Assistant Manager - Statistical Reporting

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 15%

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Holiday 28 days + BH

Wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group in Edinburgh is seeking an Assistant Manager for Statistical Reporting to own allocated reporting activities and support change delivery. You’ll improve processes, collaborate across teams, and ensure high-quality regulatory returns to BoE, UK Finance and FCA.

Hybrid role with two days/week in Edinburgh. A professional accounting qualification or progress toward ICAS/ICAEW/ACCA/CIMA is encouraged, and strong Excel/data skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial reporting, finance controls, or related finance environment.
• A professional accounting qualification, or progress towards ICAS, ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with data interpretation and root-cause analysis.
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to explain technical matters to stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills to manage deadlines and own actions.
• Proactive, collaborative approach with willingness to improve processes.
• Strong Excel and data skills to analyse information and support reporting.
• Experience using Power Tools and Co-Pilot.

Responsibilities

• Delivery at pace: produce accurate, timely statistical returns meeting regulatory and internal requirements.
• Analytical review: assess data movements, identify trends, investigate variances and evidence conclusions.
• Stakeholder collaboration: build relationships with stakeholders and data suppliers, communicate requirements and progress.
• Risk and control: maintain controls, collect evidence, identify issues and support remediation.
• Continuous improvement: simplify processes, strengthen controls, reduce manual effort, improve timeliness.
• Change support: assess impacts of regulatory and system changes, support testing and rollout.
• Team contribution: share knowledge, coach colleagues, and develop professionally.

Skills

Financial reporting

Accounting qualification progress

Analytical thinking

Communication

Organisational skills

Proactive collaboration

Excel & data skills

Power Tools & Co-Pilot

Job description

Job Description

Assistant Manager - Statistical Reporting

End Date Wednesday 28 October 2026

Salary Range £44,901 - £49,890

Salary: £44,901 - £49,890

We support flexible working – Flexible Working Options, Hybrid Working, Job Share

Location: 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 our Edinburgh office.

About this opportunity: Join the Statistical Reporting team as an Assistant Manager and help transform reporting processes while delivering statistical returns to the Bank of England, UK Finance and the Financial Conduct Authority. You will own allocated reporting activities, improve processes and controls, and support the assessment and implementation of change. You will build strong cross-functional relationships, deepen your technical expertise and help the team deliver high-quality outcomes. Previous Statistical Reporting experience is not essential. We value accuracy, attention to detail, the ability to deliver to tight timelines, and a growth mindset.

What you'll be doing

• Delivery at Pace: deliver accurate, timely statistical returns that meet regulatory and internal requirements.
• Analytical Review and Problem Solving: perform robust analytical reviews of complex data and reporting movements, critically assess trends and anomalies, investigate variances and quality issues to root cause, and clearly evidence conclusions, judgements, and corrective actions.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: build effective relationships with stakeholders, subject-matter experts, and data suppliers, clearly communicating requirements, issues, actions, and progress.
• Risk and Control: operate controls effectively, maintain evidence, identify risks and issues promptly, and support remediation and assurance.
• Continuous Improvement: simplify processes, strengthen controls, reduce manual effort, and improve reporting quality and timeliness.
• Change Support: assess impacts from regulatory, system and process changes, support testing, and implementation, and maintain delivery through change.
• Team Contribution: share knowledge, support colleagues during peak periods, coach others where appropriate, and own your technical and professional development.

What you'll need

• Experience working within financial reporting, finance controls, or a related finance environment.
• A professional accounting qualification, or progress towards ICAS, ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to interpret complex data, investigate issues and draw evidence-based conclusions.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain technical matters and engage stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines, elevate issues promptly and take ownership of actions.
• A proactive, collaborative approach, with confidence to challenge constructively and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Strong Excel and data skills, with the ability to use technology to analyse information, improve processes and support reporting.
• Experience using Power Tools and Co-Pilot.

About us

Join us and, as well as making a difference to customers, you'll enjoy a fulfilling career where you're free to be yourself. Great colleagues, transforming workspaces, hybrid working and a wide variety of career opportunities - you'll find them all here.

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.

Benefits

• 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

Other Information

Like what you hear? Join us! 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. With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers. Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.

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