JOB TITLE: Assistant Manager, Control Execution

SALARY: £42,120 - £46,800

LOCATION(S): Chester, Leeds or Manchester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, minimum 2 days per week at Cawley House, Portland Street or Wellington Place.

About this opportunity

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. We're putting in place a fresh operating model for non-financial risk management across Lloyds Banking Group, empowering our people to take end-to-end accountability for managing the risks they face.

This assistant manager role is within our Library Control Execution Team which is a core part of the Consumer Lending Chief Controls Office. We use our operational knowledge of the Group structure and Consumer Lending business unit to lead the application of the risk taxonomy and improvements in the control environment. You'll be designing, implementing, assessing and improving controls across the whole taxonomy for all of the Lending business.

Supervising and supporting a range of control management processes and activities in alignment with the Group's Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF). Managing the timely and accurate production of high-quality documentation, reporting and analysis to support development of the control environment:

• Working with risk and control owner teams to help deliver against aligned customer, business and strategic outcomes.
• Producing timely and accurate documents and reports by collecting risk and control data from a variety of sources and input data into standardised formats.
• Assisting the development of the first line control management centre of excellence that supports safe growth and enables high quality customer service.
• Delivering prescribed outcomes by working with established control design, mapping, monitoring and testing approaches. Reporting findings to senior colleagues.
• Assisting in the management of actions on operational risk events and breaches following Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA). Identifying issues and then suggesting and implementing improvements to the control environment with guidance from senior colleagues.

About us

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

We're looking for someone who can apply Operational knowledge of our Consumer Lending business unit sufficiently to be able to support a range of processes relating to implementation of the Risk Taxonomy, RCSA management and control execution. Ideally with experience in a related field (eg audit or risk & control management) or, alternatively, having gained capability through experience in a similar function along with:

• Control management - experience of data-led control management and its practical implementation. Good organisational skills to support the preparation of documentation that includes summarising data and information to produce and maintain standardised risk and control process maps. Ability to provide support to the ongoing development of control tooling solutions to enable optimisation and automation of the control environment.
• Data & Analytics- ability to understand and assimilate different sources of data and complex information to support with effective problem solving that leads to relevant conclusions and recommendations. Experience of bringing to bear strong analytical skills to support the assessment of the control environment effectiveness using a wide range of information and sources to identify potential impacts on the business.
• Reporting- ability to provide support with control testing activity to enable the production of concise reporting outputs on the efficiency and performance of controls and compliance.

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

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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JOB TITLE: Lead Quality Engineer

SALARY: £68,202 - £75,780

LOCATION(S): Chester

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

We're recruiting for a Lead Quality Engineer to work closely with the Engineering Lead within the Embedded Finance Team.

This is a key role offering a unique and challenging opportunity to shape the growing Embedded Finance Tech Team and Quality Engineering framework.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're inspired by a clear purpose: to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are passionate about making a difference to customers, businesses, and communities.

The Embedded Finance team is a fast-paced start-up group within Consumer Lending and is tasked with building out propositions that solve customers' financial needs, when and where they are. We have just launched our first product, Black Horse Flex Pay, and we're developing innovative products aiming to offer customers and merchants modern ways for online purchasing, with the ethos of Lloyds Banking Group responsible lending.

As the Lead Quality Engineer, you'll be in charge of leading all aspects of the quality roadmap, including creating testing strategies and coordinating the automation process using standard software testing practices.

Plus, you'll work closely with developers, business partners and product managers to build the testing framework and test suites to support our continuous deployment pipeline ensuring robust and efficient releases.

Aside of hands-on contribution, you'll hire and grow a team of Quality Engineers, developing people by coaching and technical leadership.

You'll provide Quality Engineering oversight and technical expertise throughout the entire software lifecycle, in a complex scenario integrated with third-party systems.

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:

• Strong Quality Engineering background, including automated testing frameworks and testing best practices

• Automation-first approach, with a passion for driving productivity and a focus on reducing risk

• Experience with cloud environment (e.g. GCP) and testing infrastructure

• Proven leadership skills in guiding Quality Engineering teams or complex programmes using Agile methodologies

• Proficiency in coding languages such as Java, Python, or similar

• Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines

And any experience of these would be really useful:

• Familiarity with Embedded Finance or financial services applications

• Experience with Jira Align and Confluence

• Familiarity with SQL and Snowflake

• Experience on non-functional testing on live systems at scale

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're 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

• 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!

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Finance Assistant

Salary: £25,000 - £27,000 + Bonus

Location: Cheshire Oaks, Business Park (Hybrid)

Sector: Travel & Tourism

Study Support Offered

The role:The Finance Assistant will be a part of a dynamic and fluid finance team and will have the ability to be flexible and step into all Finance positions as and when required. This will involve covering various ad hoc duties within the Finance function.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily reconciliation of bank account(s), including posting to Sage
• Daily / weekly payment collections
• Administering supplier payments
• Supporting the team with reconciliations and ad hoc tasks that will assist with the preparation of management accounts
• Preparation and input of journals
• Liaising with the operations department on any queries that may arise
• Dealing with queries from tour operators and travel agents
• Provide reports to assist with the audit of data held

Ideal Experience

• Experience of dealing with large volumes of data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a flair for time management, accuracy and organisation.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications.
• A self-motivated team player with the ability to work on your own initiative and make informed decisions.
• A Level Maths / Accountancy / working towards AAT / or relevant experience in a similar role would be beneficial.

Benefits

• Annual company bonus in addition to your salary.
• 33 days annual leave, including bank holidays.
• 5% matched company pension contribution.
• Modern office with on-site gym and bar so you can enjoy a free drink on a Friday!
• Internal training academy to support your learning and personal development.

Please apply via the link or contact myself for more information about the role -

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Your new company
A highly successful company well known in its market sector, due to business growth, requires an experienced Credit Controller.

Your new role
This position will offer a broad range of duties to include; collection of outstanding debts from large client ledgers in order to reduce the aged debt, as well as posting and allocating to the customer account and reconciling to the bank. You will also attend weekly debtor meetings, manage the direct debit process and answer queries promptly. A key requirement of the role is to effectively communicate updates and reports to senior management in order to reduce risk to the business.

What you'll need to succeed
In order to succeed, you will have a proven track record in credit control in order to implement strategies to recover outstanding debt. With excellent communication skills in a professional manner, as well as displaying empathy when required. Strong attention to detail along with strong Excel skills and the ability to work under pressure, being able to prioritise and organise.

What you'll get in return
In return, you will have the opportunity to join a successful company offering stability for the long-term. Free parking, competitive salary, holiday allowance and a good working environment are on offer.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Are you caring, compassionate, flexible and have excellent communication skills?

If yes, we have career opportunities available for you within Mersey Care as a Nursing / Health Care Assistant.

NVQ in Health and Social Care and/or experience of working in a care environment is essential.



You will support the clinical team in the delivery of a high standard of care by assisting with and carrying out a range of duties as directed by registered staff. This will be in line with individual care and treatment plans for patients and service users.

You will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients, service users and their carers ensuring they are at the centre of care and treatment planning.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Mental Health Care

These clinical divisions provide mental health, brain injury, addiction and child and adolescent mental health services in different areas across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Warrington. We are looking for nursing and health care assistants for our inpatient wards. Posts will be based in: complex care, older people’s services, adult acute mental health, specialist and rehabilitation wards.

Secure Care

This clinical division is responsible for providing specialised mental health and learning disability services in low, medium and high secure settings for service users with a primary classification of mental illness, and personality disorders. Our nursing assistants must be able to demonstrate compassion and empathy to our patients, working to improve the quality of care within a secure/forensic environment. In this division you’ll gain experience in forensic environments.

The medium secure unit provides services for people with learning disabilities too. Here we provide services that offer people progress through pathways to more independent community living. Our service users typically have a range of complex needs, require support in medium and low secure services, and may have been in contact with the Ministry of Justice.

Byron ward is an assessment and treatment facility for adults with learning disability and or autism who require specialist support. The aim is to understand functions of behaviours and access mental health which cannot be carried out within the community. The team’s vision is to support service users through assessment, engagement and activity to achieve a timely discharge.

A recruitment and retention premia is offered in this clinical division of up to £600.

Community Care

This clinical division delivers community health services to people in their own homes, health centres and clinics, NHS walk-In centres and our older adults intermediate care ward at Aintree University Hospital site.

As well as the many community nursing services, this division delivers specialist dental health care, therapies, sexual health, medicines management and nutrition and dietetics services. Our teams work closely with GPs and other health and social care services to ensure patients are cared for with the best support, in or closerto their home.

Our services enable people to remain as independent as possible and many are delivered 24 hours, seven days a week.

Every year our staff deliver care to thousands of patients whilst talking to their families and carers. These hundreds of thousands of interactions mean that our staff are best placed to understand patients’ holistic health and social needs, including education, prevention and self care.

Please refer to the job descriptions attached for each of our divisions - you will be able to discuss your work area and location preference on the day of our recruitment event.

We are committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcome applications from applicants wishing to work part-time or with flexible working arrangements.


This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Oct 2024

JOB TITLE: Senior Manager, Control Design & Optimisation - Unsecured Consumer Lending

SALARY: From £80,206

LOCATION(S): Chester, Cardiff, Leeds or Manchester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, and forward-thinking senior manager to join the Consumer Lending Chief Controls Office. In this role, you will:

• Lead key initiatives to improve our non-financial control environment.
• Embed control by design and advance control automation within Consumer Lending.
• Support Consumer Lending in identifying opportunities to simplify, optimise, and automate controls using innovative technology.
• Support Consumer Lending in achieving strategic goals and delivering faster, more efficient services for our customers.

We are committed to building a high-performing team where each colleague is valued, supported, and empowered to become an expert in their field. Our goal is to ensure every team member understands their role within the broader Group strategy, contributing to the safe and effective management of non-financial risk in Consumer Lending.

About us

As the Group embarks on one of the UK's most significant financial services transformations, our internal risk transformation focused on instilling a robust risk and control culture has never been more crucial. 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

• Leadership: Ability to inspire and lead a team towards achieving strategic goals.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey complex ideas clearly.
• Strategic Thinking: Capability to think ahead and plan for future control needs and improvements.
• Problem-Solving: Aptitude for identifying issues and developing effective solutions.
• Collaboration: Working effectively with other areas and stakeholders.
• Adaptability: Being flexible and open to change, especially in a challenging environment.

It would also be great if you have:

• Risk and Control Management: Robust understanding of the Risk and Control Management Framework with practical control management knowledge and experience.
• End to End Risk and Control mapping - Delivering prescribed outcomes by working with established control design, mapping, monitoring and testing approaches.
• Control by Design (CbD) - An understanding of the Control by Design Methodology.
• Platform Change Framework (PCF) - Knowledge of PCF and how change is delivered within the Group.
• RCSA - Experience using the RCSA system and working with risk and control owner teams.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organization 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

Finance Assistant
Warrington
£28,000

What's on Offer:

* Company pension scheme.
* Flexible work-from-home options available (2 days/week) to promote work-
life balance.
* Comprehensive health benefits, including free eye tests and flu vaccinations.
* Engaging team-building events, including an annual summer party and
various fundraising activities.

We are representing a dynamic company in the insurance sector that has experienced significant growth and is looking for a motivated Finance Assistant to join their expanding Finance Team. This is a fantastic chance to be part of a supportive environment that values training and development, offering you the opportunity to enhance your skills while contributing to the organisation's success.

Key Responsibilities:

* Reconcile premiums, commissions, and financial transactions.
* Perform month-end reconciliations of premium bordereaux and receipts.
* Manage the timely movement of funds between accounts.
* Assist in the preparation and analysis of financial reports.
* Resolve underwriting queries and liaise with clients and brokers.
* Prepare monthly claims bordereaux and manage fund account payments.
* Support general administrative functions for the underwriting team.

Ideal Candidate:

* 3+ years of relevant finance experience, with a foundational understanding of
accounting principles.
* Proficient in Excel, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent attention to detail, time management, and communication
abilities.
* A proactive team player who can also work independently and manage
multiple priorities.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
* Familiarity with financial software is preferred; knowledge of Transactor is a
plus.

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and join a thriving organisation, we want to hear from you! Apply today to explore this exciting opportunity and make a real impact within the team

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Summary

Job Description for Finance Business Partner (FTC - 18 months):

There's never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you'll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career.

We're an organisation that's here to experiment and push the limits of what's possible. So, if you're keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible.

As a senior functional manager, the Finance Business Partner leads a team of finance professionals to provide a range of financial services to the business or a specific area of the business (the supported area). The Finance Business Partner is a trusted advisor to and an integral part of the operational management team in the supported area and shares a responsibility for target setting and delivery with that team. Through the development and delivery of insightful financial reporting and performance analysis the Finance Business Partner will influence key operational and commercial decisions and drive performance in the supported area and, in collaboration with the operational management team will develop the plans which meet the company objectives. As a technical expert the Finance Business Partner will ensure that the supported area is operating in line with all relevant accounting and financial policies and processes.

Main Responsibilities for Finance Business Partner (FTC - 18 months):

• Influencing strategic direction in the supported area.


• Influencing strategy of the finance function.


• Participating in major contract negotiations.


• Providing timely, accurate and insightful financial analysis and management information to link financial performance with business activity.


• Holding operational management in the supported area accountable for financial performance, ensuring all targets are met


• Understanding the cost / revenue drivers in the supported area and providing insight to non-financial management.


• Challenging current ways of working, driving long term efficiencies / cost savings / revenue increases wherever possible.


• Leading the financial planning activity in the supported area across multiple planning horizons (in year, project lifetime. rolling annual, 5 years and 10 years).


• Analysing business opportunities and providing options and scenarios to support business decisions.


• Preparing robust business cases, in collaboration with the operation management team, in advance of submission to internal investment or customer committees.


• Leading and developing a team providing cost centre / profit centre / project accounting services to the supported area.


• Supporting operational management to identify and mitigate / realise risk / opportunities.


• Defining and delivering continuous improvement activities in the function and the supported area.


• Ensuring the supported area complies with all financial policies and procedures.


• Lead any audit activity relevant to the supported area.


• Set costing rates relevant to the supported area / contract.

Essential Criteria for Finance Business Partner (FTC - 18 months):

• Chartered Accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA) with demonstrable post qualified experience.


• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years' worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Finance Business Partner (FTC - 18 months):

• Experience with Agresso.


• Line Management Experience.


• Experience dealing with board level executives.


• Capital Accounting Experience.

Why join us?

NNL isn't just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It's also a place where you'll feel appreciated and valued. We're creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.


• NNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, NNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), NNL will still contribute 10%.


• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.


• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK


• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.


• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.


• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.


• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.


• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.


• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.


• Access to 'Mydiscounts' which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.


• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

NNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.