Finance Product Modelling Manager - 12 Month Secondment in Bristol

**Salary Range** £67,023 - £74,470

**Location** Bristol

**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. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

**About our team** Are you looking for a new role, in a high-profile team? We have an exciting opportunity to join the Product Modelling Team in Commercial Banking (CB) Finance, based in Bristol. CB Finance supports the CB businesses, Business & Commercial Banking and Corporate & Institutional Banking. Both are integral areas of LBG, offering customers a full suite of core banking products, including lending, transaction banking, working capital management and financial markets. CB Finance plays a key role in providing analysis and insight on business performance. We have c.200 finance colleagues spread across 3 hubs in London, Edinburgh and Bristol, with a smaller number of colleagues in international offices. We operate as both a control function and partner to the business. The Product Modelling team is responsible for the overview of product performance, used for financial reporting, and forecasting future trends supporting the Group planning process. The team works closely with the product and coverage finance business partner teams (FBPs) and wider CB Finance teams, Group Finance, Group Corporate Treasury and the Finance Platform, collaboratively providing effective insight and decision support. We promote a positive, empowered culture, giving each other the support and space to deliver well in role. You’ll enjoy working as part of a diverse and inclusive team, thriving in an innovative and encouraging work environment.

**What you’ll be doing** If you have a naturally enquiring and analytical mind-set, can balance multiple contending priorities, and are adept at building collaborative relationships, we'd love to hear from you. Day to day you’ll be involved with a variety of activities including:

• Deliver the financial reporting, performance and planning overview for specific products within CB
• Work with the wider Flash and Planning team to support delivery of the CB Flash and Forecast submissions into Group Finance
• Build key relationships with FBP teams and Finance centres of excellence to deliver well together, understand income drivers and gather relevant inputs for the performance and planning process
• Improving the efficiency of processes, while identifying and stopping redundant activity

**What we’re looking for**

• Qualified accountant (or qualified by experience)
• Credentials that demonstrate working in a time-pressured and dynamic environment with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and an ability to develop a broad network across the organisation and collaborate to achieve goals
• A genuine drive to improve, and passion for making processes simpler and more efficient.
• Experience of using PAX, and strong Excel skills (including model building).
• Understanding of the CB business and organisational structure

**And any experience of these would be great** Knowledge of applications such as Power BI would be an advantage.

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:** 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 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 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 provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

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
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you’ll learn and thrive? Apply today and find out more.

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.