JOB TITLE: SOX Assurance Assistant Manager - Finance Chief Control Office
SALARY: £42,120 - £46,800
LOCATION(S): Bristol/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 one of our office sites
This role presents a great opportunity to play an integral role in the delivery of the Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) assurance testing programme and contribute towards the management of Financial Reporting risk across Lloyds Banking Group.
About this opportunity
This role presents a great opportunity to play an integral role in the delivery of the Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) assurance testing programme and contribute towards the management of Financial Reporting risk across the Group.
You'll develop an understanding of the risks and controls within key end-to-end processes across the Group and learn how data flows all the way from product origination (e.g. a customer taking out a personal loan online) through to financial reporting of associated balances, income, costs and impairment and ultimately the disclosures in the Financial Statements in the Annual Report and Accounts.
Key to success in this role is the ability to plan your workload to meet team priorities, strong communication and influencing skills, a continuous improvement approach and proven capability in control identification and assessment.
Responsibilities:
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Delivery of independent assurance assessments, primarily Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) control design and operating effectiveness testing across a wide variety of processes and teams on behalf of the Divisional / Functional Business Partners.
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Planning, prioritisation and organisation of allocated testing to meet delivery deadlines
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Manipulation, analysis and interpretation of multiple data sources to reach testing conclusions, sharing insights identified.
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A passion for continuous improvement to help drive efficiencies & promote effective ways of working, including the use of agile testing tools.
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Curiosity to understand and, where appropriate, challenge the existing end-to-end controls to mitigate financial / prudential / regulatory / operational risk.
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Provide insightful information and guidance to Stakeholders to help mitigate risk and improve the control environment.
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Strong team collaboration skills, drive to develop yourself and contribute towards team outputs / development.
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:
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A background or professional qualification in accountancy, external/internal audit, assurance risk management or compliance with skills in the identification and mitigation of financial / prudential / regulatory reporting;
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Passion for collaboration and skill in managing multiple priorities to contribute effectively to team outputs
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Adept in the evaluation of multiple data sources to reach control assessments and able to clearly communicate outcomes;
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Drive to be part of a diverse high performing team, focussed on your own and team development;
And any experience of these would be really useful:
About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. 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. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know
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 for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more.
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