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JOB TITLE: Finance Manager – Citra Living Ltd

LOCATIONS: London, Leeds & Manchester

HOURS: Full-Time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time in the office.

About this opportunity

Are you ready for a new challenge? As part of a rapidly growing property business the Citra Finance team are looking for a motivated individual to join the business.

Citra Living sits in the LBG Investments division of Lloyds Banking Group. The company was formed in 2021 and post initial mobilisation, is now in its scaling up phase. Citra Living’s core business is offering homes for private rental. In addition, Citra is developing and piloting initiatives to help renters bridge to home ownership, as well as championing ESG innovations!

You’ll report to the Finance Director and will join the existing Finance Team. Your responsibility will be to provide Finance support to the investment, commercial and development arms of the business. The role will involve elements of Business Partnering, Financial Reporting Legal Entity management and Transaction Governance. In addition, you’re required to support the Citra Living Finance Team as part of their wider responsibilities to the business.

About us

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.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Finance Business Partner for the Citra Living Commercial, Development and Asset Management Teams, providing transaction support with information and analysis. You’ll manage relationships with key finance partners within Citra and across Lloyds Banking Group.
• Develop and implement property acquisition finance processes and controls.
• Deliver accurate monthly and ad-hoc investment reporting for property acquisitions, related transaction costs, regulatory reporting, and Group Finance requirements.
• Assist with the set-up of new legal entities, incorporating reconciliation and controls for the accurate reporting of Citra monthly financial reporting.
• Oversee accounting activities and ensure that the ledgers are accurate and reflect the financial position of the legal entity.
• Asist with internal and external audits, group queries including Group Tax, support Group Finance, and ensure internal controls are maintained to produce accurate financial information.
• Participate in Group organizational structure solutions and tax optimization.
• Assist with new investment transaction execution and governance.

What you’ll need

Key capabilities, knowledge and experience required, include:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), with a commercial mindset and experience in a similar role.
• Experience in the Property or Private Rented Sector preferred.
• Understanding of the finance, accounting and tax/legal implications of transaction execution.
• Track record of delivering financial reporting, planning, and forecasting.
• Analytical and numerate – ability to rapidly absorb, review & refine new concepts.
• Comfortable with generating, analysing and reporting on large amounts of information and data.
• Proactive self-starter with ability to self-organise, plan, and prioritise activities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with key partners at all levels and across different audiences.
• Good range of advanced IT skills including NetSuite, MRI, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint with MS Access as desirable.

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 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

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.

We’d love to hear from you!

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.