Finance Platform Senior Manager — Strategy & Performance

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contribution

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

30 days' holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is hiring a Senior Manager - Business Management to lead performance, governance and financial discipline across the Finance Platform. You will partner with FCOO leaders, Platform and Lab Leads, and Finance & Technology teams to optimise investment and align resources with priorities.

The role focuses on insight, reporting and workforce planning to deliver measurable business value, in a hybrid UK setting with offices in Bristol, Edinburgh and Leeds.

Qualifications

• Experience in business management, performance, finance, strategy or operational leadership within a large and complex organisation.
• Strong business and commercial insight, using data and evidence to see opportunities and drive value.
• Excellent data literacy and analytical capability, translating complex information into actionable insight.
• Strong storytelling and communication skills, influencing senior customers through clear and compelling narratives.
• A proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence across teams, disciplines and leadership levels.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capability, using challenge, judgement and evidence to shape decisions.
• Experience leading teams and developing colleague capability within a high-performing environment.
• Experience of financial management, investment governance and workforce planning across complex portfolios.
• An interest in emerging technologies, automation and AI, driving more efficient and effective ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Drive performance and value across the Finance Platform, using clear measures, governance and insight to support better decisions.
• Lead Business Management activity, creating strong connectivity across FCOO, Finance and Technology teams.
• Shape priorities and investment decisions, ensuring resources are aligned to the highest-value outcomes.
• Provide strategic insight and constructive challenge to Platform, Lab and FCOO leaders.
• Strengthen financial rigor across investment and BAU activity through effective forecasting, planning and governance.
• Lead workforce planning and performance management, ensuring the Platform can operate effectively at pace and scale.
• Drive productivity and continuous improvement, finding opportunities to simplify, automate and improve outcomes.
• Develop clear executive insight and governance materials that support effective decision-making.

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group is hiring a Senior Manager - Business Management to lead performance, governance and financial discipline across the Finance Platform. You will partner with FCOO leaders, Platform and Lab Leads, and Finance & Technology teams to optimise investment and align resources with priorities.

The role focuses on insight, reporting and workforce planning to deliver measurable business value, in a hybrid UK setting with offices in Bristol, Edinburgh and Leeds.