Join our dynamic Group Audit and Conduct Investigations (GA&CI) team, where we are committed to excellence in audit and conduct investigations. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and innovative environment that empowers our employees to thrive and make a meaningful impact. It is an exciting time to be joining GA&CI as we continue to update the way we operate so that we can respond to the evolution of technology, automation and GenAI which will change how we audit and investigate in the future. The Group COO audit team is responsible for providing assurance for all risks across the Group COO function. The team provide specialist assurance across Technology, Cloud, Strategic Change, Payments, and Sourcing., In collaboration with the Audit Director, GCOO and Audit Director, Technology and Six Heads of Audit the Support Manager, this role will provide support to help achieve the team's key objectives for 2025 and the GA&CI strategy. The role will be part of a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment where collaboration and excellence are paramount. The ideal candidate will have experience in audit delivery or similarly related role, excellent communication abilities and a passion for delivering quality outcomes. The candidate must have the ability to work independently as well as part of a team. The candidate will have an innate sense of curiosity and bring fresh perspectives that can help us find innovative ways to identify new risks, trends, insights, lessons learnt and best practices and apply them in our work. What You will be doing:

• Proactively support the Audit Directors and Heads of Audit with the management and monitoring of the team's audit activities to deliver the assurance plan and functional 2025 strategic must wins.
• Lead on key 'must win' projects on behalf of the Audit Director, especially in testing automation and innovation and the build out of the audit capability in Lloyds Technology Centre (LTC) in India.
• Create and contribute to presentations, including helping prepare updates to GA&CI committees on innovation activity across the team.
• Lead specific research on a wide range of subjects, providing recommendations for solutions where appropriate.
• Proactively look 'outside in' to support the team to identify new risks, trends, insights, lessons learnt and best practices and apply them in our work.
• The role will also be required to undertake specific audit delivery and support the wider pool to delivery on the Audit plan. This is expected to be about 30/40% of the role.
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:
• Technical Knowledge - experienced audit analyst able to undertake audit testing across one or more of our key capabilities including technology infrastructure, cloud and engineering, operational resilience, payments, sourcing and supplier management and transformational change.
• Data & Analytics - Proficiency in comprehending and integrating data and information from various sources to facilitate effective problem-solving. Ability to apply strong analytical skills to evaluate the efficiency of control environment and uncover potential impacts on the business.
• Values & Behaviours - Innovates to go faster by taking responsibility for challenging existing processes, inspires others by building rapport and gaining commitment through strong personal identity.
• Leadership - Demonstrates a growth learning attitude and is open to new experiences to intentionally grow their leadership skills and develop others.
• Stakeholder Management - develop and maintains strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels.
  
  Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!
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.

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies