Job Title: Senior Finance Business Partner – Finance Platform
End date: Thursday 28 May 2026
Location: Edinburgh, New Uberior House & Bristol, Harbourside
Salary Range: £85,493 - £100,580
Flexible Working: Job Share, hybrid 40% office mix
Job Summary
An opportunity to manage a Finance Platform with an annual spend of ~£150m, fronting the Finance Transformation within the Group Cost & Investment team. The role delivers partnering, challenge and insight and supports business units and platforms.
Responsibilities
* Provide high quality partnering support to the Finance Platform day to day.
* Produce and present clear, insightful management reporting to senior colleagues, including the Platform DFD, CIO, BPL and Group Cost & Investment Director.
* Identify, assess and proactively manage risks to the platform cost base.
* Build strong relationships with the Finance Platform Business Management team to drive a robust “no surprises” culture.
* Work with divisional teams to understand platform benefits, providing independent oversight of SI benefit validation and reporting.
* Financial governance and oversight, including SOX compliance and balance sheet control.
* Engage on relevant Signature and Essential Actions, ensuring interlock on all investment/project benefits, payback and OKRs.
* Work closely with the Centre of Excellence to ensure high‑quality inputs, outputs and effective communication.
* Role‑model Lloyds Banking Group’s culture and leadership behaviours through visible, values‑led leadership.
Qualifications
* Fully qualified (e.g. ACCA).
* 5+ years post‑qualified experience gaining deep financial experience, understanding of core financial principles and controls.
* 5+ years of strong business partnering capability.
* 5+ years of leadership experience, demonstrating prioritisation, direction and support for a small team.
* Proven ability to engage in constructive challenge with and from the Business to support robust decision‑making.
* Proven judgement to resolve issues, raising when needed and collaborating to reach the right outcome for the Group.
* Build effective working relationships across Finance, Technology and Business Management teams.
* Comfortable managing urgent requests, changing priorities, adapting focus while maintaining delivery of core activities.
Benefits
* Generous pension contribution up to 15%
* Annual performance‑related bonus
* Share schemes including free shares
* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
* 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
* Range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Equal Opportunity
We are a Disability Confident Leader and guarantee interviews for applicants meeting minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.
We’re committed to diversity, equity and inclusion across the Group.
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