Finance Analyst

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job sharing

Flexible working options

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is recruiting a Finance Analyst in Edinburgh for a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role covers journals, reconciliations, reporting, and automation using Power Query and Excel. The hybrid working model requires two office days per week.

Ideal candidates have an accounting degree with ACCA/CIMA exemptions or are near completion of exams, plus strong stakeholder skills and a team-focused mindset.

Qualifications

• Accountancy degree completed within the last two years, with ACCA or CIMA exemptions leaving you with only six exams to complete.
• Part-qualified accountant with fewer than six exams remaining is eligible.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post finance journals.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and substantiation activities.
• Produce reporting and analysis to support month-end and daily finance processes.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort within reporting and reconciliation processes.
• Develop and maintain Power Query and Excel-based automation solutions.
• Use macros to streamline journal preparation and approval workflows.
• Support data enrichment and process improvement initiatives.
• Investigate and resolve finance data and reporting issues.
• Deliver control checks to ensure processes remain accurate and properly controlled.
• Support change initiatives, including implementation of new finance processes and corrective journal activity.

Skills

Journal posting

Balance sheet reconciliations

Financial reporting

Power Query

Excel automation

Macros

Data enrichment

Process improvement

Issue resolution

Control checks

Education

Accounting degree

ACCA/CIMA exemptions

Part-qualified accountant

Tools

Power Query

Excel

Job description

End Date Sunday 25 October 2026 Salary Range £30,201 - £31,790 We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary . Job Description

JOB TITLE: Finance Analyst SALARY: £30,201 - £31,790 LOCATION(S): Edinburgh HOURS: Full time – 35 hours per week – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time in the office. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

What you’ll be doing:

• Prepare and post finance journals.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and substantiation activities.
• Produce reporting and analysis to support month-end and daily finance processes.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort within reporting and reconciliation processes.
• Develop and maintain Power Query and Excel-based automation solutions.
• Use macros and automation tools to streamline journal preparation and approval workflows.
• Support data enrichment and process improvement initiatives.
• Investigate and resolve finance data and reporting issues.
• Deliver control checks to ensure processes remain accurate and appropriately controlled.
• Support change initiatives, including implementation of new finance processes and corrective journal activity Carry out maintenance & documentation of key EUDAs and end-user databases that support the Term Deposits control environment.
• Support monthly flash and final reporting by analysing balance sheet, P&L and average balance movements and providing commentary on significant variances.
• Work closely with Ledger Control, FDAO, Prism, Finance Platforms and Business teams to ensure source system data is accurately transferred, reported and controlled.

Why join us?

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

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.

What we’re looking for?

• Accountancy degree completed within the last two years, with ACCA or CIMA exemptions leaving you with only six exams to complete; or already a part-qualified accountant with fewer than six exams remaining.
• Passion for Financial control and questioning approach
• Strong stakeholder management
• Team player

Benefits

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 24 days holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

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.

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.

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