Senior Finance Administrator - FTC / Secondment

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, a team of c500 colleagues within the Finance Division, providing centralised support and expertise to the rest of Finance and the Business. This role is part of the Insurance Financial Control team within Control and Reporting. The team manages financial control activities, focusing on reconciliation, controls, and attestation of Finance data both internally and externally. We're looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual to support our team, positively challenging current processes and encouraging a growth mindset., 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.

• Strong financial control skills, with experience of journals, settlements, reconciliations and supporting accurate, well-controlled month-end activity
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the curiosity to challenge existing processes and identify effective solutions
• Ability to deliver at pace, managing competing priorities while maintaining accuracy, attention to detail and meeting key deadlines
• Continuous improvement mindset, with an interest in automation, innovation and using technology to improve processes and ways of working
• Good understanding of governance and risk, with the confidence to identify, communicate and help resolve issues in a timely manner
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across teams and work proactively with a range of stakeholders., Finance experience - established experience in a related finance role, preferably within the insurance finance sector would be beneficial
• Strong technical proficiency - strong technical competency, particularly in financial software and Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and Oracle.
And any experience of these would be great:
• Power BI, Power Automate, Python, GCP, R and Copilot.
  
  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.

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.