Assistant FP&A Manager - Lloyds Living in Manchester

Locations: Manchester

Time Type: Full Time

Salary Range: £47,790 - £53,100

Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

Location: Manchester

Type: 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.

Lloyds Living is the Group’s Private Rental and Shared Ownership Subsidiary. Its purpose is to Help Britain Prosper through improving access to good quality, affordable rental homes across the UK whilst delivering diverse and sustainable financial returns to Group.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and driven Assistant Finance Manager to join our dynamic FP&A team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in providing financial insights and support to drive strategic decisions across our business. This role is ideal for candidates with a strong analytical mindset, commercial acumen, and a thorough understanding of key business drivers.

About the role:

The Assistant Manager will report to the Finance Director and will join the existing Lloyds Living Finance FP&A Team.

Key responsibilities:

• Analyse financial performance of property assets, including rental yields, capital growth, and operating expenses.
• Prepare detailed financial models to support acquisition strategy, developments, capital expenditure and refinancing projects.
• Deliver regular management reporting, including variance analysis, forecasting, and budgeting for the property portfolio.
• Collaborate with portfolio managers, asset managers, and other stakeholders to identify opportunities for value creation, optimisation of finance processes and cost efficiency.
• Support the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Assist in the preparation of board papers, investor and external reporting.
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards, tax regulations, and company policies.
• Provide finance support to projects across the Lloyds Living business.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) preferred.
• Experience in a finance analyst role, with exposure to the property sector preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in financial modelling and analysis, Excel, and relevant property management systems.
• Strong understanding of property valuation, investment appraisal, and market trends preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
• Proactive, adaptable, and commercially minded approach to problem-solving.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and performance-related bonus
• Generous pension contribution scheme
• 28 Days Holiday plus bank holiday
• Share schemes
• Private healthcare
• Wide range of salary sacrifice schemes and benefits
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements considered

This role provides an exciting opportunity to work flexibly and collaboratively with a result-oriented team, to help Lloyds Living bring to life the Group’s vision of being the Best Bank for Customers & colleagues.

We are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We support the principles of agile working and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We are an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.

Together we make it possible.

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.