Assistant Finance Manager

at  Lloyds Banking Group

End Date
Thursday 05 September 2024
Salary Range
£45,954 - £51,060
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Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working, Job Share
Job Description Summary
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Assistant Finance Manager
SALARY: £45,954.00 - £51,060 (salary may vary according to experience)
LOCATION(S): Leeds
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; Helping Britain Prosper. We do this by creating a more sustainable and inclusive future for people and businesses, shaping finance as a force for good. Could you help us make this possible?
The Treasury Reporting and Analytics team sits within Treasury Reporting and Finance part of Group Corporate Treasury made up of around 100 colleagues based in London and West Yorkshire. The IRRBB Modelling and Reporting team is responsible for the provision of modelling the divisional balance sheet and providing insight for internal and regulatory stress tests. Our team plays a critical role in the understanding, monitoring, reporting and as such execution of financial risk management for the Group.
This is an opportunity for an accomplished Assistant Manager to work closely with the broader team in delivering best in class modelling and reporting to a broad range of internal and external partners, specifically in relation to stress test exercises.
This is a highly visible role with exposure to senior colleagues in addition to the full Group balance sheet.

As an Assistant Finance Manager your accountabilities will include:

• Delivery of stress testing modelling in QRM and reporting for the Group and its entities. Including, but not limited to, balance sheet and income modelling as well as management information and analysis to support with the understanding and decision making associated with risk exposures in stress testing
• Support with the explanation of key drivers behind risk exposures in stress testing to the Finance and Risk partners
• Suggest and support with the continuous development of the models/applications used for stress testing whilst optimally prioritising between inbound change, regulatory change and operational improvement
• Maintain collaborative relationships with Risk and Finance partners to support the delivery of quality and timely reporting in stress tests
• Responsible for handling and implementing robust processes to support team objectives including reporting, controls and management information
• Act with attention to detail and control to minimise operational risks via robust control frameworks underpinning processes whilst escalating and providing visibility to known risk
• Continuously challenge existing process to identify operational improvements to enable time for value adding activity and qualitative review

Why 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 you’ll need

• Ideally have a financial/ Treasury background with an understanding of stress testing and experience using QRM.
• A broad understanding of Treasury related financial risks and be able to interpret complex datasets whilst communicating with a clear understanding to different audiences and their team
• A highly motivated individual with an analytical mindset who consistently achieves results even under tough circumstances.
• A good understanding of Excel functionality and capabilities to proactively review, challenge and streamline existing models or build new modelling capability.

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’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.
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.
As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.
We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you’d like an adjustment to the recruitment process 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

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you’ll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you’ll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We’ll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We’re focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference

Please refer the Job description for details