Finance Analyst

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Finance Analyst

SALARY: £30,201 - £31,790

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh

HOURS: Full time – 35 hours per week – 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 in the office. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy. 

What you’ll be doing:

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 Central Finance – Control & Reporting a team of c200 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.

In this role you’ll:

• Prepare and post finance journals.

• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and substantiation activities.
• Produce reporting and analysis to support month-end and daily finance processes.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort within reporting and reconciliation processes.
• Develop and maintain Power Query and Excel-based automation solutions.
• Use macros and automation tools to streamline journal preparation and approval workflows.
• Support data enrichment and process improvement initiatives.
• Investigate and resolve finance data and reporting issues.
• Deliver control checks to ensure processes remain accurate and appropriately controlled.
• Support change initiatives, including implementation of new finance processes and corrective journal activity
• Carry out maintenance & documentation of key EUDAs and end-user databases that support the Term Deposits control environment.
• Support monthly flash and final reporting by analysing balance sheet, P&L and average balance movements and providing commentary on significant variances.
• Work closely with Ledger Control, FDAO, Prism, Finance Platforms and Business teams to ensure source system data is accurately transferred, reported and controlled. 

Why join 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.

What we’re looking for?

• Accountancy degree completed within the last two years, with ACCA or CIMA exemptions leaving you with only six exams to complete; or already a part-qualified accountant with fewer than six exams remaining.
• Passion for Financial control and questioning approach
• Strong stakeholder management
• Team player

This is a place for you:

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 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

Ready for a career where you’ll learn and thrive?

Apply today and find out more!

Please note our roles can generate a considerable amount of interest and close early so don't miss out on this opportunity to apply today.

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.