Assistant Finance Manager

Lloyds Banking Group; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks an experienced Assistant Finance Manager in Bristol Harbourside. This full-time role involves supporting month-end activities and project work within the External Reporting and Analysis team, requiring strong accounting skills and familiarity with financial software. Join us in making a meaningful impact as we transform our services for 26 million customers.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual bonus based on Group performance

Share schemes including free shares

Benefits tailored to lifestyle

28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong Excel skills needed.
• Experience with LBG general ledgers preferred.
• Accountancy qualification or relevant experience required.

Responsibilities

• Support team managers in organizing month-end deliverables.
• Complete month-end activities including journals and reconciliations.
• Assist in producing annual accounts and regulatory returns.

Skills

Excel skills

Understanding balances

Education

Accountancy qualification/part-qualified accountant

Tools

Oracle Fusion

SAP

Job description

End date
Tuesday 30 April 2024

Salary range
£42,120 - £46,800

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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’re looking for an experienced Assistant Finance Manager to join the External Reporting and Analysis team within the Insurance, Pensions and Investments Finance area (IP&I), reporting into the Finance Manager. The team takes pride in delivering reporting in a controlled and informative way, explaining the impact of performance and transactions to our partners within the Group, and externally. In this role, you'll have exposure to multiple areas of the IP&I business, as well as the wider Banking Group.

Day to day, you’ll be:

• Providing support to team managers, specifically when organising and planning month-end deliverables.
• Completing month-end activities, including posting manual journals and performing reconciliations (i.e., integrity).
• Embedding project work as several projects have recently launched.
• 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 how 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

• Accountancy qualification/part-qualified accountant.
• We can consider applicants qualified by experience and studying for formal qualifications.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Experience with LBG general ledgers (e.g., Oracle Fusion and SAP).
• Ability to understand balances and connect the dots, with a proactive approach to ownership.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure inclusivity every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture.

We were among the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

We especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. If you need reasonable adjustments during recruitment, please let us know.

Benefits include:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits tailored to your lifestyle, such as discounts
• 28 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
• Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Interested in doing meaningful work that makes a difference? Join our journey.