Legal Entity & Securitisation Assistant Finance Manager

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group in Edinburgh is seeking a Legal Entity & Securitisation Assistant Finance Manager for a 12 month FTC. The ideal candidate is a dedicated finance professional with an accounting qualification and experience in financial services. Responsibilities include month-end financial control and process improvement. The role offers hybrid working, a competitive salary, and a wide-ranging benefits package including a generous pension contribution and 28 days holiday. Join us and make a real impact in driving positive change.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual bonus award

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping

28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Dedicated finance professional with an accounting qualification.
• Experience in financial services sector or statutory reporting preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and passion for success.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end financial control and statutory reporting.
• Drive process improvement in financial operations.
• Collaborate with teams for accurate reporting.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Delivery driven

Collaborative

Education

Accounting qualification

Tools

Microsoft 365

Finance Systems

Job description

End date Thursday 15 January 2026

Salary range £43,803 - £48,670

We're rebooting an icon and building the future of finance.

Find out why you should join us.

Agile Working Options Job Share; Reduced Hours; Flexibility in when hours are worked; Hybrid Working

Job description

JOB TITLE: 12 month FTC - Legal Entity & Securitisation Assistant Finance Manager

SALARY: £43,803 - £53,537

HOURS: Full time

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh

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

Are you resourceful and passionate about solving problems? Do you challenge the status quo and have a desire to improve processes? Then read on!

We in Group Finance Support at Lloyds Banking Group are opening our next chapter. We’re hiring forward-thinking people that want to maximise their impact in the leading financial services group in the UK, influencing positive change. We’re looking for those that proactively drive their development, have the ambition to succeed and wish to invest in their career.

The Legal Entity and Securitisation team are a trusted, value adding partner to the business, supporting with month end financial control, balance sheet substantiation and statutory reporting. We are also in the middle of an ambitious Finance Transformation programme with opportunities to leverage new tooling to optimise our processes.

We’re offering the opportunity to build on your existing knowledge and technical expertise. With us, you won’t be just a resource – you’ll be valued from day one. You’ll get genuine ownership and responsibility, and you’ll get to support the development of others whilst being supported yourself too.

We have embraced hybrid working at Lloyds Banking Group and the team are generally in the Edinburgh office at least 2 days a week, which provides a great balance between working from home and collaborating in our office space.

About 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. Including you.

What you’ll need

• You'll be a dedicated finance professional with an accounting qualification, and ideally with financial services sector or statutory reporting experience.
• Highly organised with a keen attention to detail and the ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical skills and the passion to contribute to the success of the function are something we'd genuinely want to see in any applicant.
• A desire to improve existing processes, systems, and procedures through continuously challenging what we do and how we do it.
• Competent user of Finance Systems and software.
• You'll need to be delivery driven and show a passion for producing quality work at pace.
• You'll work in a highly collaborative way to ensure the correct reporting and assist in the analysis and explanation behind the numbers.

Desirable skills

• A self starter, who is organised and has good attention to detail.
• Experience of Microsoft 365 suite, specifically Excel.
• Experience of using Finance Systems and software would be an advantage, or a proven ability to learn new systems in a short timescale.

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 bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

You’ll learn new skills and be given opportunities to grow and develop to help you achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career. We’re a very supportive team who care about your wellbeing. Our Hybrid ways of working means that you can find a work-life balance that suits you, with a mix of home and office working. The expectation currently is that you work a minimum of two days a week in the Edinburgh Office.

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