Senior Finance Partner - Finance Platform Transformation in Edinburgh

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About this opportunity: We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Finance Business Partner for the Finance Platform, responsible for managing a Platform with an annual spend of c.£150m who are at the forefront of delivering the Finance Transformation! The role sits within the Group Cost & Investment team, where the Group Investment & Cost Partnering team are the front line into the Business Divisions and Platforms, delivering the Group Change agenda.

The Senior Business Partnering role provides challenge and insight and requires an unquestionable appetite to understand the Businesses they support. Using knowledge of the cost drivers, they clearly and concisely articulate the story behind monthly results to senior customers and drive planning and forecasting activity, providing challenge and analysis to support the accuracy and robustness of the Finance Platform’s financial plans!

What you’ll be doing:

• 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 e.g. contract renewals and resource pressures.
• Build strong relationships with the Finance Platform Business Management team to drive a robust “no surprises” culture.
• Work with divisional teams in understanding platform benefits, providing independent oversight of SI benefit validation and reporting.
• Financial governance and oversight, including SOX compliance and balance sheet control.
• Be fully engaged on relevant Signature and Essential Actions. Ensure interlock on all investment/project benefits, payback and objectives & key results.
• 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.

Why join us? If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you’ve just found it.

What we’re looking for:

• Fully qualified e.g. ACCA.
• 5 plus years post qualified gaining deep financial experience, with an understanding of core financial principles and controls, including capitalisation and cost management.
• 5 plus years gaining strong business partnering capability, with the ability to work constructively with a range of colleagues across divisions and teams.
• 5 plus years leadership experience demonstrating the ability to prioritise work, provide direction, and support team members in a small team environment.
• Proven ability to engage in constructive challenge, both with and from the Business, to support robust decision-making.
• Proven ability to apply judgement to resolve issues, raising when needed and working collaboratively with colleagues to reach the right outcome for the Group.
• Build effective working relationships across Finance, Technology and Business Management teams to support delivery.
• Demonstrate being comfortable managing urgent requests and changing priorities, adapting focus as needed while maintaining delivery of core activities.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you: 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 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 want to ensure all our candidates have the opportunity to shine. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make sure the assessment process works for you.

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

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
• 30 days’ holiday