Job Title: MI Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Park or Edinburgh
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 13th November 2025
We’re seeking a talented MI Manager to join our Business Finance team. This new role is pivotal in supporting the COO Function, which represents half of the UK cost base and delivers the UK Change Portfolio. You’ll play a key part in providing financial insight and challenge, helping shape strategic cost decisions, and ensuring the business has the relevant data and direction to succeed. If you’re passionate about driving value, influencing change, and delivering high-quality insightful management information, we’d love to hear from you.
About the role
* Provide financial insight and challenge to the COO, covering both Run and Change costs.
* Support aligned Senior Cost Managers in protecting and creating value across the COO business area.
* Act as the main point of contact between Business Finance and the Cost Accounting team for COO.
* Deliver insightful MI and commentary, including ad-hoc analysis for senior stakeholders.
* Ensure cost drivers and allocations are appropriate for annual business planning and valuation.
* Lead month-end cost reviews, preparing commentary and movement analysis.
* Encourage a culture of cost control and continuous improvement across the COO and change portfolios.
About you
* Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent).
* Experience in financial systems, budgeting, forecasting, and planning.
* Background in Commercial Finance or Management Accounting preferred.
* Highly numerate with excellent problem-solving skills and strong business curiosity.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Oracle EPBCS, and Power BI.
* Excellent communication, relationship management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Able to work both independently and collaboratively, with a keen eye for detail.
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.