End Date

Thursday 09 July 2026

Salary Range

40,824 - 45,360

We support flexible working click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Scottish Widows Platform - Technical Consultant.

SALARY: 40,824pa to 49,800pa plus the benefits listed below.
LOCATION: Edinburgh or Dundee.
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 office sites.

Weve got an exciting opportunity to join our Platform Technical team within Customer Services Operations. As a Technical Consultant, youll build your knowledge of the Scottish Widows Platform and our products (SIPP, ISA, GIA and Trusts), working closely with colleagues across Operations and the wider business. Youll play a key role in supporting complex queries, improving processes and helping teams deliver consistently strong customer outcomes.

Youll be part of a collaborative and supportive team, with opportunities to develop your technical expertise further while contributing to continuous improvement across the function.

In this role, youll:

• Provide clear, accurate technical guidance to colleagues, business areas and Advisers
• Support complex queries, including complaints, helping teams reach the right outcomes
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve how we work
• Build strong relationships across Operations to support delivery and problem-solving
• Represent Customer Services Operations in projects and incident activity
• Deliver technical training to colleagues to build capability and confidence

About us

If you think all banks are the same, youd be wrong. Were an innovative, fast-changing business thats shaping finance as a force for good. A bank thats empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What youll need

Were interested in people who enjoy solving problems, working collaboratively and building technical expertise.

Specifically, were looking for someone who has:

• Worked in a financial services operations environment for a minimum of 3 years, specifically in pensions, ISA, Trusts and GIA)
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to explain complex information clearly and simply
• A track record working with detailed calculations and identifying errors
• Strong organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Knowledge of onshore and offshore bonds
• Supporting projects in a technical capacity
• Experience applying legislation to solve operational or customer issues
• Experience supporting complaints or complex technical queries

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 were 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

Interested?

If youre excited by the opportunity to grow your technical expertise and make a real difference to customer outcomes, wed love to hear from you. Apply today.

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 were building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.