Job Description
The Senior Finance Manager role sits within the Centre of Excellence (CoE) within Group Cost Management and reports to the Head of Finance for Planning and Analysis. As a senior leader, you'll work closely with the Finance Business Partners to deliver financial information on behalf of the Group Executive Functions areas. You'll provide appropriate challenge and guidance to assist the Finance Business Partners in guiding their business areas to make the right financial choices and you will focus on the performance and development of your direct reports.
Learn more about the general tasks related to this opportunity below, as well as required skills.
What you'll be doing
- Leading a team of colleagues to deliver insightful MI to our Finance Business partners both for Month End and Planning rounds, exercising robust controls and review processes to ensure that the information provided is of a high standard
- Ensuring there is a culture of positive challenge, enabling the team to feel empowered to challenge assumptions and provide analysis that enables our customers to have the right conversations with their respective business areas
- Focus on the development of colleagues in the team, ensuring that they are continuing to 'grow with purpose' and helping them achieve their career goals, whilst also maintaining stability in the team. Providing clear and regular feedback and actively seek development opportunities that align with growth ambitions
- Lead from a Planning and Analysis perspective on group restructures for the areas you support, working with the Finance Business Partners to consider all relevant assumptions, provide scenario analysis and ensure full consideration is given to all practical steps required to enable change
- Continue to cultivate an environment of operational improvement within the team, consistently learning as you go, identifying areas for improvement and actively empowering the team to do the same, share best practice across the wider Group Cost Management community
- Play an active role in the Cost transformation that is ongoing, provide SME input and ensure the team are fully engaged and understand the journey ahead. Act as a champion to seek involvement opportunities
A dynamic and adaptable leader with a passion for colleague development and delivering high quality, continuously improving outputs to customers. You will be comfortable providing feedback to colleagues and Finance Business Partners, working at pace to meet deadlines.
You will be a qualified accountant with an in depth understanding of planning and analysis activities and experience in leading a team to deliver at pace and to a high standard. You will possess excellent communication and relationship building skills to allow you to communicate with stakeholders, colleagues and peers and you will be able to form relationships quickly to enable you to deliver effectively and collaboratively.
You will be someone who is happy operating in a Finance-to-Finance capacity and you will be a team player who is able to offer support to your peers and contribute to wider Group Cost Management Team initiatives.
You will have an excellent eye for detail but will also be able to see the 'bigger picture' and have an ability to quickly identify potential problems and the associated wider implications. You will be an adept problem solver, identifying solutions or mitigations to issues.
Our team is based in the Edinburgh hub, so you will be based within a commutable distance to this hub. We operate a hybrid model (at least 2 days in the office), enabling colleagues to experience the benefits of time in the same location as their colleagues while also entrusting colleagues with choice about how, when and where they work, to deliver their very best.
It is a very exciting time to join LBG. Together we'll continue our market leading, ground-breaking transformation and you'll help us realise the Group's vision to become the Best Bank for Customers. Here, you'll grow as a person and develop your career.
If this is you, come and join our inclusive, values-led culture where we're passionate about making a difference! At Lloyds Banking Group 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, can be themselves and succeed on merit.
Here's what we can we offer you in return
Whatever your aspiration, you can also expect excellent benefits, personal development and a career that's enriching and full of opportunity.
In addition to the salary quoted, the position also offers:
- Discretionary Performance Share Award
- Generous pension contribution
- Private health cover
- Share schemes
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
We're dedicated to giving you opportunities and support to develop you both expertly and personally to optimise your potential. As a new colleague, you'll join us on our journey to build a 21st century bank that reflects modern Britain and craft an inclusive culture where all colleagues feel encouraged and valued.
We're committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We support the principles of agile working and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.
Please get in touch if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you.
So if you have the skills we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you!
Together we make it possible!