End Date Thursday 18 September 2025Salary Range £65,385 - £72,650Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job ShareJob Description Summary .Job DescriptionJOB TITLE: Cost Business Partner for Business & Commercial Banking and Corporate & Institutional BankingSALARY: The salary banding for this role is £65,385 to £72,650LOCATION: Bristol or EdinburghHOURS: 35 hours, full timeWORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.About this opportunityAn exciting opportunity has arisen to join us here in the Cost Business Partnering team!Our Business Partners are Group Finance’s front line into the business. They think strategically and are trusted advisors to the group and its leadership teams. Business Partners provide challenge and insight and champion a culture of curiosity in order to truly understand the businesses they're supporting.What will I be doing?The team focus is on insight and analysis, engaging across multiple teams, providing outputs for management decision making. Working collaboratively, building and maintaining strong working relationships across Finance, Business & Commercial Banking and Corporate & Institutional Banking businesses and embracing Grow With Purpose are all key attributes.Evolving role within team, with job rotation opportunities for fresh challenges and exposure.We present key messages, ranging from monthly management reports to 4YOP playbacks to our senior stakeholders, ensuring that the story and challenges are well understood and explained in a way that is relevant to the business.We support and challenge the business to prepare robust regular forecasts including group-level quarterly forecast and Operating Plans with well-understood risks and opportunities.Working with others to develop and provide high quality financial and commercial insight to support the business in effective strategic decision making. Take on the role of the key Finance contact and trusted advisor for the business and its leadership teams in the Division.This is a great role for broadening awareness across Commercial Banking with the benefit of working closely across CB and Group finance teams, business teams and broaden your network and understanding of the bank. If this sounds like your next challenge, then contact us!Why Lloyds Banking GroupFrom building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.What you’ll needStrong business partnering skills with experience of driving cost improvement.Analytical and problem-solving capability, applied within a financial environment.Excellent interpersonal skills, and an ability to develop a broad network across the organisation and collaborate to achieve goals.Strong Excel skills is critical, with experience of IBM PAX, and applications such as Power BI also desirable.A financial qualification or equivalent commercial experience/knowledge.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 want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.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.And it’s why we especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups.We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us knowWe also offer a wide ranging benefits package, which includes:A generous pension contribution of up to 15%An annual performance related bonusShare schemes including free sharesBenefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on topA range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policiesWant to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.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.
