JOB TITLE: Finance Manager, 12 Month FTC
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh
HOURS: Full time
SALARY: £65,385 - £72,650
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Edinburgh office
About this opportunity
We're looking for an experienced Finance Manager to join us in Edinburgh in a fixed term contract.
This role sits within the Commercial Banking Financial Control and Reporting team within GFS, who are responsible for financial control activity for the Commercial Banking division ("CB") such as income recognition, reconciliation and substantiation of financial data, guardianship of the ledger and ensuring risks are appropriately recorded, escalated and resolved.
Day to day you'll be:
* Overseeing Finance analysts and assistant managers who post and reconcile the daily JV account balances in the LBG general ledger.
* Handling the relationship between LBG Financial Control and the external third party who run the operational and financial processing functions.
* Supporting the production of the standalone entity statutory financial statements and oversight of the entity audit.
* Preparing and walking through with senior colleagues of Governance, Legal Entity & Risk packs, with a focus on strengthening controls to mitigate risks and reviewing these regularly.
* Working with Finance Platform, and other Change teams to ensure that Financial Control matters are considered in LBG's Transformation project, including handling the ongoing change impact.
* Proactively identifying improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, including the running of debrief meetings and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
What you'll need:
* Accountancy qualification - ICAS (or equivalent), ACCA or CIMA.
* Passion for Financial control and a curious mindset.
* Experience of leading a team.
* Confidence to challenge at a senior level.
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 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.
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