Assistant Finance Manager – Financial Control; FTC)

Job Summary

END DATE:
Wednesday 30 September 2026

SALARY RANGE: £44,901 - £49,890

We support flexible working –

• Hybrid Working
• Job Share

Job Title:

Assistant Finance Manager – Financial Control (12 Month FTC)

Salary: £44,901 - £54,879

Location(s):
Edinburgh

Hours:

Full-time

Working Pattern:
Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Edinburgh office.

At LBG, 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.

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. Including you.

• Deliver accurate and timely month-end financial control, reporting and consolidation activities.
• Produce management, statutory, regulatory and governance reporting for the IMS portfolio.
• Prepare, review and substantiate balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving financial control issues.
• Maintain a strong financial control framework through effective controls, risk management and audit support.
• Build trusted relationships with Finance, Risk and business stakeholders to ensure reporting integrity and resolve issues.
• Coordinate regulatory reporting and governance requirements, ensuring robust review and sign-off.
• Drive automation, process improvement and Finance Transformation initiatives to enhance efficiency, control and data quality.
• Utilise digital tools such as Power Query, Power Automate and reporting solutions to streamline processes and reduce operational risk.
• Support knowledge sharing, continuous improvement and team-wide collaboration.

• Accountancy qualification – ICAS (or equivalent), ACCA or CIMA
• Passion for Financial control and a curious mindset
• Good analytical skills
• Good stakeholder management skills Confidence to challenge
• Desire to embrace and emulate LBG’s Grow With Purpose ethos And any experience of these would be really useful Financial services experience Strong risk awareness

Join us and, as well as making a difference to customers, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career where you’re free to be yourself. Great colleagues, transforming work spaces, hybrid working and a wide variety of career opportunities – you’ll find them all here.

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

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…