Finance SME – Assistant Manager

lloyds banking group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group in the UK is looking for a Finance SME – Assistant Manager to join their Strategic Ledger team. The successful candidate will support daily operations of Oracle applications and play a key role in maintaining effective relationships with stakeholders. This full-time position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and various benefits. Ideal candidates will have a finance systems background and strong analytical skills.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

28 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Background in finance systems.
• Ability to establish effective relationships.
• Experience in accounting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain daily and month-end timetables.
• Ensure operational control tasks are completed.
• Collaborate with the team to provide updates on daily issues.
• Create and maintain operational procedures.
• Monitor user queries and provide prompt answers.
• Participate in system testing and support projects.

Skills

Analysis & Decision Making

Delivering Business Results

Change Management

Organisational Awareness

Bringing Innovation to problem solving

Advanced Excel skills

Tools

SAP

Oracle Fusion

Job description

End Date

Wednesday 01 October 2025

Salary Range

£43,803 - £48,670

Flexible Working Options

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: Finance SME – Assistant Manager
SALARY: £43,803 - £48,670
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 one of our office sites.

Job Description

About this Opportunity

An exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join the Strategic Ledger team as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the BAU Run team. The core purpose of the role is to support Finance with the Oracle applications daily operations.

The role requires a finance systems background and the ability to establish effective relationships as you collaborate closely with key stakeholders across all areas of the business.

This is an exciting and varied role, which will enable you to thrive in a supportive, diverse & dynamic team with prospects to really develop your capabilities and career. Job Description

Key responsibilities

• Maintain daily and month-end timetables.

• Ensure daily operational control tasks are completed in a timely manner ensuring issues identified are rectified to manage risks.

• Collaborate closely with the team and business to provide updates and comms on daily issues.

• Participate in the knowledge transfer of tasks into the team and adoption of these processes into the current daily activity.

• Create and maintain operational procedures to make sure they are relevant and up to date.

• Monitor mailbox for any user queries and promptly answer the questions.

• Collaborate with wider Platform on a wide variety of issues and system requirements.

• Participate in team discussions to identify and deliver continuous improvement to increase efficiency and productivity.

• Independently prioritise own development learning new skills and knowledge to increase team capability and capacity.

• Participate in systems testing to support quarterly releases and project change.

• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders across Finance and the Business.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you\'ll need

• Analysis & Decision Making: Identifies the key issues, breaking down problems and establishing facts. Uses sound judgement to make informed decisions. Accounting background would be preferential. Analytical approach to data and processes.

• Delivering Business Results: Energetic, tenacious in the achievement of goals and operates at pace. Strong collaborative working ethic, with a 'can / will do' approach and must be prepared to be hands on.

• Change Management: Communicates and explains change effectively. Plans and implements changes gaining commitment and understanding, minimising disruption to service.

• Organisational Awareness: Highly organised with a keen diligence and the ability to prioritise effectively in a demanding environment. Develops and maintains relationships with key contacts in all relevant areas.

• Bringing Innovation to problem solving: Looks for opportunities to simplify and improve within a changing environment.

• Advanced excel skills would be beneficial to the role alongside any SAP and Oracle Fusion system knowledge.

Flexibility regarding working hours will be required to support as there is a requirement to operate controls late evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays. Cover will be on a rotational basis.

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.

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.

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.