Finance Manager – Corporate & Institutional Finance Business Partnering

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK bank in Bristol is seeking a finance professional to lead financial performance updates and support strategic decisions. The role requires strong finance qualifications, experience in business partnering, and the ability to build trusted relationships. This position offers flexibility in working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package, including a generous pension contribution and parental leave policies.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

30 days’ holiday

Range of wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Curiosity to learn about business and processes.
• Ability to articulate insights clearly to stakeholders.
• Experience in influencing Senior Stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships and communicate with stakeholders.
• Deliver regular financial performance updates.
• Support strategic decisions around pricing and investment.

Skills

Curiosity to learn about the business

Ability to interpret performance & deals

Build trusted relationships

Desire to improve offerings

Finance qualification (ACA, ACCA / CIMA)

Experience in Business partnering

Experience in Forecasting and Planning

Agility and strong prioritization skills

Commercial Acumen

Change adoption

Education

Finance qualification (ACA, ACCA / CIMA)

Job description

End date Friday 15 August 2025

Salary range £65,385 - £72,650

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Job description

Day to day you will:

• Build positive relationships, communicate with the business and other stakeholders
• Deliver regular and ad hoc financial performance updates, reviewing and controlling these before they reach our partners
• Support the business in making strategic decisions around pricing, proposition and Investment including our 2026+ strategy
• Learn the business, show curiosity to understand performance and processes and build new analysis, interpreting data from various sources
• Forecasting and Planning to help set strategic direction, providing challenge to ensure we meet our financial commitments
• Build an in depth knowledge on how the Division allocates scarce resources, across Costs and Capital providing to advise the business on how to improve returns
• Support our Transformation journey
• Provide guidance on technical accounting / proposed benefits of new deals and products
  

What you will need

• A curiosity to learn about the business, performance and our processes to deliver insight, control and challenge
• An ability to proactively interpret performance & deals using a variety of sources and articulate this clearly to a variety of stakeholders
• An ability to build trusted relationships with a variety of people and teams and work with those teams to support our purpose and goals
• A desire to continually improve our offering to stakeholders & stretch yourself to do so.
• Finance qualification (fully qualified), ACA, ACCA / CIMA
• Experience in Business partnering and challenging / influencing Senior Stakeholders to drive business performance forwards using persuasive relationship management
• Experience in Forecasting and Planning
• Agility and strong prioritisation skills to manage the demands of the business
• Commercial Acumen – using understanding to challenge performance and advice on actions to improve
• Change adoption – actively embraces change and drives improvements to enhance efficiency allowing more focus on most valuable activities

About working for us

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 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 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 provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

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, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.