Manager, Finance Chief Control Office

This role sits within the Finance Chief Control Office and presents an exciting opportunity work within the Control Optimisation team for Operational (Non-Financial) Risk within Group Finance.

We're on a journey as a Group to reset the way we manage Operational risk. This role will support the Finance Chief Control Management team in driving forward the transformation of the Group's risk and control agenda, delivering an effective and robust control environment within Group Finance in partnership with Risk and Control Owners and Risk Specialists.

You'll partner with our Group Finance colleagues, providing expertise to implement our control strategy and ensure management can effectively discharge their accountabilities.

Day to day you'll be:

• Supporting the implementation of the control optimisation strategy for Operational (Non-Financial) risk in Finance (this excludes Financial Reporting Risk), including involvement in the Control Automation approach within Finance.


• Supporting the review & challenge of the Finance risk profile and control strategy implementation.


• Critically reviewing how the Operational (Non-Financial) risk profile is handled in Finance.


• Planning and delivering on risk and control assessments, mapping of key processes and controls, remediation actions, and provide guidance across the end to end finance processes.


• Providing guidance, review and challenge to process and control owners in the application of the Risk Management framework for the Finance teams.
  
  Professional qualification in related field (audit, risk management, accounting) with in-depth specialist risk capabilities, professional knowledge and financial competence.


• Finance risk and control expertise in relation to Operational (Non-Financial) risk categories across accounting processes and systems, with the skills to challenge risk and control owners on the end-to-end management of risk.


• Operational expertise aligned to management of Operational (Non-Financial) Risk, including some experience (or transferable experience) related to the risk arising from Operational Resilience, Security, Sourcing, Compliance, Economic Crime, Change and IT systems within a Finance function.


• Understanding of how Risk Management framework interlocks with Group Policy requirements in the context of Finance operationally, or can demonstrate where this experience has been held within a similar function / business area


• Understanding of control management and the practical implementation across relevant business area with a record of leading control design, optimisation, automation, testing and monitoring activities.


• Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives at pace - working effectively with all other lines of defence and understands the different but complimentary roles.
  
  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, and build 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.

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.