Finance Business Partner - Financial Markets

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End Date: Saturday 15 November 2025

Salary Range: £104,686 - £123,160

Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share

Location: London & Edinburgh

Hours: Full Time

Working Pattern: Hybrid; at least two days per week at an office site.

About This Opportunity

The role partners closely with stakeholders across Financial Markets Business and Finance teams within the Commercial Bank, providing support and insight to Products, Segments, Investment and Portfolio management, working with a large and diverse business partnering community.

As a Senior Finance Leader, you will be responsible for financial planning, performance insight, strategic advisory, and control oversight. This role plays a critical part in shaping financial strategy, enabling commercial decision‑making, and driving transformation across the business.

The candidate will need to have a strong understanding of and experience in Financial Markets businesses and the ability to interpret financial and accounting information, appreciate market dynamics and impact on the business, work with data whilst leveraging advanced numerical and problem‑solving skills to develop robust financial models.

They must produce corroborative analysis and clear technical explanations to support informed decision‑making and provide expert advisory on complex transactions across Markets. They should understand valuation and accounting issues, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and internal control frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Spearhead the formulation and execution of Financial Markets plans, including budgets, to align with strategic objectives.
• Develop positive relationships with senior collaborators across Products, Segments, Regions in the Markets business, providing expert financial insight to support strategic decisions.
• Interpret financial performance, challenge the business constructively, and communicate key messages clearly and effectively.
• Collaborate with the wider Finance Business Partnering (FBP) community to support forums such as Growth Forums and Finance Resource Meetings, and with Product Control and Valuation Control teams to ensure regulatory and internal control compliance.
• Lead forecasting and planning cycles to set the direction of the business and ensure delivery against financial commitments.
• Initiate and implement new business practices to improve financial processes and decision‑making, using new tools to bring efficiencies and better control.
• Implement formal development frameworks for the department and mentor talent across the wider organisation, investing in personal development through continuous learning.

What You’ll Need

• Experienced professional with Financial Markets experience.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to interpret performance and communicate insights clearly.
• Curiosity and drive to understand business performance and improve processes.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships across diverse teams and senior stakeholders.
• A growth mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and value creation.
• Experience in a similar finance leadership role; a professional finance qualification is desirable.

Benefits

• Generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• Annual performance‑related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

About Working For Us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities and are a Disability Confident Leader.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package.

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Contact Us

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch! We’d love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. With us you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.