Assurance Manager - Finance Chief Control Office

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JOB TITLE: Assurance Manager - Finance Chief Control Office

SALARY:£62,874 - £69,860

LOCATION(S): Bristol or Edinburgh

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in one of the above offices

About this opportunity

An opportunity has arisen to join the newly formed Finance Control Office within Group Finance Risk. We are a team of around 50 colleagues within Central Finance who provide guidance to our finance teams in the application of the Group Risk Management Framework. We are also responsible for providing Assurance over Group wide Financial Reporting processes.

We are on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. We are putting in place a fresh operating model for non-financial risk management across the Group, empowering our people to take end-to-end accountability for managing the risks they face. We are building a team where our colleagues are valued and supported to become experts in what they do and grow their careers. We want colleagues to feel connected to our Group strategy and understand how their role fits into it supporting Finance deliver its objectives for non-financial risk safely.

The role provides a perfect opportunity to use your expertise and natural desire for change to help evolve our approach to assurance, including the use of digital tools to support the delivery of our SOX testing.

Being able to respond to internal and external change will also be a key element of the role and will position us well to influence the ongoing (Group Strategic) Finance Transformation programme.

As a Manager within the Control office, you will help support our drive to strengthen our wider financial control environment and also provide support on risk and control matters across the end-to-end business processes including Finance.

Day to day you'll be;

• Playing a key role in the delivery of the Group's SOX assurance testing programme.
• Using judgement to make assessments on allocated control testing assignments across a range of business areas and sharing business insights with the GFR team and wider Finance Risk Business Partners.
• Challenging existing approaches and build on the quality of our assurance processes, identifying, recommending, and delivering on areas for improvement, including through the use of technology.
• Actively participating in supporting the agenda on purpose, priorities, people and engagement within Group Finance Risk.

About us

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. 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

We're looking for a risk professional, ideally with a qualification and experience in a related field (audit, risk management, accounting) or, alternatively, having gained expertise through experience in a related function along with:

• A passion for understanding risk and control, and delivery of SOX assurance testing, ideally in relation to financial services
• Experience in delivery of insight, challenge and advice whilst building collaborative relationships across the Group
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills to work with people at all levels to meet shared objectives.
• Ability to understand and assimilate different sources of data and complex information to effectively problem solve and make control assessments.
• Expertise in understanding Financial Reporting Risk with the skillset to challenge risk and control owners on the end-to-end management of risk within a Finance landscape.

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Using technology enabled solutions to improve quality and efficiency of controls testing or other day to day activities.
• Understanding control environments related to IT business applications and infrastructure in financial services.
• Supporting control optimisation, testing and monitoring activities.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, and build an organisation that reflects

modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of

background, identity or culture.

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.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our

recruitment processes, just let us know.

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

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

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.