Assistant Manager, Commercial & Markets - Conduct and Compliance

Overview

As a Conduct & Compliance Risk Review Specialist, you will provide independent oversight and challenge to ensure conduct and compliance risks are effectively managed across the Group. Leveraging your deep regulatory expertise and strong analytical skills, you will deliver structured reviews, assess adherence to relevant laws and policies, and support the delivery of the Risk Review plan. You will work closely with stakeholders, produce clear and timely reports, and proactively identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of the control environment.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, is confident in challenging established processes, and is committed to driving continuous improvement in risk management. Day to day, you will:

• Provide independent Conduct & Compliance oversight and challenge to risk and control owners, ensuring risk and return decisions align with customer, business, and strategic outcomes.
• Deliver structured review activities in line with the Risk Review methodology, offering credible assurance that conduct and compliance risks are effectively managed.
• Support the delivery of the annual and quarterly Risk Review plan, assessing adherence to relevant laws, regulations, accepted criteria, and internal policies.
• Engage with partners across the business, escalating material issues and supporting remediation and improvement of controls.
• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks, relevant laws, industry standards, and best practice.
• Outstanding analytical and reporting skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and communicate findings clearly.
• Experience in policy oversight, continuous monitoring, and risk exposure reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• A proactive, innovative, and challenging mindset.
• Experience working in a hybrid or matrix environment.
• Exposure to emerging compliance technologies and data analytics tools.
• Previous involvement in risk review, audit, or assurance functions within financial services.

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
• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies