Growing Lloyds business are looking to add to their finance team with a new broad role. This will involve ownership of the end-to-end business and financial planning, forecasting and financial modelling processes. Analysis and challenge of actual performance against expected with the business. Identify business and department needs for management information and process improvements and drive forward to completion. Communicate results to key decision makers and stakeholders across the business and contribute to direction and shaping of the business functions. Responsibilities Ownership of the quarterly reforecasts, Lloyds SBD and SBF and business budgets with 1-to-5-year view both YoA and CY and at a Syndicate, class, and product level. Identification and drive forward process simplification and improvement opportunities. Support decision making by providing stakeholders with timely, detailed and meaningful insights and visibility on business performance. Develop and maintain effective relationships with business partners and cross functional teams at all levels of the organisation. Work with the business to produce change project business cases, helping key decision makers prioritise opportunities. Own and continually develop the financial planning model based on business requirements. Work alongside other teams to develop an automated business planning process. Act as the key Finance point of contact for all business planning related activities and manage cross business liaison to capture model inputs reserving, reinsurance, UW, finance, and expenses, with effective challenge taking place where appropriate. Ownership of Board, Executive and Committee papers with supporting narrative and insightful analysis which explains variances and issues clearly to senior stakeholders. Provide leadership, direction and support to others within the team. Experience Strong knowledge of Insurance accounting, UK GAAP and finance systems. Experience of Lloyd's regulatory/Syndicate Accounting requirements is beneficial. Good Excel skills (pivot tables, V Look ups, sum ifs). TM1 experience is highly advantageous.