People & Places Control Manager

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a People & Places Control Manager to drive control automation and optimization. This role offers the chance to work with a team of experts, focusing on enhancing control environments through innovative solutions. You'll collaborate with various stakeholders, analyze control efficiencies, and lead initiatives that impact the business positively. With a commitment to inclusivity and diversity, this forward-thinking company provides a supportive environment where your contributions will make a significant difference. If you're ready to embrace change and drive impactful results, this opportunity awaits you.

Benefits

Up to 15% pension contribution

Annual performance bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Flexible benefits such as discounts

30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience in control by design and monitoring control strategies.
• Strong analytical skills for control performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of control automation initiatives.
• Analyze control environment efficiency and report on compliance.
• Lead control testing and manage a small team.

Skills

Control by Design

Data Interpretation

Control Testing

Process Mapping

Automation

Influencing Skills

Job description

End Date

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Salary Range

£0 - £0

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

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

JOB TITLE: People & Places Control Manager
SALARY: £65,380 - £72,650
LOCATIONS: Halifax, Bristol, Edinburgh or Leeds
HOURS: Full Time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site.

Job Description

Here in the People & Places (P&P) Control Office, there is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new team passionate about the P&P Control optimisation and automation journey. This is a prominent role within a team of subject matter experts providing insightful analysis and evaluation of the P&P control environment and safeguarding the business. The role provides a real opportunity to identify inefficiencies and drive automation for an optimised control environment.

In this role, you’ll work with the control specialist leadership to support the delivery of this next phase of transformation for Lloyds Banking Group.

We are looking for an individual who innovates to go faster, takes ownership of challenging existing processes, is an early adopter of change, and views technology advancements as opportunities to achieve better outcomes. Someone who encourages others by establishing rapport, gaining dedication through strong personal identity, and embraces diverse thinking and views. A person who demonstrates a growth learning attitude and is open to new experiences to intentionally grow their individual and team skills.

Accountabilities

• Work with the Senior Manager on the P&P control automation journey. Identify existing opportunities for control automation, identify control gaps, and use control by design where applicable to drive automation.
• Collaborate with platform teams to design, build, cost, and deliver on the automation journey.
• Cascade P&P automation review schedule and methodology to appropriate stakeholders. Support deep dives into control automation within P&P.
• Engage with business partners to champion and progress control automation initiatives.
• Work with risk and control owner teams to deliver aligned customer, business, and strategic outcomes.
• Analyze and assess control environment efficiency using various sources, identifying potential impacts on the business.
• Support the development and implementation of control strategies to supervise and test the control environment across end-to-end processes.
• Lead control testing and transactional work, supervising a small team performing control management tasks.
• Support the development of control tooling solutions for environment optimization.
• Ensure timely reporting on control effectiveness and compliance, maintaining data quality.
• Assist in managing actions on operational risk events and breaches, identifying issues, and suggesting improvements.
• Support monitoring progress via dashboards into P&P Risk Committee.

What We Need From You

Control Practitioner: Experience in control by design, implementing, and monitoring control strategies, with strong control testing skills.

Data & Analytics: Ability to interpret data, solve problems, and develop analytical processes for control performance reporting.

Clear Reporting: Expertise in crafting effective reports on automation, compliance, and control environment performance.

Great Influencing: Ability to support senior management, foster partnerships, and collaborate effectively.

Control Automation & Optimization: Experience with process mapping, automation, and embedding control by design.

About working for us

We focus on inclusivity, diversity, and building a workplace where everyone belongs. We are disability confident and offer reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

Our benefits include:

• Up to 15% pension contribution
• Annual performance bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Flexible benefits such as discounts
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Join us to do impactful work that makes a difference to millions. Our purpose is to help Britain prosper, and we are committed to a values-led, inclusive culture.

If you're excited to join our team, we’d love to hear from you.

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.