Legal Entity & Securitisation Assistant Finance Manager

12 month FTC - Legal Entity & Securitisation Assistant Finance Manager

Salary: £43,803 - £53,537

Hours: Full time

Location(s): Edinburgh

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 in Group Finance Support at Lloyds Banking Group are opening our next chapter. We’re hiring forward-thinking people that want to maximise their impact in the leading financial services group in the UK, influencing positive change. We’re looking for those that proactively drive their development, have the ambition to succeed and wish to invest in their career. The Legal Entity and Securitisation team are a trusted, value adding partner to the business, supporting with month end financial control, balance sheet substantiation and statutory reporting. We are also in the middle of an ambitious Finance Transformation programme with opportunities to leverage new tooling to optimise our processes.

We’re offering the opportunity to build on your existing knowledge and technical expertise. With us, you won’t be just a resource – you’ll be valued from day one. You’ll get genuine ownership and responsibility, and you’ll get to support the development of others whilst being supported yourself too. We have embraced hybrid working at Lloyds Banking Group and the team are generally in the Edinburgh office at least 2 days a week, which provides a great balance between working from home and collaborating in our office space. 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.

What you’ll need:

• You’ll be a dedicated finance professional with an accounting qualification, and ideally with financial services sector or statutory reporting experience.
• Highly organised with a keen attention to detail and the ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical skills and the passion to contribute to the success of the function.
• A desire to improve existing processes, systems, and procedures through continuously challenging what we do and how we do it.
• Competent user of Finance Systems and software.
• You’ll need to be delivery driven and show a passion for producing quality work at pace.
• You’ll work in a highly collaborative way to ensure the correct reporting and assist in the analysis and explanation behind the numbers.

Desirable skills:

• A self-starter, who is organised and has good attention to detail.
• Experience of Microsoft 365 suite, specifically Excel.
• Experience of using Finance Systems and software would be an advantage, or a proven ability to learn new systems in a short timescale.

About working for us: 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 bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

You’ll learn new skills and be given opportunities to grow and develop to help you achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career. We’re a very supportive team who care about your wellbeing. Our Hybrid ways of working means that you can find a work-life balance that suits you, with a mix of home and office working. The expectation currently is that you work a minimum of two days a week in the Edinburgh Office.

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.

With 320 years under our belt, we’re used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers. Here, you’ll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.