, you'll have responsibility for aligning inputs and delivering the Ledger Close Process for the Group General Ledger. You'll be responsible for providing support to several divisional Finance teams including Commercial Banking and Group Treasury. The reporting responsibilities include Regulatory Compliance Reporting to the PRA and Bank of England.

• Drive and positively influence key internal and external GFS partners including Central Finance stakeholders, Divisional Finance Directors, Risk Partners, Platform Teams and our external auditors and Regulators
• Provide challenge, insight and decision support to the Central Finance teams and other key partners to improve reporting, controls and performance
• Lead the GFS monthly, quarterly and annual reporting cycles delivering to partners.
• Manage the Group's Balance Sheet Substantiation process, which is crucial for accurate balance sheet validation throughout the organisation. Provide important updates to senior committees, including the Finance Risk Committee.
• Responsible for Regulatory Statistical Reporting - across banking entities for monthly/quarterly submission to Bank of England, PRA, FCA and UK Finance
• Lead governance over the Group's intercompany balances. Performing controls, reconciliations and investigations to clear mismatches between entities, ensuring no material misstatement
  
  You'll be a strategic problem solver, with a passion for creating and driving future transformation and continuous improvement within Finance as well as having prior experience of leading a team through system, process or cultural change
• Prior experience in leading a Financial Reporting Process in a large organisation, preferably in Banking
• Leader with drive, energy and a growth mindset, who leads by example and has experience of leading a large team
• Excellent communicator, able to influence and articulate complex issues at all levels across LBG, building strong diverse working relationships across different parts of the Group.
• Attract, inspire and lead a successful, diverse professional team actively handling performance to realise potential and retain talent
• Qualified finance professional with significant post qualification experience as a leader in control and management and statutory reporting
• Strong Risk and Control understanding, including LBG RSCA and SOX framework; with an awareness of the key risks facing LBG Finance. Strong technical knowledge in accounting for banking products preferred
  
  We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you., 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
If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. 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.