Assistant Finance Manager in Manchester

Join our Retail Finance team as an Assistant Finance Manager! You’ll play a key role in producing management information and forecasts that help shape business decisions. Using tools like Planning Analytics (PAX), Excel, Power Query, Power BI, MIA and Oracle, you’ll capture, consolidate and present data that drives insight. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine your analytical skills with cutting-edge technology and make a real impact in a dynamic finance environment.

This fixed term contract role offers the chance to join our Retail Finance team and make a real impact. You’ll be at the heart of producing accurate forecasts and insightful management reports, using tools like Planning Analytics (PAX), Power BI, and Oracle to support key business decisions.

• Forecast Consolidation: Coordinate data flows from Business Units through Division to Group Finance, ensuring a smooth planning process for all stakeholders. This includes pre-populating the system with holding positions, creating PAX templates, maintaining the SharePoint site, and implementing robust controls.
• Reconciliation Management: Ensure all actuals within plans align with previously reported figures submitted and checking that submitted plans are presented accurately by Group Finance.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Provide guidance and support to Business Units, building strong relationships with planning and reporting teams.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement process enhancements to improve efficiency, accuracy, and control using power query and power automate where appropriate.
• Management Reporting: Work collaboratively across the team to deliver standardised monthly management reporting and quarterly forecasting/planning outputs.
• Culture & Collaboration: Contribute to an inclusive and collaborative culture within Retail Finance, fostering strong relationships across teams and hubs.
• Personal Development: Take ownership of individual and team objectives, investing in personal growth by developing skills and capabilities.

• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications, particularly Excel (VBA and power query an advantage), TM1, Power BI and Oracle.
• Finance Professional (part-qualified in CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent).
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Proactive approach to process improvement.
• An interest in learning data visualisation tools and techniques.

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 offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns.

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

• 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

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'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.