Assistant Manager Accounting Operations (12-month FTC/secondemnt)

JOB TITLE: Assistant Manager Accounting Operations (12-month FTC/secondment)
SALARY: £43 803 - £48,670
LOCATIONS: Bristol
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
This opportunity is ideal for an experienced finance professional. The position is part of the Ledger Operations team within Accounting Operations (AO), a fast-moving group managing diverse processes. Responsibilities include ensuring journal postings are complete and accurate, adhering to strict SLAs. The role offers experience with general ledger journal postings, major finance IT systems, cost accounting, input on finance policy, and significant interaction with senior collaborators.

As a line manager within a team of 9, daily, weekly, and monthly activities are coordinated to ensure smooth operations and maintain high standards. The Accounting Operations team includes about 60 members within a larger Group Finance Support team of roughly 300. This group handles core systems, processes, financial reporting, and controls for the Finance Division.

This position suits a driven person who can support colleagues in completing operational ledger tasks while meeting their own goals. It offers a valuable chance to work in a shared service team, providing broad exposure and interaction with other Finance departments to help career growth.

 
ABOUT US

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 BE DOING

• Coordinate daily, weekly, and monthly activities within the team.

• Ensure journal entries are accurate and completed on time.

• Maintain high standards across all processes.

• Collaborate with key finance systems and gain exposure to cost accounting and finance policies.

• Work together with senior leaders and other departments within Finance.

 
WHAT YOU'LL NEED: 

• Qualified accountant (preferable, but not mandatory) or qualified by experience 

• Experience with key finance activities including general ledger transactions and operational finance activities 

• Ability to work well under pressure and to tight delivery deadlines engaging and working closely with multiple stakeholders 

• A drive to challenge processes, determining the most efficient, accurate, and controlled ways of doing things

• A passion for doing things differently, challenging the status quo, and embracing new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence or Automation opportunities

• Ability to line manage and collaborate with the wider group to share guidelines and champion high performance 

ABOUT LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
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.

WHAT’S IN FOR YOU

You'll be pivotal in shaping the financial strategy and success of our business, with opportunities for continuous learning and career development within a dynamic and supportive environment. Work with a diverse team that values collaboration and innovation.

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

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. 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.

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people?
Join our journey!