Description
JOB TITLE: Product Control
SALARY: As per range
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh Princes Exchange
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
Lloyds Banking Group is the UK’s largest Digital, Retail and Commercial Bank with a focus on Helping Britain Prosper. Our Finance teams sit at the heart of the organisation.
The role sits within the Product Control team; a control function responsible to produce the daily P&L across the suite of Commercial Banking and Treasury products.
Product Control is an agile and encouraging team with a desire to foster all its peoples development goals, via learning opportunities, knowledge sharing and cross training! You're expected to work effectively as part of the wider team, helping even out workload, collaborating to solve problems and sharing knowledge. There are always new issues to investigate and resolve, starting every single day with a desire to learn and improve is critical for success in this role.
We’re looking for a team player who is enthusiastic, keen to learn with an interest in financial markets and current affairs!
What you’ll be doing:
Preparation of daily P&L production, reconciliations, signoffs and issue resolution.
Supporting the month end close processes associated with accurately reporting and independently validating the bank’s balance sheet in a timely manner through the preparation of complex reconciliations leading to several journal postings.
Preparation of analysis and in-depth commentary on P&L and balance sheet movements.
Supporting a robust control framework for all processes within remit.
Undertaking ad hoc work and investigation arising from partner requests.
Supporting delivery of efficiencies and a culture of continuous improvement.
Establishing and building relationships with partners.
Why join us?
If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you’ve just found it.
What we’re looking for:
Qualified or part qualified accountant.
At least 12 months gaining knowledge of Financial Instruments.
12 months or more developing relationship building and stakeholder management skills.
Numerate and competent with MS Office applications, with 12 months or more experience with Excel.
And any experience of these would be really useful:
Experience of working in Financial Control or Audit.
Experience of SQL and Macros.
We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.
This is a place for you
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 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 want to ensure all our candidates have the opportunity to shine. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make the sure the assessment process works for you.
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 also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
• 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
Ready for a career where you’ll learn and thrive? Apply today and find out more.
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.