Description
JOB TITLE: Senior Analyst, Financial Risk
LOCATION(S):EdinburghHalifax, Leeds, Cardiff, Bristol
Salary: £43,803.00 - £65,705.00
WORKING PATTERN:Full Time hybrid: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our above office sites.
About this Opportunity
Are you ready to help shape the future of Stress Testing Reporting and Insight?
Do you have the passion to continuously drive improvements in execution, develop innovative solutions, and influence senior leaders with your insight?
If so, join us in the ST&R team (Stress Testing and Reporting) at the heart of Lloyds Banking Group’s strategy for risk analytics and reporting.
Why This Role Matters
We’re part of the Financial Risk, Insight and Quantification (FinRI&Q) area within Risk Science, the ANALYTICS & INSIGHT pillar, where deep financial risk expertise meets regulatory responsibility. Our team is responsible for delivering accurate, high-quality reporting.
Our Goals for 2026 are clear:
1. Unlock insights from Regulatory Reporting data
2. Achieve industry-leading capabilities
3. Share knowledge and expertise across teams
4. Have highly effective operating models
5. Strengthen risk management with a best-in-class control framework
6. Build a high-performing team with the right skills in the right roles
You’ll work closely with teams across Risk Science, Chief Credit Office, Model Governance & Strategy, and the Prudential & Analytics Lab to turn our Goals into reality. You’ll collaborate with our wider Stress Testing team to learn more about how the group works and about the impact of different economic scenarios.
This is your chance to make a tangible impact on how we report and explain regulatory risk within Lloyds Banking Group.
What You’ll Bring to the Role
This is more than just data analysis, it’s about shaping the insights that drive strategic decisions and create meaningful change for our customers. Your work will ensure we deliver best-in-class regulatory analytics, helping the Bank stay resilient and forward-thinking.
As an experienced data analyst, you’ll join a team that’s transforming the way we manage and use data for regulatory reporting. Every day, you’ll make an impact by:
7. Delivering critical regulatory reportswithin Stress Testing, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
8. Driving continuous improvement,challenging existing processes and finding smarter, more efficient ways of working.
9. Leading strategic change,aligning data initiatives with the Bank’s long-term goals.
10. Providing expert insight,mitigating risks and ensuring systems, processes, and controls are robust and future-ready.
11. Collaborating across Risk and Finance,working with diverse teams to deliver cohesive analytics and innovative solutions.
Join Our Team and Make an Impact
We’re looking for a dedicated and driven individual to help develop the future of risk analytics and reporting. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy solving complex problems, this role offers the perfect opportunity to grow and make a real difference.
What We Are Seeking
12. Technical Expertise:Proficient inPython,SQLorSAS.
13. Excel Skills:You’ll have Excels skills, possibly includingmacros, enabling you to deliver efficient and automated solutions.
14. Analytical Perspective: Highly diligent with a passion for accuracy and problem-solving. Experience incredit riskis an advantage but not essential.
15. Adaptability & Drive:Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. You’ll be proactive, self-motivated, and always looking for ways to improve processes. The ability tochallengewill set you apart.
16. Control & Governance:Committed to maintaining a robust control environment and ensuring quality in everything you do.
17. Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and confidently to interested parties at all levels
Not essential but advantageous experience in;
18. Credit Risk
19. Stress Testing, Capital and Impairment reporting across Retail and Commercial portfolios
20. Emerging technologies onGoogle Cloud Platform
21. An understanding of collaborative tools such asGitHub,Jira, andConfluence.
About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern 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:
22. A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
23. An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
24. Share schemes including free shares
25. Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
26. 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
27. 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.