Finance Manager, Retail Transport Financial Reporting & Control, Group Finance Support

Key Details

JOB TITLE: Finance Manager, Retail Transport Financial Reporting and Control

SALARY: as per pay range

LOCATION(S): Bristol Harbourside

HOURS: Full time 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least

two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

About this Opportunity

You'll join us in Group Finance Support (GFS), a team of c350 colleagues within the Finance Division, providing centralised support and expertise to the rest of Finance and the Business.
 

This role sits within the Retail Financial Control and Reporting team in Group Finance Support, partnering with Retail Transport, you'll help maintain a strong control environment that ensures confidence in reporting. You'll also play an active role in the 18-person Transport team, with direct line management responsibility for 4 colleagues.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

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.

Day to day responsibilities

Your role will be varied, and no two days will look quite the same; some of your key priorities include:

• Lead and manage a team of 4 in Retail Transport Reporting & Control, ensuring timely, accurate daily, monthly, and quarterly reporting and strong financial controls.

• Lead delivery of key Transport subsidiaries statutory accounts, working closely with Retail partners and external auditors on financial accounting matters.

• Embed robust risk management and maintain a high-quality, ‘no-surprises’ control environment, resolving issues quickly through effective collaboration.

• Champion continuous improvement, focusing on data quality and automation.

• Build strong partnerships to deliver accurate, insightful reporting for Group and subsidiary needs.

• Act as SME, supporting transformation and change initiatives in collaboration with Platform teams.

• Foster a development-focused culture, promoting continuous learning and contributing to wider team growth helping ensure GFS is well placed to deliver now and for the future.

What you’ll need

Education:

• Professional finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with post qualification experience in both financial control and statutory reporting.

Technical skills & experience:

• Knowledge and experience of Group reporting & control systems or other external financial software; together with an understanding of latest key (IFRS) accounting standards.

• Leading delivery of statutory accounts including understanding of Legal Entities.

• Strong experience in financial control and risk reporting. For internal candidates this would include LBG RSCA and SOX framework; with an awareness of the key risks facing LBG Finance.

Behavioural skills:

• Passion for financial control and statutory reporting with drive, energy and a growth mindset, leading by example demonstrating our values and behaviours.

• Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring colleagues to perform at their best.

• Excellent communicator, able to influence and articulate complex issues at all levels, building strong collaborative diverse working relationships across different parts of the Group.

• Strategic problem solver, with a passion for creating and driving future transformation and continuous improvement within Finance.

And any experience of these would be really useful

Power app suite and/or automation tools.

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

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.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

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.

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top.

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more.