Assistant Manager Box - Investment Operations (FTC)

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job description

End Date

Tuesday 06 May 2025

Salary Range

£51,777 - £57,530

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working

Job Description Summary

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Assistant Manager Box - Investment Operations (FTC)

SALARY: £51,777 - £57,530

HOURS: Full time

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, involving at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

An excellent opportunity has arisen at the Assistant Manager level to join the Investment Accounting & Operations team within Insurance, Pensions & Investments Finance on a fixed-term contract until the end of December.

You’ll join the Box Management Team, focused on ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of key deliverables by overseeing all daily operational processes and controls performed by third-party outsource service providers. This includes all NAV fund accounting, trading activity, fund unit pricing, and daily management of Box exposures across the Scottish Widows fund ranges. The team is responsible for signing off on daily fund prices in accordance with agreed timeframes and interpreting cashflows to minimize the impact of unit movements across funds.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Interpreting sophisticated processes and ensuring the efficient and effective production of high-quality output and analysis, anticipating internal partner needs.
• Performing daily, weekly, and monthly processes to ensure timely and accurate financial data production, especially for processes impacting pricing.
• Executing customer daily cashflows and instructions to Fund Managers promptly.
• Developing and building relationships with third-party fund accounting and management service providers to oversee their delivery.
• Ensuring compliance with accounting policies and practices, and continuously improving operational and control procedures.
• Reviewing and signing off tasks within deadlines, ensuring data control and accuracy, including checking and authorizing daily box decisions.
• Building relationships with partners to support the provision of quality and timely information and analysis for business decisions.
• Participating in small projects or well-defined tasks within larger projects to support improvements and implement solutions.

About us

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and our approach to finance, focusing on the future and investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone, including you.

What you’ll need

• Ideally a part or fully qualified Accountant - ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
• Experience in fund pricing and administration within a large organization.
• Strong self-organization skills, time management, and proactive process adherence.
• Excellent data analysis skills, capable of interpreting data and drawing insights for decision-making.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills to build positive relationships across the organization.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, SharePoint, Teams, Word, and Yammer.

About working for us

We promote inclusivity and diversity, creating a workplace where colleagues can be themselves, thrive, and perform at their best. We have initiatives like the menopause health package, Working with Cancer, and are a Disability Confident Leader, ensuring fair opportunities for applicants with disabilities and providing reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

Benefits include:

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

If you're excited about joining our team, we’d love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a purpose to help Britain prosper. Join us to shape the future of financial services, with many opportunities to learn, grow, and develop.

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We are committed to creating a values-led, inclusive culture that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities, where everyone can make a difference.