Financial Reporting and Control Manager

at  Lloyds Banking Group

End Date
Wednesday 29 January 2025
Salary Range
£62,874 - £69,860
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Financial Reporting & Control Manager
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh

SALARY: £62,874 - £69,860

HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Edinburgh office
About this opportunity
We are looking for an experienced line manager to lead a team of 7 accountants responsible for ensuring the ledger is complete and accurate for the total lending portfolio of Commercial Banking.
This role sits within the Commercial Banking Financial Control and Reporting team, who are responsible for financial control activity for the Commercial Banking division such as income recognition, reconciliation and substantiation of financial data, guardianship of the ledger and ensuring risks are appropriately recorded, escalated and resolved.

Day to day you’ll be;

• Analysing key themes using data from a wide range of sources and identifying possible impacts on the business.
• Identifying shortcomings and suggesting improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, then delivering a plan for a small element of a change management programme with guidance from a project/programme manager.
• Setting short term objectives and helps lead the performance of direct reports by working within performance management systems.
• Analysing specified problems and issues to find the best technical and/or professional solutions.
• Developing and/or delivering budget plans for own area with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Developing procedures and interprets and applies policy for area of expertise to achieve specified outputs, or advises the wider business on application of policy, then monitors implementation of those procedures within the organisation.

About us
Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you’ll need

• Professional accountancy qualification.
• Experience in leading a team of qualified accountants.
• Excellent communication and management skills.
• Experience in leading and mentoring high performing teams.
• Experience of working on a large scale finance transformation project

About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, and build an organisation that reflectsmodern 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 bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

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