Key Details
JOB TITLE: Head of Group Reporting
SALARY: TBA
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Princes Exchange
HOURS: Full Time, 35 hours per week
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites
About this Opportunity
This exciting role offers the opportunity to lead, build and motivate a team of c.20 finance professionals, in the Group Reporting Team, partnering with other teams across Finance to deliver a robust control environment which gives confidence in reporting to our customers and partners. This includes providing valuable insights and support to contribute to the LBG strategic agenda. In addition, you'll have responsibility for aligning inputs and delivering the Ledger Close Process for the Group General Ledger. This role involves collaborating with several divisional Finance teams including Commercial Banking and Group Treasury, and delivering to other Group Finance teams, as well as deputising for the Control & Reporting Director where necessary.
The team is in the midst of a significant Transformation journey, and you'll be part of influencing, designing and implementing Finance Transformation over the next 5 years, both within Central Finance and beyond.
As part of this role, you’ll champion innovative thinking and creative problem-solving to enhance processes, tools and reporting. You’ll seek opportunities to harness emerging technologies and data-driven solutions to improve efficiency, and accuracy. By fostering a culture of continuous improvement, you’ll ensure that new ideas are evaluated and implemented where they contribute, helping shape the future of Finance at LBG!
Why Lloyds Banking Group
We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.
Day to day responsibilities
Drive and positively influence key internal and external partners including Central Finance team members , Divisional Finance Directors, Risk Partners, Platform Teams and our external auditors and Regulators.
Provide challenge, insight and decision support to the Central Finance teams and other key partners to improve reporting, controls and performance.
Lead the monthly, quarterly and annual reporting cycles delivering to interested parties.
Manage the Group’s Balance Sheet Substantiation process, which is crucial for accurate balance sheet validation throughout the organisation. Provide important updates to senior committees, including the Finance Risk Committee.
Lead governance over the Group’s intercompany balances. Performing controls, reconciliations and investigations to clear mismatches between entities, ensuring no material misstatement.
Lead the team to support Transformation, including leading and influencing the design and delivery into the key areas of activity.
Responsible for ensuring robust risk management processes, including SOX and RCSA, are embedded within the team. Provide a ‘no-surprises’, high quality Financial Control environment.
Own and be accountable in driving resolution of issues at pace, collaborating effectively across teams to get the best solution for LBG.
Build, lead and develop a successful professional, resilient and driven Finance team of c20 people.
Driving an environment of continuous improvement and innovation and through data improvement and the use of automation and AI tools.
As a key member of the Leadership team, drive the cultural change to ensure that the Control & Reporting team is well placed to deliver for now and for the future.
Deputise for the Finance Director – Control & Reporting as required.
What we’re looking for
Leader with drive, energy and an innovative approach, who leads by example and has experience of leading a large Finance team.
Strategic mind, with a passion for creating and driving future transformation and continuous improvement within Finance.
Excellent communicator, able to influence and articulate complex issues at all levels across LBG, building strong diverse working relationships across different parts of the Group.
Prior experience in leading a Financial Reporting Process in a large organisation, preferably in Banking.
Strong technical knowledge in accounting for banking products preferred.
Attract, inspire and lead a successful, diverse professional team actively managing performance to realise potential and retain talent.
Qualified finance professional with significant post qualification experience as a leader in control and management and statutory reporting.
Strong Risk and Control understanding, including LBG RSCA and SOX framework; with an awareness of the key risks facing LBG Finance.
Prior experience of leading a team through system, process or cultural change.
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, 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
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.
