Investment Accounting Manager

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Investment Accounting Manager

SALARY: £78,300 – 87,000

LOCATION(S): Bristol or Leeds

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 one of our office sites

Help shape high-quality reporting across a diverse investment portfolio of more than £200bn, while leading people, improving processes and driving automation.

About this opportunity

We’re looking for a motivated finance specialist to join the Investment Accounting team within Wealth & Insurance Finance. The team produces high-quality information relating to the division’s investment portfolio, for direct use in reporting and by other teams across the business.

You’ll focus on asset data processes and climate reporting, overseeing key data attributes, simplifying the reporting of large data sets and managing the production of required climate reports. You’ll work in a collaborative environment with exposure to a range of Wealth & Insurance activities, financial reporting frameworks and regulatory requirements, including IFRS and Solvency UK/II.

Day to day, you will

• Lead the production of accurate, high-quality statutory and regulatory reporting information linked to the investment portfolio, including month-end close and quarterly Solvency UK/II asset reporting.
• Lead the annual production of climate reporting figures.
• Manage and develop direct reports, supporting their career development.
• Analyse and challenge large data sets, identify issues and work with external parties and internal stakeholders to resolve them promptly.
• Build a deep understanding of customer data requirements and embed them into team processes.
• Develop strong relationships with third-party service providers, internal customers using asset data and colleagues across Finance.
• Lead process improvements, automation and digital activity, particularly using Power Platform tools such as Power BI, Power Query and Power Automate.
• Provide insightful analysis of financial performance, key drivers and business outcomes.
• Lead and support change initiatives and smaller projects, including process, system and reporting upgrades.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

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.

What you’ll need:

• A relevant qualification in accounting or finance
• Experience in financial reporting under IFRS and Solvency II/UK frameworks
• Experience in investment reporting, and an understanding of key data attributes relevant to the Wealth & Insurance markets
• The skill to examine data and transform it into clear, meaningful insights
• Demonstrable experience in refining processes, automation, and change projects
• Strong organizational skills and careful attention to detail, combined with the capability to manage priorities and meet deadlines

And any experience of these would be really useful:

• Experience in, or a willingness to learn, the PCAF framework for greenhouse gas emission calculations for loans and investments
• Managing multiple direct reports and supporting their career development
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to connect and persuade colleagues across teams
• Experience in, or a willingness to build skills with, tools that support data analysis and automation in particular Power Platform tools (e.g., Power BI, Power Query, Power Automate

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

Ready to start growing with purpose? Apply today

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.