Trade Transformation Associate Director

The Trade and Working Capital team provides commercial banking solutions to businesses of all sizes, in the UK and internationally. These solutions are grounded in an in-depth understanding of clients, a passion for enabling businesses to efficiently handle their liquidity, complete payments, mitigate their risks, fund trade flows and support growth. In this role, you'll be accountable for driving transformation initiatives under the business digital and data strategy, working closely a cross section of stakeholders including product management, Trade services and Technology and Data teams to deliver business goals. We're looking for an individual who has a good understanding of Trade finance products, strong data analytical skills and experience in delivering large digital initiatives. You'll work with a high energy team of product specialists, as well as key partners in other areas of the bank, to unlock growth whilst championing an environment of diversity and customer centric innovation, promoting new ways of working to deliver our broader purpose - Helping Britain Prosper. Role Accountabilities

• Drives trade transformation initiatives and ensure delivery of key business outcomes.
• Build a comprehensive data strategy for the business to delivered enhanced products and services to clients.
• Leads the design and development of data driven transformation initiatives for the business, in close collaboration with technology teams to ensure we deliver on time and within budget.
• Responsible for establishing a strong governance process for the transformation initiatives including KPIs to track the performance of the executed initiatives against stated objectives.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including external vendors, for product delivery and performance.
  
  Prior experience in leading large trade finance transformation initiatives in a large organisational setup.
• Prior experience in data led initiatives.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Prior experience in leading cross-functional projects.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience or qualifications in project management would be preferable.
  
  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, 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'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 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
This is a once in a career opportunity to help shape your future as well as ours.