Assistant Manager

End Date

Friday 21 November 2025

Salary Range

£43,803 - £48,670

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

We're hiring in Bristol for a dynamic role within the Group Cost Management team.

If you're bold, curious, and thrive on solving problems, this is your chance to make a real impact. We value ownership, collaboration, commercial thinking, and clear communication. Strong numeracy, analytical skills, and financial acumen are essential.

We work hybrid—typically in the office two days a week—and offer a vibrant community in Bristol where you can expand your network and contribute to our People and Community agenda.

Job Description

Key Details

JOB TITLE: Assistant Manager, Commercial Banking CoE – 12 month Fixed Term Contract

SALARY: as per pay range

LOCATION: Bristol Harbourside

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONs: Edinburgh, Cardiff, Newport

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 one of our office sites

About this Opportunity

The purpose of this role is to support and deliver insight, advice, and exercise control. You'll provide timely cost insight and equip key decision makers to utilise cost resources in the most valuable way using forward looking and historical financial information and analysis to support Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) and Business & Commercial Banking (BCB) Product teams.

This is a high-profile role with fantastic exposure to a broad network

Why Lloyds Banking Group

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.

Day to day responsibilities

These include:-

• Liaising with Business Partners (BPs) and Planning & Analysis Manager for information relating to movements and month end exceptions; produce the Flash and trigger required adjustments to be actioned by the Controls team.

• Supporting BPs for key meetings / Cost Board if appropriate.

• Communicating with BPs and Control teams on non-standard assumptions, review accounting outputs during month end and challenge.

• Supporting the review of financials, investigate and challenge material exceptions and provide supporting information.

• Supporting the creation of scenario modelling and analysis and provide high level commentary to Costs Investment Management.

• Supporting the analysis and communication of unexplained variances and non-standard business driven changes related to 4 Year Operating Plan / Quarterly and Monthly Rolling Forecast.

• Supporting structure changes and provide guidance on the restatement process.

• Continuously promote a culture of process improvement within the team.

What you'll need

Essential:

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel) and PowerBI.

• Oracle experience.

• Part qualified Accountancy qualification  (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or other) or qualified by experience.

Team Culture:

• Actively and positively assist in the creation of a high performing and engaged team to achieve objectives and deliver above expectations.

• Self-review and ownership of outputs and deliverables, with timely escalation to appropriate management for issue resolution.

• Embody the Lloyds values of People-first, Bold, Inclusive, Sustainable and Trust.

Stakeholder Management:

• Develop and maintain regular contact and good working relationships with relevant stakeholders.

• Provide insightful information, guidance and advice to aid stakeholder decisions.

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

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.

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