Senior Manager, Controls Architect (Insurance)

lloyds banking group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group in the UK is seeking a Senior Manager, Controls Architect to lead risk and control initiatives across Insurance, Pensions & Investments. This role requires a strong background in regulated environments, experience in risk management, and the ability to influence senior leaders. The position offers a competitive salary and promotes diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave

Qualifications

• Experience in regulated environments within the Insurance space.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Ability to influence senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Driving control improvements through simplification and automation.
• Championing ERMF compliance across the business units.
• Coordinate risk and control assessments in partnership with Risk Owners and Control Owners.
• Lead root cause analysis of operational risk events.
• Provide assurance over supplier policy adherence.
• Act as a senior point of contact on control matters.

Skills

Background in regulated environments within Insurance

Risk management and controls experience at a senior level

Understanding of ERMF and operational risk frameworks

Partner management and communication skills

Experience in process automation and control design

Strong product understanding

Job description

Job Description Summary

Are you ready to shape the future of risk and control in one of the most dynamic areas of Lloyds Banking Group? The IP&I Chief Controls Office (CCO) is not just a function, it’s a strategic engine driving control transformation and excellence across Insurance, Pensions & Investments.

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Senior Manager, Controls Architect (Insurance)

SALARY: £83,411 - £98,130

LOCATION(S): Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Two days per week, or 40% of your time, working from one of our offices.

About this opportunity

At the heart of the IP&I CCO is a mission to reset risk and elevate control standards. From tackling legacy challenges to leading control environment transformation and control automation, the team is making tangible improvements that unlock our potential to protect customers now, and in their futures.

As a Senior Manager, you'll lead the strategic execution of risk and control initiatives across IP&I. You'll be responsible for embedding robust control frameworks, driving control improvement, simplification and automation, ensuring compliance with the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF). This role demands strong leadership, cross-functional coordination, and the ability to influence senior leaders.

What you'll be doing

• Driving control improvements through simplification and automation.
• Championing ERMF compliance across the business units.
• Coordinate risk and control assessments in partnership with Risk Owners (ROs) and Control Owners (COs).
• Lead root cause analysis of operational risk events and ensure timely control remediation.
• Provide assurance over supplier policy adherence and manage outsourcing notification processes.
• Act as a senior point of contact for internal and external partners on control matters.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

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

• Background working in regulated environments within the Insurance space
• Experience in risk management and controls at a senior level.
• Strong understanding of ERMF and operational risk frameworks.
• Excellent partner management and communication skills.
• Experience in process automation and control design.
• Strong product understanding.

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

• 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.

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.