Assistant Manager - Statistical Reporting

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking an Assistant Manager for their Statistical Reporting team in Group Finance Support. The role involves delivering regulatory returns, supporting risk management, and fostering stakeholder relationships. Ideal candidates will have a strong finance background, relevant qualifications, and excellent Excel skills. Join a company committed to inclusivity and professional growth.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

A range of wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Dedicated finance professional with a proven track record.
• Qualified or part qualified with a professional accounting qualification.
• Experience with automation tools is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Deliver returns on time within a robust control framework.
• Support a robust risk and control environment.
• Establish solid relationships with key stakeholders.

Skills

Strong Excel skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ICAS, ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

Automation tools (AI, Co-pilot)

Job description

About this opportunity

At Lloyds Banking Group, we have a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper and to become the best Financial Services provider for our customers. Through our brands, our Group has a relationship with just about every household and community in the UK. We underpin the lives of millions of individuals and businesses and play a key role in helping to build a growing UK economy.

You'll join us in Group Finance Support (GFS), a team of c300 colleagues within the Finance Division, providing centralised support and expertise to the rest of Finance and the Business.

This role sits within the Statistical Reporting team within GFS. The team has responsibility for statistical reporting to the regulators. This includes:

• BofE Statistical Reporting for Lloyds, BOS & LBCM, HBOS & LBG

• FCA/PRA returns for BOS and Lloyds

• Retail Mortgage returns to UK Finance for BOS, Lloyds & LBG

As an Assistant Manager in the team you will:

• Work with the team to deliver returns on time and within a robust control framework.

• Deliver prescribed outcomes by working within established procedures.

• Support a robust risk and control environment.

• Assist senior colleagues impact assess regulatory changes on reporting.

• Assist with relevant change projects to ensure delivery to the Regulator is maintained.

• Be innovative in finding opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Establish solid relationships with key stakeholders.

• Develop personal capabilities using existing formal and informal training opportunities, while also coaching others as required.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way 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

• You'll be a dedicated finance professional with a proven track record of excellence, preferably within the financial services sector.

• Qualified or part qualified with a professional accounting qualification e.g. ICAS, ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA.

• Strong excel skills.

• Speak up, challenge and act to help deliver continuous improvement in behaviours and processes.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, to build and sustain long-term relationships.

• Strong communication skills

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Experience of automation tools such as AI, Co-pilot would be beneficial.

• Prior knowledge of Statistical Reporting is not essential – we value core capabilities, transferable skills, and the appetite to learn.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

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.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you’d like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

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

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch!We’d love to hear from you!