Strategic Finance Partner — General Insurance

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Wellbeing initiatives

Generous parental leave policies

Flexible office attendance

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a finance professional to provide insightful analysis across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow. You will influence business decisions through high-quality management information, support forecasting, scenario modelling, and plan development, while driving profitability and strategic pricing initiatives.

You will partner with actuarial, pricing, and commercial teams, deliver robust financial plans, and communicate insights to senior stakeholders in a clear,

Qualifications

• Finance professional with a consistent record and business partnering experience.
• Strong financial planning, forecasting and modelling capability.
• Experience influencing and building relationships with senior partners.
• Excellent communication skills to translate complex financial information.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to challenge and influence decisions.
• Proven track record delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience identifying financial risks/opportunities and translating analysis into recommendations.
• Experience within General Insurance or broader insurance environment.
• Knowledge of General Insurance financial processes, products and drivers.
• Experience with Pricing, Commercial or Actuarial teams; transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Providing financial and commercial modelling to support initiatives and regulatory responses.
• Understand and articulate revenue and/or cost drivers to optimise opportunities.
• Support investment projects with financial tracking and benefits interlock.
• Deliver 4YOP, quarterly forecasts, rolling monthly forecasts and QBR outputs.
• Collaborate with Actuarial, Pricing & Commercial teams to build credible plans.
• Provide insight and reporting of metrics to senior partners with clear explanations.

Skills

Business partnering

Financial planning

Forecasting

Modelling

Communication

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder management

Insurance domain knowledge

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Power Automate

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a finance professional to provide insightful analysis across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow. You will influence business decisions through high-quality management information, support forecasting, scenario modelling, and plan development, while driving profitability and strategic pricing initiatives.

You will partner with actuarial, pricing, and commercial teams, deliver robust financial plans, and communicate insights to senior stakeholders in a clear,