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Monday 16 March 2026Salary Range
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JOB TITLE: Audit Analyst - Insurance Pensions & Investments
SALARY: £48,000 - £53,100
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh & Bristol
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 hub locations.
Would you like the opportunity to participate in audits that make a meaningful impact to how the Group supports our customers at key moments in their life? Group Audit and Conduct Investigations (GA&CI) has an exciting opportunity for you to join as an Audit Analyst, specialising in Insurance, Pensions & Investments (IP&I).
About this opportunity
As an Audit Analyst you’ll support the delivery of high-quality audits. You’ll apply your knowledge of audit methodology to evaluate and test the design and operation of key controls. You would become a proactive team member, with a growth mindset and will collaborate with other colleagues from across the GA&CI function on integrated audits.
Day to day, you will
Support control testing and identify areas of concern, articulating the potential challenge.
Help deliver the audit plan and add valuable insights to the business to support them in achieving the right outcomes for customers.
Develop an understanding of the areas of the business that you are auditing using your existing knowledge of the Insurance, Pensions and Investments industry.
Actively role model the Group values and behaviours.
Proactively own and drive your career development opportunities.
Create a positive learning culture, coach and support less experienced members of the audit team. Provide timely and effective feedback to support their development.
Why Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) owns Scottish Widows making it the only integrated banking, insurance and investment provider in the UK. As such, LBG has a unique opportunity to help customers manage their finances today, while at the same time helping them plan for tomorrow. For over two centuries, Scottish Widows has been trusted by millions of people to prepare for retirement and protect their families against the worst that could happen.
Scottish Widows continues to evolve and adapt, investing billions in our people, data and tech to meet our customers’ ever-changing needs.
Through our deep understanding of the insurance, pensions and investments industry, GA&CI plays a key role in helping the business support customers and deliver change safely. Join us on our journey and you will too!
What you’ll need:
Risk Management and Control:
Prior audit (internal or external) or risk assurance experience.
Strong track record of delivering risk and control assurance work that is impactful, insightful and valued by stakeholders.
Technical Expertise:
Knowledge of insurance, pensions or investments products.
Project Delivery:
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
The ability to take ownership and prioritise your work effectively to ensure it is delivered on time.
Strategic Thinking:
The ability to understand and interpret Group and Business Unit Strategy and connect this to audit delivery to develop relevant insights.
Be willing to take on new challenges and take ownership of your own growth and development.
Data Analytics:
The ability to analyse, understand and communicate data as information, and to use data to drive effective audit outcomes.
And any experience of these would be really useful:
Understanding and experience of investment fund structures and regulated financial advice.
Experience of using Agile project management principles to deliver audits.
Understanding of investment platforms and products.
About working for us
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
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.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.
We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.
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 the 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.
