General Insurance Finance Business Partner

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial institution as a key member of the General Insurance Finance Business Partnering team in Leeds. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a qualified accountant to engage in management reporting, forecasting, and business analysis, contributing to the financial success of the organization. You will work in a hybrid environment, collaborating with various stakeholders, and have the chance to influence strategic business decisions.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave

Qualifications

• Proven track record in finance roles, especially in Business Partnering.
• Strong analytical & numeracy skills.
• Self-motivated with excellent organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support Corporate Partnerships in financial analysis and reporting.
• Engage with commercial teams to deliver forecasts and budgets.
• Prepare month-end reporting packs for senior leadership.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Commercial awareness

Education

CIMA/ ACCA/ ICAEW qualified or part-qualified

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

HOURS: Full Time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our office site.

About this opportunity

Join the General Insurance (GI) Finance Business Partnering team in Leeds. We're a key centre for the GI business, working closely with Insurance, Pensions & Investments (IP&I) Finance to provide a key linkage on all aspects of GI. We're part of the IP&I division and have an exciting opportunity for a hardworking accounting professional to join the team.

The Business Partnering team is a dynamic, engaging and highly committed team with responsibility across the following broad categories:

Management reporting including month end reporting, in-depth commercial analysis and deep dives into areas to add customer value.

Forecasting and planning, understanding key business levers and engaging with the business areas to accurately forecast commercial performance.

Business partnering multiple customers across the GI business, delivering insightful analysis to help influence business decisions.

You'll have exposure to many areas of the IP&I business and also the wider Banking Group. This provides an excellent opportunity for personal development, career progression, and a chance to create a real difference to the way Finance operates. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment across a wide range of collaborators, want to improve your eye for business and have a desire to continually improve and innovate in a co-operative fashion, you'll be well suited to the role.

The role requires a self-motivated individual with task prioritisation experience, strong problem-solving and analytical skills, and effective communication. A flexible approach is required – given the demands of the role will continue to vary.

Key responsibilities/ accountabilities are as follows;

Supporting the Corporate Partnerships Home Insurance business, Motor partnership, growth of a new Pet insurance offering, and launch of new Health insurance product.

Providing financial mentorship on areas such as accounting treatments, reporting requirements for projects, and financial governance.

Providing financial analysis and modelling of proposed changes to pricing, products and propositions, understanding the commercial drivers and being able to flexibly build financial scenarios.

Reviewing new partner contracts and commercial terms, involvement in tender processes.

Engaging with GI commercial teams to deliver plans and forecasts, challenging appropriately to ensure budgets are stretching and achievable, and help deliver the strategic objectives.

Preparing month end reporting packs for senior leadership team, adding valuable insight to the financial results, with opportunities to present to senior team.

Providing Finance SME support on GI & Finance projects impacting GI Business Partnering and providing ad hoc data analysis.

Establishing and building links with senior leaders.

Establishing and building relationships with customers to maintain an understanding of expectations, remain relevant, and provide appropriate support and guidance.

Demonstrating core Lloyds Banking Group values and behaviours as an active team member.

About us

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What you’ll need:

Finance professional with a proven track record gained in a range of roles, with a good knowledge within Business Partnering disciplines.

Qualified or part-qualified accountant with relevant experience (CIMA/ ACCA/ ICAEW).

Strong analytical & numeracy skills.

Display attention to detail and accuracy.

Commercial awareness - Experience of and understanding of market and industry environment.

Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and good knowledge of PowerPoint.

Good understanding of finance systems, architecture and processes.

Self-motivated, able to thrive under pressure, and work effectively both individually and as part of a team.

Ability to communicate and influence at senior levels.

Strong self-management and organisational skills.

About working for us:

Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

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.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you’d like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

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

28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

About the company

For over 250 years we’ve been making a difference to the lives of customers, businesses and communities. Today, we're still driven by our purpose of helping Britain prosper.We're part of an ever-changing industry and are currently on a journey to shape the financial services of the future, whilst supporting our customers’ changing needs.The scale and reach of our Group means we can offer a broad range of opportunities to learn, grow and develop. Our values-led culture and approach to inclusion and diversity means we can all make a real difference together.

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