JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

This is a full time role based in Edinburgh

JOB DESCRIPTION

• JOB TITLE: Finance Analyst

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 c300 colleagues within the Finance Division, providing centralised support and expertise to the rest of Finance and the Business. This role is a 12-month fixed term contract supporting the CB Financial Control team in Group Finance Support responsible for the financial control activity, reconciliation and basis of substantiation of data on a monthly basis.
The role is in the Financial Control team which is responsible for Ledger Control & Reporting across the Invoice Finance business areas within Commercial Banking.
We’re looking for someone who has graduated from university with an accountancy degree and with a long-term aim of becoming a qualified accountant. You should also be an enthusiastic and hardworking candidate who has a passion for learning, especially on the Microsoft Power Automate, Query and BI tools.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Dailly funding of bank accounts
• Dailly bank reconciliations ensuring all outstanding items are cleared by working with the accounting operations teams.
• Contributing to the month end process, including the monthly balance sheet reconciliation and substantiation process, including ARC certification and the assurance of the ledger at month end;
• Taking ownership of control issues or balance sheet breaks, ensuring that these are owned and remediating action plans are in place;
• Collaborating closely with a large number of internal teams
• Developing personal capabilities using existing formal and informal training opportunities;
• Proactively identifying improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, including the running of debrief meetings and driving continuous improvement initiatives;

Your responsibilities will include:

• Dailly funding of bank accounts
• Dailly bank reconciliations ensuring all outstanding items are cleared by working with the accounting operations teams.
• Contributing to the month end process, including the monthly balance sheet reconciliation and substantiation process, including ARC certification and the assurance of the ledger at month end;
• Taking ownership of control issues or balance sheet breaks, ensuring that these are owned and remediating action plans are in place;
• Collaborating closely with a large number of internal teams
• Developing personal capabilities using existing formal and informal training opportunities;
• Proactively identifying improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, including the running of debrief meetings and driving continuous improvement initiatives