Total 84 finance banking insurance job vacancies in Edinburgh, Scotland

JOB TITLE: Senior Manager Group Finance Support (Commercial Banking)

SALARY: £80,206 - £103,796

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 one of our office sites

About this opportunity

You'll join us in Group Finance Support (GFS), a key function within the Finance community of LBG. We're a team of c.300 colleagues, with responsibilities including financial reporting and control, people and culture initiatives and strategy implementation.

The team is at the start of a significant Transformation journey, and you'll be part of influencing, designing and implementing Finance Transformation over the next 5 years, both within GFS and beyond!

What you'll be doing

You'll lead and develop a team of approximately 12 colleagues responsible for financial control and reporting for LBG Commercial Banking division. As a Senior Manager you'll role model strong financial control behaviours; influence key senior partners and contribute to broader strategic direction and business decision making by providing insight, control and thought leadership.

Accountabilities will include:

• Leading the operations of the team, including managing capacity, ensuring monthly and quarterly control and reporting deadlines are met;
• Establishing effective relationships with partners within Commercial Banking Finance and Business teams, including presenting at senior level meetings and supporting Commercial Banking strategic aims;
• Establishing and driving a strong financial control & risk framework with completion of monthly reporting, both internally and externally;
• Leading on issue management, communicating and facilitating resolution
• Leading a development focused team and demonstrating continuous learning and self-development.
• Actively contribute to the GFS extended leadership team by driving activity on one of our people pillars.

About us

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 qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or have alternatively gained a similar level of expertise acquired through substantial experience in a finance function.

• Excellent communicator, able to influence and articulate complex issues, building strong diverse working relationships across different parts of the Group
• Passion for Financial control and reporting and questioning mindset;
• Experience of leading and developing a team
• Strong background of delivery and driving continuous improvement against a constantly evolving landscape
• Bring a problem-solving approach with the ability to challenge and constructively debate key issues. Works collaboratively with a diverse group of partners, utilising well-developed relationship skills
• Ability to assess the impact of change on products, systems, processes and people.

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 bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Connect Appointments are seeking a Purchasing & Finance Assistant for work with our established client in Edinburgh on a temporary-to-permanent basis!

Pay rate: £13.50 per hour

Working within an established team in a newly-refurbished office, the successful Purchasing & Finance Assistant will have previous experience, ideally within a construction/window fabrication business.

The role will require the successful candidate to be experience with Xero accounting package and have an excellent telephone manner and customer care skills.

You will also be taking care of orders from clients and suppliers and placing them on the system so solid administrative and IT skills are required.

Does this sound like the opportunity for you? Get Connected and apply now by submitting your most up-to-date CV, or call our team for a friendly chat on 01324 464 951.

CATECH

JOB TITLE: Finance Manager, SME

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh or Bristol

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Edinburgh office

About this opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for several motivated individuals to join the Strategic Ledger team as a Subject Matter Expert (SME). The core purpose of the role is to support Finance with the adoption of Strategic Oracle tooling.

This role requires a strong finance systems background and the ability to establish effective relationships as you work closely with key stakeholders across all areas of the business. Your ability to provide insightful advice and appropriate challenge to these stakeholders is central to the role and helps ensure that any changes required to finance applications are supported and implemented in a controlled way.

This is an exciting and varied role, which will enable you to thrive in a supportive, diverse & dynamic team with prospects to really develop your capabilities and career.

Day to day you'll be;

• Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across Finance and the Business.
• Assessing and managing the impact of operational, quarterly releases and project change on the relevant systems and business processes.
• Providing support for live implementations.
• Supporting BAU through the investigation and resolution of system incidents and issues impacting the finance applications.
• Making use of Industry Best practice to suggests improvements to existing processes, systems, and procedures.

About us

From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.

What you'll need

• Experience in supporting Finance teams/function with the adoption of Strategic Oracle tooling.
• Ability to identify key issues, break down problems and establish facts.
• Energetic, tenacious in the achievement of goals and operates at pace. Has a 'can / will do' approach and must be prepared to be hands on.
• Possesses the flexibility and drive to support a changing, dynamic business. Looks for opportunities to simplify and improve within a changing environment. Communicates and explains change effectively.
• Experience in complex finance systems and change methodology preferred. Exhibits high level of curiosity around technology, markets, and the business area.
• A qualified accountant or qualified by experience in a Finance environment.

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 bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

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Search Recruitment are partnering with an Edinburgh based business to recruit a Finance Manager to provide strategic financial guidance and support the senior leadership team.

Within the role, you'll be responsible for delivering insightful financial analysis, managing cash flow, overseeing regulatory compliance, and leading the budgeting and financial planning processes.

If you're a Qualified or Qualified by Experience Accountant looking to join a supportive, dynamic team and are comfortable engaging with key stakeholders at all levels of business, you'd be encouraged to apply.

Your key responsibilities will include:
* Support senior management with data-driven financial insights to help achieve strategic and financial objectives.
* Prepare and present accurate monthly management accounts and cash flow forecasts.
* Manage and streamline accounting processes to maximise efficiency.
* Oversee cash flow management.
* Produce year-end statutory accounts.
* Ensure compliance with UK and international regulations, including VAT.
* Lead the annual budget process and maintain updated financial forecasts.
* Develop key performance metrics and recommend actions to address variances.
* Identify financial risks and deliver effective mitigation.

Key skills and experience you'll ideally have:
* A Qualified or Qualified by Experience Accountant
* Strong IT and analytical skills.
* Strong strategic finance background.
* Exceptional attention to detail and ability to deliver accurate reporting on time.
* Effective communicator with a collaborative approach.
* Confident delivering strategic analysis and hands-on accounting tasks.

What's in it for you:
* Flexible hybrid working options.
* Opportunities for career progression and personal development.
* Private health insurance.
* A salary range of circa 50k- 60k, depending on experience.

If you'd like to apply or find out more, please submit your CV via the advert at the earliest opportunity or get in touch at fergus.wade@search.co.uk.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

JOB TITLE: Customer Service Advisor - Workplace Savings (Scottish Widows)

SALARY: £ 24,539- £ 25,830

LOCATION: Edinburgh, Port Hamilton Office
HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours. Monday - Friday, 7 hours per day between 8am - 6pm on a shift pattern.

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is Hybrid, which involves spending at least two days, or 40% of your working week, in our Edinburgh office. This will be agreed by your Line Manager.

START DATE: 6th January 2025

About this opportunity

Do you enjoy building relationships with customers and colleagues and are looking for genuine career opportunities? Then there's a role here for you!

We support their needs (whatever they are) driven by a clear purpose to Help Britain Grow with Purpose.

As a Customer Service Advisor, you'll be handing complex enquiries. You'll need experience of speaking to customers and have a compassion and a desire to do the right thing for them. We put the customer at the heart of everything we do and will provide great training* to enable you to resolve calls by taking responsibility and providing first touch resolution whenever possible.

[*Training is full time for 8 weeks working from our modern Edinburgh city centre office, leading to the hybrid role.]

At Scottish Widows we provide critical services to millions of Lloyds Banking Group's Life, Pensions, Investments and General Insurance customers. This vacancy is based in our Workplace Savings Team where you'll primarily focus on dealing with customer queries by telephone or completing a number of core admin tasks.

• You'll learn to act with skill and diligence - treating customers sensitively and caring about helping them move forward with their futures.

• You'll possess good attention to detail and grow the confidence to spot and call out areas we can improve our customers' journeys and experiences

• You'll enjoy collaborating closely with colleagues, adding to a caring environment where all colleagues feel encouraged and valued.

• You'll be prepared to work hard with your passion for delivering excellent customer service

Why Lloyds Banking Group

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you'll need

You'll want to put customers first - taking ownership of their queries, establishing rapport quickly and providing the highest level of customer experience.

You will be comprehensively trained on our systems and procedures, but we are looking for candidates who can demonstrate empathy and prioritise the needs of a vulnerable customer.

It's a role that suits people who take ownership of personal development and can adapt to change as well as learn about products and follow processes.

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're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

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.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process 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

• 22 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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Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

JOB TITLE: Workplace Experience Co-ordinator

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh/ Glasgow / Dunfermline/ Belfast/ Chester/ London

SALARY: £28,329 to £36,822 depending on location.

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: This role involves spending up to five days a week, or 100% of your time at one of our office location.

We're building a trailblazing workplace experience team, and we'll completely transform how we manage our buildings.

We're looking for customer centric people, that'll take ownership of LBG workplace experiences. You'll need to have passion for customer service and be a workplace role model driving LBG culture within our workplaces.

It's our goal to ensure our buildings are safe, secure, have a sense of community and are places that colleagues love to work.

What you'll get from us

• The chance to be part of an industry leading business area with a great team culture.

• Exposure to senior leadership across the group and opportunities to grow your network

• The opportunity to have a real positive impact on the lives of our people

Day to day, you'll:

• Co-ordinate the colleague experience within your site including being the first point of contact for colleagues, supporting colleagues with day-to-day queries, listening to colleague feedback, working with our Workplace Experience Assistant Manager to ensuring our buildings are safe, secure, have a sense of community and places that colleagues love to work from

• Ensure our buildings are safe and secure through regular operational checks including fire doors, fire risk assessment and hygiene checks - feeding in findings to the Workplace Experience Assistant Manager.

• Support our communities, drive employee engagement overseeing events and communications including in-house or off-site activities, socials and celebrations for employee engagement, marketing, and talent attraction, coordinating all details from inception to execution

• You'll empower colleagues on site to use our spaces, tech & tools in line with our design standards through onboarding tours and tech showcases, and then challenging our colleague behaviours to embed our workplace habits and bring to life our design.

• Co-ordinating and sending communications for the local workplace including leaders and colleague messaging and updating community on any incidents and repairs and interact with local colleagues and leaders through online communications, digital signage and regular forums including running our local workplace council and supporting our local leadership group, including fulfilling actions from forums to enhance the overall workplace.

• Ensuring the office runs smoothly, is safe, and is clean and tidy - checking on meeting room set up, IT first fix triage, removing old equipment, furniture, or appliances. Proactively spotting faults. Providing event support for business units, restocking stationery and printer hubs, supporting colleagues with DSE equipment, locker management, lost property, and meeting room technology

We will be holding a find out more call on Wednesday 20th November at 10am. If you would be interested in attending please reach out to jess.randell-

What we're looking for:

• You love working at Lloyds Banking Group and have a passion for your local workplace.

• You care about colleagues and want to make a difference to their working day and how they feel about their workplaces.

• You have good stakeholder management skills and have the ability to build relationships with those around you quickly - understanding needs and putting others at ease.

• You have an ability to think creatively and facilitate group ideation.

• You can produce engaging, and clear communications intended for colleagues.

And any experience of these would be really useful:

• You have existing experience supporting the running of our workplace.

• You have knowledge of Health & Safety in the workplace.

• You have experience running both large and small-scale events - preferably within Lloyds Banking Group

• You can show strong evidence of pro-active networking, including engagement with external organisations and events.

• You think differently to others - Able to demonstrate an entrepreneurial and innovative approach to your role.

• You have experience listening to colleagues through a variety of methods

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.

If you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to the recruitment process, 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

• 24 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A variety of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready to start growing with purpose? Apply today!

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

JOB TITLE: Audit Analyst

SALARY: From £45,954 +

LOCATION(S): Bristol or 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 location hubs (Bristol or Edinburgh)

About this opportunity

As an Audit Analyst, you'll join a team of experienced auditors where you'll support the delivery of our strategy and be a proactive team member. You will work within a leading audit function and gain exposure to a wide range of risk modelling, capital assessment and other analytical techniques across our banking and insurance businesses. You'll have a growth mindset and positively contribute to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of our Audit function.

You'll Assist the Engagement Lead in the delivery of Audits or lead evaluation of controls and completion of testing applying proficient knowledge of audit methodology and assigned business / risk area.

• Delivers specified outcomes and/or provides support services within a designated area of audit control by working within established systems.
• Supports internal customers to ensure their needs are met and/or helps senior colleagues manage client relationships.
• Highlights shortcomings and suggests improvements in current compliance processes, systems and procedures within assigned unit and/or discipline.
• Delivers prescribed outcomes by working as directed within established data management systems and procedures.
• Conducts research using primary data sources and selects relevant information to enable analysis of key themes and trends.
• Develops personal capabilities using existing formal and informal training opportunities, while also coaching others as required.

About us

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.

What you'll need

We're looking for team players - Who trust each other, act as one team to achieve the best outcomes and make a positive difference to the Group and its customers.

We want colleagues who are bold and take action - Confidently innovate, share exceptional insights, deliver difficult messages and drive action that leaves a legacy of significantly improved governance, risk management and control.

• Knowledge of the generic elements of a model life cycle, and their associated risks, as well as an understanding of effective model risk management and governance;
• Knowledge of regulatory capital requirements in Insurance or Banking;
• Practical experience developing, using or monitoring models measuring Credit, Market or Actuarial Risks;
• The ability to deliver risk and control assurance activity that is timely, impactful, insightful and valued by stakeholders;
• Experience using statistical analysis and qualitative techniques to validate models;
• The ability to analyse, understand and communicate data as information, and to use data to drive effective audit outcomes.

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 bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

JOB TITLE: Workplace Experience Co-ordinator

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh/ Glasgow / Dunfermline/ Belfast/ Chester/ London

SALARY: £28,329 - £29,820

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: This role involves spending up to five days a week, or 100% of your time at one of our office location.

We're building a trailblazing workplace experience team, and we'll completely transform how we manage our buildings.

We're looking for customer centric people, that'll take ownership of LBG workplace experiences. You'll need to have passion for customer service and be a workplace role model driving LBG culture within our workplaces.

It's our goal to ensure our buildings are safe, secure, have a sense of community and are places that colleagues love to work.

What you'll get from us

• The chance to be part of an industry leading business area with a great team culture.

• Exposure to senior leadership across the group and opportunities to grow your network

• The opportunity to have a real positive impact on the lives of our people

Day to day, you'll:

• Co-ordinate the colleague experience within your site including being the first point of contact for colleagues, supporting colleagues with day-to-day queries, listening to colleague feedback, working with our Workplace Experience Assistant Manager to ensuring our buildings are safe, secure, have a sense of community and places that colleagues love to work from

• Ensure our buildings are safe and secure through regular operational checks including fire doors, fire risk assessment and hygiene checks - feeding in findings to the Workplace Experience Assistant Manager.

• Support our communities, drive employee engagement overseeing events and communications including in-house or off-site activities, socials and celebrations for employee engagement, marketing, and talent attraction, coordinating all details from inception to execution

• You'll empower colleagues on site to use our spaces, tech & tools in line with our design standards through onboarding tours and tech showcases, and then challenging our colleague behaviours to embed our workplace habits and bring to life our design.

• Co-ordinating and sending communications for the local workplace including leaders and colleague messaging and updating community on any incidents and repairs and interact with local colleagues and leaders through online communications, digital signage and regular forums including running our local workplace council and supporting our local leadership group, including fulfilling actions from forums to enhance the overall workplace.

• Ensuring the office runs smoothly, is safe, and is clean and tidy - checking on meeting room set up, IT first fix triage, removing old equipment, furniture, or appliances. Proactively spotting faults. Providing event support for business units, restocking stationery and printer hubs, supporting colleagues with DSE equipment, locker management, lost property, and meeting room technology

We will be holding a find out more call on Wednesday 20th November at 10am. If you would be interested in attending please reach out to jess.randell-

What we're looking for:

• You love working at Lloyds Banking Group and have a passion for your local workplace.

• You care about colleagues and want to make a difference to their working day and how they feel about their workplaces.

• You have good stakeholder management skills and have the ability to build relationships with those around you quickly - understanding needs and putting others at ease.

• You have an ability to think creatively and facilitate group ideation.

• You can produce engaging, and clear communications intended for colleagues.

And any experience of these would be really useful:

• You have existing experience supporting the running of our workplace.

• You have knowledge of Health & Safety in the workplace.

• You have experience running both large and small-scale events - preferably within Lloyds Banking Group

• You can show strong evidence of pro-active networking, including engagement with external organisations and events.

• You think differently to others - Able to demonstrate an entrepreneurial and innovative approach to your role.

• You have experience listening to colleagues through a variety of methods

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.

If you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to the recruitment process, 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

• 24 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A variety of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready to start growing with purpose? Apply today!

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

SALARY: £68,202 - 75,780 per annum

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Halifax or Leeds

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 our offices in either Edinburgh, Halifax or Leeds. Unfortunately, we can't consider applications that can't come into one of the above specified offices at this time.

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Identity & Authentication Platform (ID&Auth), which is responsible for delivering capabilities to enable secure client and digital authentication and identity across all the bank's digital channels.

We are looking for a software engineer with experience in back-end development using Java to join our growing engineering team. You'll be responsible for developing high-quality, scalable services as part of our microservices-based architecture, while continuing to build your skills with the latest tools and frameworks.

In this role, you'll get the chance to work with modern technologies, including microservices architectures, cloud-based infrastructure, and containerized environments.

You'll play a key role in developing, testing, and optimizing back-end services that support seamless user experiences and integrate with various front-end and external systems.

What will you be doing with us?

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality back-end services using Java and related technologies. 

• Develop containerized applications using Docker and deploy them in Kubernetes environments. 
  Implement Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles to create well-structured, domain-focused systems that reflect business requirements. 

• Practice Test-Driven Development (TDD), ensuring that code is thoroughly tested and of the highest quality. 

• Collaborate closely with the Tech Lead and other engineers to define and prioritize back-end services and APIs. 

• Integrate with front-end components and third-party APIs, ensuring smooth and efficient communication between systems. 

• Optimize and refactor existing codebases for performance, scalability, and maintainability. 

• Implement best practices for security, error handling, logging, and monitoring. 
  Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to improve code quality and team performance.

•  Work closely with the DevOps team to deploy and manage services in cloud environments. 
  Continuously evaluate and implement new tools, technologies, and processes to improve the back-end architecture. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on project goals and timelines. 

ABOUT US

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

We're keeping an open mind for the recruitment of this role. However, as a minimum, you'll be able to demonstrate experience in the below skills:

Essential:

Software Engineering experience - Java

• Strong back-end development experience using Java, with expertise in microservices architecture and Spring Boot

• A passion for writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code. 

ID & Authorisation

Understanding of authentication/authorization mechanisms, such as OAuth2, JWT, or IAM.

Containerisation

Experience with containerized applications (Docker) and deploying in Kubernetes environments.

Cloud experience

Familiarity with cloud platforms, such as GCP or Azure.

Agile experience

• Experience working in Agile environments, particularly within Scrum teams.

Communication skills

• Solid communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team.

Desirable:

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices.

• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and real-world application.

• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD).

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools.

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're committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation and creativity.

We're actively seeking to build a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and thinking approaches and would like to encourage applications from under-represented groups from candidates of all ethnicities, cultures and identities, and from candidates that identify as neurodiverse.

As a disability-confident employer, we are committed to support you in showcasing your best self; 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 bonus award, subject to Group performance

• 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

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more!

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Connect Appointments are seeking a Purchasing & Finance Assistant for work with our established client in Edinburgh on a temporary-to-permanent basis!

Pay rate: £13.50 per hour

Working within an established team in a newly-refurbished office, the successful Purchasing & Finance Assistant will have previous experience, ideally within a construction/window fabrication business.

The role will require the successful candidate to be experience with Xero accounting package and have an excellent telephone manner and customer care skills.

You will also be taking care of orders from clients and suppliers and placing them on the system so solid administrative and IT skills are required.

Does this sound like the opportunity for you? Get Connected and apply now by submitting your most up-to-date CV, or call our team for a friendly chat on 01324 464 951.

CATECH

Join us as our Marketing Business Partner in Corporate & Institutional Banking

• Lead a team of marketing professionals by translating the Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) business strategy and commercial outcomes into plan, budget and execution
• Day-to-day, you’ll lead the marketing for our Corporate and Institutional (C&I) customer businesses, including Markets, supporting the strategy and commercial objectives alongside brand objectives
• Support the Marketing Director, C&I to drive the overall C&I marketing strategy, bringing together the three businesses, customer goals and journeys to deliver a customer-first marketing strategy
• This is an opportunity to make an important impact through your work and establish yourself as a key senior leader in both our Marketing function and across the customer business

What you'll do

As our Marketing Business Partner in Corporate & Institutional Banking, we’ll look to you to lead engagement with senior business leaders on converting business Objective Key Results into a customer centric strategy, with clear activation plans. You’ll design the marketing strategy, making decisions on resources and plans to prioritise delivery on the strategy, translating these into a three-year marketing strategy with an annual plan.

You’ll lead a team of marketing professionals by translating strategy into operational management activities, along with recommending and delivering a portfolio of products and services in line with the Marketing service proposition, through effective collaboration with the Marketing Centres of Excellence and all other relevant internal and external partners. You’ll sit on our leadership committees and interface with senior leaders within CIB.

Your top priorities will include:

• Providing insight to business stakeholders on marketing strategy, including annual business planning, marketing campaigns and proposition exploration and development
• Leading and developing a professional, capable and engaged team to meet the needs of the business and customers
• Driving greater visibility of Return on Investment for marketing spend across CIB marketing plans
• Delivering accurate and reliable profiling for the broad spectrum of customers within our Corporate, Institutional and Markets businesses, allowing for personalised marketing interventions to be deployed to the appropriate decision-maker within the business
• Delivering against commercial goals through direct and response marketing, developing a consistent approach across the bank
• Acting as a spokesperson for Corporate & Institutional Banking at external engagements such as trade events and through online networks
• Identifying key marketing priorities through the provision of expert diagnostics, analysis and decision support, making recommendations to the business and Centre of Expertise
• Drawing insights from Centre of Expertise to help inform the annual C&I marketing strategy and budget

The skills you'll need

To be successful in this role, you’ll need strong influencing and stakeholder engagement levels at a senior level, with knowledge and application of marketing strategies and leadership including comprehensive end-to-end understanding of the commercial sales funnel and customer lifetime value. You'll demonstrate strategic and commercial acumen, with experience of creating a clear connection between commercial drivers and marketing strategies.

In addition, you’ll have marketing experience within a large matrix organisation and knowledge of the banking industry, regulatory and commercial environment, specifically corporate and institutional banking including financial and capital markets.

Furthermore, you’ll need:

• Marketing technical expertise including Global Corporates, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Real Money Funds, Global Insurers, Non-Bank Financial Institutions, Structured Finance, and Markets
• The ability to make data driven decisions and support a culture of continuous improvement
• Cross-border marketing experience in key geographical markets aligned to NatWest’s Commercial & Institutional franchise, including European Economic Area, United States, Singapore, and Japan
• Experience of leading diverse, professional teams
• Experience of operational and financial planning with budget management experience
• A high level of drive, energy and personal commitment to success
• Demonstrated experience in understanding and communicating complex commercial models of value to a broad audience of stakeholders and collaborators
• Knowledge of relevant legal policies, regulations and risk management

JOB TITLE: Next Gen Talent Planning and Delivery Manager

Salary: £57,546 - £63,940

HOURS: Full time

LOCATION(S): Leeds, Bristol, Edinburgh and Halifax

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

A varied role working in an award winning, fast paced, and innovative team.
Reporting into the Group Proposition Lead for Next Gen Talent, this role provides a unique view into how we design, market, recruit, induct and develop industry leading Next Gen Talent programmes including graduate, apprentice, placement programmes as well as our school engagement strategy & ecosystem.

We are looking for someone who can manage the ambitious Next Generation Talent delivery plan, working cross team to pull all workstreams into one place and ensuring coordinated, smooth delivery across our team. The successful candidate will also be a driving force for delivering enhancements to the customer/colleague experience for the graduate & undergraduate programmes. All contributing to making Lloyds Banking Group an employer of choice for Next Gen Talent and building strong talent pipelines for our business.

If you love working in a fast paced, high impact team we'd love to hear from you.

Please note this role sits within in the on-programme part of the Next Gen Talent Team, not in the recruitment team.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management & Oversight

• Create and maintain detailed project plans outlining key milestones, timelines, and deliverables for activities such as induction, development events, cohort engagement activities, and roll-off processes.

• Establish effective reporting on KPIs for key stakeholders

• Coordinate our NGT impact reporting to tell a complete story of the impact of our proposition. YTD we have impacted almost 120,000 young people internally and externally.

• Working with Group Proposition lead to optimise team resource and budget associated with programme delivery.

• Coordinate with key internal stakeholders (including Next Gen Talent partners, recruitment, Learning) to ensure alignment and successful execution of all activities.

• Work with team to identify delivery risks and get mitigation strategies in place. Adjust project plans as necessary to accommodate changes in business needs or participant requirements.

• Drive continuous improvement in the planning and execution of activities, ensuring the programmes evolve in line with best practices and organisational goals and that effective retrospectives are undertaken.

• A successful candidate is likely to be experienced in both waterfall and agile project management.

On Programme Experience Delivery

• You will focus on optimising the on-programme experience, from induction to development and through to programme completion, ensuring that our early careers talent has a strong foundation and clear pathway within the organisation.

• Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of key activities related to the Next Gen Talent programmes, ensuring they are executed on time and within scope.

• Lead the on-programme experience for Next Generation Talent, ensuring their journey is seamless and aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives.

• Implement effective listening strategies to ensure our we continue to put colleague experience at the heart of what we do when making enhancements to our offering

• Regularly review and improve the development and training framework, ensuring it meets both individual and business needs.

• Manage key milestones of the programme (e.g., rotations, performance reviews) to track and enhance progress.

• Foster a strong sense of community and belonging among Next Generation Talent cohorts, encouraging networking and collaboration.

• Ensure Line Managers are well-equipped with training, tools, and guidance to support and develop Next Gen Talent within their teams.

• Support next gen talent transitioning off the programme by assisting them in securing permanent roles within the organisation and making sure they are fully prepared for their next career step.

About us

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you'll need

• Project management experience

• Experience in looking at and designing colleague experience

• Experience in designing talent management programmes

• Personal line management or team leadership experience

• Excellent stakeholder skills, confident in interacting with senior stakeholders

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Experience in designing early careers talent programmes

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're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

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.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• 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

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch! We'd love to hear from you!

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