Finance SME – Finance Application Security Assistant Manager

JOB TITLE: Finance Application Security Assistant Manager – 6-month Fixed Term Contract 

SALARY: as per pay range 

LOCATION: 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 

We are looking for a motivated individual to join our Finance Application and Security Team, supporting the Group’s critical financial applications through User Access Management (UAM).

What you’ll be doing:

• Support delivery of UAM business requirements and resolve user access issues within supported finance applications. 

• Build strong relationships across Finance Platforms and with internal/external auditors. 

• Operate monthly management and SOX controls and ensure gold standard governance are met. 

• Maintain up-to-date procedure documentation. 

• Manage and respond to queries via Jira, ServiceNow, and shared mailboxes. 

• Collaborate with stakeholders on UAM needs and continuous improvement initiatives. 

• Lead team discussions to drive efficiency and productivity. 

• Proactively develop skills, share knowledge, and reduce single points of dependency. 

• Actively participate in building a great inclusive team culture for the Lab and Platform.

Why join us?  

We’re transforming at pace. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We’re growing, and we’d love you to be part of the journey.

What we’re looking for: 

• At least 12 months UAM experience. 

• The ability to drive delivery and meet deadlines without supervision. 

• Good technical and numerical skills, including excellent working knowledge of Microsoft products such as Excel is essential.

• Clear and effective communication, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of stakeholders. 

• Energy, enthusiasm, and appetite to take on and drive new opportunities and challenges. 

• The ability to work independently and as part of a team whilst using own initiative. 

• Flexibility, resilience and strong ability to prioritise work to meet commitments, respond to change and maintain focus. 

• A natural curiosity and willingness to challenge and improve existing controls and processes. 

And any of these would be desirable: -  

Knowledge of finance systems like Oracle Fusion, GDRS, or FDPP. 

Proficiency in the Groups tooling e.g. SNOW, JIRA, Power Automate, Power Query…

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you

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 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 want to ensure all our candidates have the opportunity to shine. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make the sure the assessment process works for you.

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 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 to make an impact? Apply today.