Finance Analyst

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Edinburgh is seeking a Finance Analyst to support financial control activities on a fixed-term contract. The ideal candidate will have an accountancy degree and experience with Microsoft Power Automate. Responsibilities include daily funding and reconciliations, contributing to month-end processes, and improving existing procedures. The role offers a hybrid working model and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping

24 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Graduated from university with an accountancy degree.
• Desire to study towards ACCA qualification.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Automate, Query, and BI tools.

Responsibilities

• Daily funding of bank accounts.
• Daily bank reconciliations ensuring outstanding items are cleared.
• Contributing to the month end process.
• Taking ownership of control issues.
• Collaborating closely with internal teams.
• Identifying improvements to existing processes.

Skills

Accountancy

Microsoft Power Automate

Query and BI tools

Stakeholder management

Teamwork

Education

Accountancy degree

Job description

• JOB TITLE: Finance Analyst
• SALARY: £29,460
• LOCATION(S): Edinburgh
• HOURS: Full-time - 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, at one of our office sites.

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 is a 12-month fixed term contract supporting the CB Financial Control team in Group Finance Support responsible for the financial control activity, reconciliation and basis of substantiation of data on a monthly basis.

The role is in the Financial Control team which is responsible for Ledger Control & Reporting across the Invoice Finance business areas within Commercial Banking.

We're looking for someone who has graduated from university with an accountancy degree and with a long-term aim of becoming a qualified accountant. You should also be an enthusiastic and hardworking candidate who has a passion for learning, especially on the Microsoft Power Automate, Query and BI tools.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Dailly funding of bank accounts
• Dailly bank reconciliations ensuring all outstanding items are cleared by working with the accounting operations teams.
• Contributing to the month end process, including the monthly balance sheet reconciliation and substantiation process, including ARC certification and the assurance of the ledger at month end;
• Taking ownership of control issues or balance sheet breaks, ensuring that these are owned and remediating action plans are in place;
• Collaborating closely with a large number of internal teams
• Developing personal capabilities using existing formal and informal training opportunities;
• Proactively identifying improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, including the running of debrief meetings and driving continuous improvement initiatives;

Why Lloyds Banking Group

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you'll need

• An accountancy degree
• Desire to study towards ACCA qualification
• Experience of Microsoft Power Automate, Query and BI tools.
• Financial control and questioning mindset;
• Stakeholder management
• Great Teammate.

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 want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

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.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, 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

*24 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.