Description
JOB TITLE: Assistant Finance manager
LOCATION(S): Bristol Harbourside
Salary: £42,120 - £46,800
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Bristol Harbourside office
About this opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Assistant Finance Manager to join us at our Harbourside office in Bristol. This particular role sits within the Scottish Widows Europe reporting team which is part of the Legal Entity & Reinsurance Operations team (an External Reporting & Analysis team), who are responsible for ledger close and financial reporting activity to support Insurance, Pensions and Investments (I,P&I) divisional reporting.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking Finance professional to provide support to management, positively challenging current processes and encouraging a growth mindset across the team.
Day to day you’ll be;
1. Providing support to team managers, specifically when organising and planning Month end deliverables.
2. Completing month end activities, including posting manual journals and performing reconciliations (i.e. Integrity).
3. Embedding project work as a few projects have launched recently.
4. Helping with the production of the annual statutory accounts and quarterly/ annual regulatory returns.
About us
Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…
What you’ll need
5. Accountancy qualification/part qualified accountant.
6. We can consider applicants qualified by experience and studying for formal qualifications
7. Strong excel skills.
8. Experience of LBG general ledgers (e.g. Oracle Fusion and SAP).
9. Looking for someone who can come in and take ownership of understanding.balances and ability to join the dots.
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:
10. A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
11. An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
12. Share schemes including free shares
13. Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
14. 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
15. 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.