Finance Assistant Manager - 12 month FTC

JOB TITLE: Finance Assistant Manager - 12 month FTC

SALARY: £43,803 - £48,670

LOCATION(S): Bristol

HOURS: Full-time

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

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 c350 colleagues within the Finance Division, providing centralised support and expertise to the rest of Finance and the Business. This role sits within the Insurance Financial Control team in Group Finance Support, who are responsible for the financial control activity, primarily reconciliation, controls and attestation of both internal and external Finance data, within Lloyds Banking Group. Our key collaborators are Insurance, Pensions and Investment (IP&I) Division supporting reporting across Insurance Life and Non-Life Entities.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking candidate to support our team on a fixed term contract basis, positively challenging current processes and encouraging a growth mindset across the team.

Day to day, you will:

• Active involvement in financial control activity to support Insurance Entity and Group Reporting: Taking ownership of tasks and deliverables to support timely and controlled Month End close activity.  Demonstrate diligence in preparation and review of work, not being afraid to challenge or question inputs or outputs.

• Delivery at Pace: Implementing processes that break down work to deliver value more quickly and frequently. Embracing a problem-solving mindset with the curiosity to explore and challenge existing processes.

• Innovation: Challenge the status quo to improve the way we do things. Embrace culture of continuous learning. Find opportunities for innovation and technology to improve processes; identifying how time can be reinvested in value add with the ability to embrace change.

• Governance and Risk: Prompt escalation of risks and issues providing support to manager to mitigate the impacts of risks. Demonstrate resilience and take ownership and accountability when issues occur. Challenge what and why and show curiosity about the end to end and wider context.

• Collaboration and Communication: Proactive engagement with Insurance, Pensions and Investment Finance (IP&IF) and other collaborators across the Group to ensure seamless integration of financial processes with the broader change management initiatives.

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.

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field: (e.g. Finance or Accounting) or a professional accounting qualification either part or fully qualified (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA).

• Finance experience: Established experience in a related finance role, preferably within the insurance finance sector would be beneficial.

• Strong technical proficiency: Strong technical acumen, particularly in financial software and Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and Oracle. Any experience of the following would also be highly desirable: Power BI, Power Automate, Python, GCP, R, Co-pilot.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: Capable of interpreting complex financial data.

• Communication skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, adept at building relationships with collaborators at all levels.

• Diligence: Strong attention to detail and a dedication to accuracy in financial reporting.

• Pro-activeness & continuous improvement: Self-motivated, organised and proactive in finding opportunities for improvement and driving change. A willingness to learn new skills is essential in the role.

• Integrity: High ethical standards and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality and integrity in all financial matters.

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 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

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