Description
JOB TITLE: Assistant Manager Product Control
SALARY: £43,803 – £53,100
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh
HOURS: 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.
About this opportunity
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're inspired by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper and to become the best bank for our customers. What we do makes a genuine difference to families, businesses and communities, and we’re playing a central role in crafting a growing UK economy.
This is an exciting opportunity within Product Control. You’ll become a member of the Trading Book team, an agile and supportive team with a desire to further all of its colleagues development goals, via learning opportunities, knowledge sharing and cross training. The person in this role will manage the team's daily operations. They will focus on the daily P&L, monthly deliverables, and ad hoc projects.
We're seeking a candidate who is ready to take on a new challenge and continue their professional development in an exciting and rewarding environment. The Bank is in a period of significant transformation and this role is seen as key to the future development and success of the team.
What are your responsibilities?
1. Reviewing and preparing daily P&L production, reconciliations, signoffs, issue resolution.
2. Supporting the month-end close processes associated with accurately reporting and independently validating the bank’s balance sheet in a timely manner.
3. Supporting a robust control framework for all processes within remit.
4. Undertaking ad hoc work and investigation arising from partner requests.
5. Supporting delivery of efficiencies and a culture of continuous improvement.
6. Establishing and building relationships with partners.
7. Mentoring junior colleagues
Why Lloyds Banking Group
If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.
Who is being sought
8. A hard working great teammate who is enthusiastic and keen to learn with an interest in financial markets and current affairs.
9. Qualified or part qualified with a desire for further study
10. Knowledge of Financial Instruments and interest in Financial Markets
11. Skilled in Microsoft Applications and interest in creating technology-based solutions involving artificial intelligence
12. Actively demonstrate core Lloyds Banking Group values and behaviours
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:
13. A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
14. An annual performance-related bonus
15. Share schemes including free shares
16. Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
17. 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
18. A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
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.