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• Develop financial strategies to minimise risks, enhance profits, and support decision-making for company leaders.
• Ensure accurate financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and timely preparation of financial statements.
• Oversee accounting, budgeting, and cash flow management to support company goals.
• Prepare monthly financial and payroll reports, including necessary adjustments.
• Conduct daily bank reconciliations, keeping records organised and secure.
• Support the year-end audit process and respond to auditor inquiries.
• Attend monthly meetings to review actual expenses against the budget and address any financial concerns.
• Manage and guide the Assistant Accountant, ensuring smooth daily operations within the finance department.
• Complete client refunds and provide support on special projects as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; Master's degree or CPA preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a senior finance or managerial role.
• Strong leadership and team management abilities.
• Proficient in accounting software and Microsoft Office, with advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in financial analysis and reporting.
• Effective communication skills, both internally with team members and externally with customers and suppliers.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• A proactive, positive attitude with a commitment to continuous improvement.

• Competitive salary with performance-based incentives.
• Health insurance, pension plan, and wellness programs.
• Professional development opportunities, including training to keep accounting knowledge current.
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• Collaborative work environment with a focus on team success and individual growth.

Apply now or call Brook Street Cardiff for more information!

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JOB TITLE: Assistant Manager - Model Risk and Validation

SALARY: £49,788 - £55,320

LOCATION(S): Halifax, Leeds, Cardiff and Edinburgh (Please indicate your location preference in your application)

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

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Model Risk and Validation team (MRAV) within Lloyds Banking Group's Risk division. The role will give you responsibility for independent model review and technical validation across the Retail and Commercial divisions with a degree of flexibility to work across the MRAV teams. The scope is wide and covers Retail and Commercial Credit, Market Risk and Asset Liability Management across both Regulatory and Non-Regulatory models.

This is a superb opportunity to develop areas of knowledge relating to the Group's modelling capability and build a strong network of contacts.

Day to day you'll:

• Assisting with independent reviews of all aspects of Lloyds Banking Group models, including new developments, model changes, periodic validations and ongoing monitoring.

• Independent Validation (partial or complete recoding, custom analysis or development of challenger models)

• Support independent review and challenge of model developments (data profiling, selection, validation, back-testing, stress testing and model documentation)

• Detailed evaluation of models, including their: design, calibration and validation, operation, usage, reporting, and governance

• Documentation of validation findings, providing insight and evaluation of weaknesses and making recommendations for improvements

• Presentation of independent model review to senior members of the team and Personal Approver

• Enhance knowledge of model risk and regulatory requirements and standards pertaining to risk models

• Regular engagement with colleagues across the Group to manage relationships, influence decision makers and challenge constructively

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.

What you'll need

Where relevant below, you'll be expected to have an understanding in either Commercial Credit, Retail Credit, Treasury or Market Risk models

• Experience: Model build experience and/or independent validation within a financial services organisation, using Python, SAS, C/C++ or R

• Business Partnering: Effective relationship management, delivering successful business partnering whereby constructive challenge is undertaken in a timely and orderly fashion

• Industry Knowledge: An understanding of modelling and validation techniques, governance, model documentation and relevant regulation, including an awareness of any changes that may impact the Group

• Qualifications: You'll be highly numerate, with a degree level qualification covering quantitative content or equivalent skills derived from experience

• Judgement: Ability to make sound model judgements, taking into account model performance, regulation and wider considerations such as complexity vs benefit

• Business Knowledge: Knowledge of banking business and associated risk management approaches sufficient to understand models in the context of the business

• Influence: Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing (including model documentation), across peer stakeholder groups

• Drive and Delivery: Track record of effective delivery and overcoming challenges to deliver business results

• Integrity: Has ethics and integrity at the heart of every decision, and creates an environment that encourages high performance, openness, honesty and integrity

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

• 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!

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

JOB TITLE: Assistant Manager - Model Risk and Validation

SALARY: £49,788 - £55,320

LOCATION(S): Halifax, Leeds, Cardiff, London and Edinburgh (Please indicate your location preference in your application)

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

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Model Risk and Validation team (MRAV) within Lloyds Banking Group's Risk division. The role will give you responsibility for independent model review and technical validation across the Retail and Commercial divisions with a degree of flexibility to work across the MRAV teams. The scope is wide and covers Retail and Commercial Credit, Market Risk and Asset Liability Management across both Regulatory and Non-Regulatory models.

This is a superb opportunity to develop areas of knowledge relating to the Group's modelling capability and build a strong network of contacts.

Day to day you'll:

• Assisting with independent reviews of all aspects of Lloyds Banking Group models, including new developments, model changes, periodic validations and ongoing monitoring.

• Independent Validation (partial or complete recoding, custom analysis or development of challenger models)

• Support independent review and challenge of model developments (data profiling, selection, validation, back-testing, stress testing and model documentation)

• Detailed evaluation of models, including their: design, calibration and validation, operation, usage, reporting, and governance

• Documentation of validation findings, providing insight and evaluation of weaknesses and making recommendations for improvements

• Presentation of independent model review to senior members of the team and Personal Approver

• Enhance knowledge of model risk and regulatory requirements and standards pertaining to risk models

• Regular engagement with colleagues across the Group to manage relationships, influence decision makers and challenge constructively

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.

What you'll need

Where relevant below, you'll be expected to have an understanding in either Commercial Credit, Retail Credit, Treasury or Market Risk models

• Experience: Model build experience and/or independent validation within a financial services organisation, using Python, SAS, C/C++ or R

• Business Partnering: Effective relationship management, delivering successful business partnering whereby constructive challenge is undertaken in a timely and orderly fashion

• Industry Knowledge: An understanding of modelling and validation techniques, governance, model documentation and relevant regulation, including an awareness of any changes that may impact the Group

• Qualifications: You'll be highly numerate, with a degree level qualification covering quantitative content or equivalent skills derived from experience

• Judgement: Ability to make sound model judgements, taking into account model performance, regulation and wider considerations such as complexity vs benefit

• Business Knowledge: Knowledge of banking business and associated risk management approaches sufficient to understand models in the context of the business

• Influence: Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing (including model documentation), across peer stakeholder groups

• Drive and Delivery: Track record of effective delivery and overcoming challenges to deliver business results

• Integrity: Has ethics and integrity at the heart of every decision, and creates an environment that encourages high performance, openness, honesty and integrity

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

• 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!

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Your new company


An award-winning accountancy practice is looking to recruit a Corporate Finance Manager for its Cardiff office.


Your new role

• Own and manage a client portfolio with a higher level of client responsibility, oversee your team's portfolios and inputting to workflow planning
• Deliver revenue and profitability targets
• Foster enduring client relationships
• Provide guidance and support to more junior team members
• Begin to lead meetings and relationships with your clients, providing detailed guidance on the information delivered and guiding them through the transaction.
• Network with wider Corporate Finance teams within the business to ensure you are working at a national level to service clients and keep technical expertise current.

What you'll need to succeed

• ACA/ACCA/CA qualified (or equivalent)
• Management experience

What you'll get in return

• Hybrid way of working
• Birthday leave
• Competitive Salary
• Cycle to work Scheme
• 25 plus Bank Holidays
• Free Eye Tests
• Retail Vouchers
• Free Parking
• Paid Sick Leave
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave

What you need to do now
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Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 10 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include, Carers Network, Disability & Health, FACES Network Group, Grass Roots, LGBT+, Mind Matters, No Limits, Part Time Workers, The Shed, and Women’s Network Group.

We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.

The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career!

You will be part of engaged and motivated teams delivering high quality strategic/tactical management information and analysis, which will support our stakeholders and allow them to make informed business decisions.

This is an exciting role in the Income Accounting Team function within Core Finance, where the successful candidate will work closely with key stakeholders such as funding partners, executive leads and internal finance teams, to support the agency's financial position by ensuring we are adhering to mandatory requirements and carrying out financial health assessments.

Responsibilities

The successful candidates will be responsible for:

• Supporting the Agency’s Accounting Officer by assessing proposals and providing professional advice.
• Scenario planning and modelling for relevant income streams.
• Leading on associated audit items and assist on clearance of management letter points or GIAA recommendations.
• Assisting with accounting assumptions, financial judgements and any associated financial disclosures for relevant income streams.
• Supporting project and finance business partners to undertake financial health assessments around income.
• Assisting and provide assurance that mandatory requirements (such as HMT guidance and Cabinet Office controls) are adhered to.
• Working with and supporting internal and external stakeholders such as funding partners, executive leads and internal finance teams.