Reporting & Controls Manager - Group Sustainable Business

lloyds banking group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Reporting & Controls Manager for their Group Sustainable Business team. This role requires expertise in sustainability reporting and governance, with a focus on corporate sustainability practices. Ideal candidates will have strong stakeholder engagement skills and experience with ESG standards. The position offers a hybrid work environment and attractive benefits including a generous pension and performance-related bonuses.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes

Adaptable lifestyle benefits

30 days’ holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong technical understanding of corporate sustainability and ESG issues.
• Ability to interpret sustainability KPIs and performance.
• Experience in building measurement tools such as performance scorecards.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to sustainability reporting and governance processes.
• Coordinate internal governance and produce relevant documentation.
• Support the management of sustainability performance measurement metrics.

Skills

Experience in sustainability reporting

Knowledge of ESG standards

Stakeholder engagement skills

Attention to detail

Ability to translate data insights

Innovation and adaptability

Collaboration

Education

Degree in a related field

Job description

End Date

Thursday 02 October 2025

Salary Range

£0 - £0

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

Job Title

Reporting & Controls Manager - Group Sustainable Business

Salary

£59,850 - £66,500

Location

Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds

Hours

Full Time

Working Pattern

Our working 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

This is an opportunity to bring your experience in sustainability reporting, frameworks, governance and controls to Lloyds Banking Group where you’ll play a key role in delivering our sustainability ambitions.

You’ll be part of the Group Sustainable Business team which sits at the centre of the Group and plays an important role in enabling Lloyds Banking Group’s purpose ambitions and activities which are critical to the delivery of the Group’s strategy and helping Britain Prosper. These include defining the ambitions and enablement actions across key areas such as affordable homes, financial empowerment, regional development, transition to net zero and protecting nature.

Key Responsibilities

• Contributing to, and assisting to shape aspects of the Group’s sustainability reporting working with relevant key stakeholders across the Group
• Keeping up to date on the latest sustainability developments, trends, opinions and legislation to support the Group in ensuring it is alignment with the latest market developments
• Supporting the management of relevant internal reporting requirements including sustainability performance measurement metrics
• Supporting the coordination of internal governance processes and the production of papers for Group executive and Board level governance forums
• Assisting in the development of a Group double materiality process within the aligned with, and to support the requirements of incoming reporting standards and market expectations
• Working collaboratively with internal partners in the Finance, Audit, Business Units and Risk teams regularly to support the delivery of reports, governance packs, and key deliverables
• Supporting the GSB team controls environment, working in collaboration with Risk partners helping to manage key risks across business and operational activities within the team remit
• Supporting the Group to continue to embed its principles of doing business in a responsible, sustainable and inclusive way

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. We are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together we can grow with purpose.

What you’ll need

We’re looking for a driven individual with experience in sustainability reporting, governance, frameworks and controls who would like to take their career to the next stage. Is this you? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Key knowledge and skills that we are looking for:

• A strong technical understanding and experience of corporate sustainability, with a broad understanding of the environmental, social and governance issues that impact the financial sector
• Knowledge and experience of incoming, and current, voluntary and mandatory ESG standards such as ISSB, CSRD, CSDDD, UNGP’s, TCFD, TISFD, The Equator Principles, GRI and SASB, and the ability to translate the impacts of these frameworks on the Group
• The ability to review and interpret sustainability KPI’s and performance, and translate insights from raw data into proof points for strategic progress and narrative
• Experience in building and deploying the use of measurement tools such as performance scorecards
• Knowledge and experience of setting, building and reviewing sustainability risks and controls
• Strong working knowledge and experience in working with leading external bodies such as UNGC, IFRS, EU EFRAG, and UNEP-FI. An established relationship with key bodies is considered a plus
• Exceptional and demonstratable experience in stakeholder engagement, relationship building and collaboration
• A focus on detail and presentation standards
• The ability to talk about, and translate business concepts, ideas or facts to communicate information in a compelling and memorable way
• A keenness to innovate to go faster by taking responsibility for challenging existing processes; being an early adopter of change and viewing advancements in technology as opportunities to help us deliver for our internal and external stakeholders
• The ability to inspire others by building rapport and gaining commitment through strong personal identity. Embracing diverse viewpoints; demonstrated in the way you do business and collaborate with others.

Benefits

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

Next Steps

If you’re excited about being 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.