Senior Finance Manager, Retail Cost Centre of Excellence

End Date

Wednesday 04 November 2026

Salary Range

£85,493 - £100,580

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Group Cost & Investment team as a senior leader within the Retail Cost Centre of Excellence.

Reporting to the Head of Finance, you’ll play a key role in delivering high-quality financial insight, planning and performance information for Retail. Working closely with Finance Business Partners and colleagues across Finance, you’ll turn financial information into meaningful insight that supports better decision-making.

You'll also lead and develop a team of Finance colleagues, creating an inclusive and supportive environment where people can perform at their best, continually develop their capabilities and play an active part in our Cost Transformation journey.

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Senior Finance Manager, Retail Cost Centre of Excellence – 12 month Fixed Term Contract

SALARY: As per range

LOCATION: Halifax, Trinity Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: Bristol Harbourside, Cardiff, Leeds, Wellington Place

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 one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

This is a 12 month opportunity to take a leading role in the Retail Cost Centre of Excellence, using high-quality financial insight to shape planning, performance and better decision-making across Retail. You’ll bring Finance colleagues together, develop a talented and inclusive team, and help drive our Cost Transformation journey forward!

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and develop a high-performing team, creating an inclusive environment where colleagues can contribute, challenge and grow.

• Deliver high-quality financial insight and MI, supporting month end and planning cycles with robust controls and effective review.

• Turn financial information into actionable insight, helping Finance Business Partners understand performance, challenge assumptions and make better decisions.

• Build strong stakeholder relationships, collaborating across Finance while providing constructive challenge to deliver the right outcomes.

• Lead continuous improvement and Finance transformation, simplifying and standardising processes, strengthening controls and embedding new ways of working across people, processes, data and reporting.

Why join us?

If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you’ve just found it.

What we’re looking for:

• A recognised accountancy qualification or equivalent relevant Finance experience.

• Financial Forecasting: Proficient skill in financial planning and forecasting, using judgement to produce meaningful information that supports business decisions.

• Experience of leading, motivating and developing: Proficient skill in coaching colleagues, setting clear expectations and supporting people to take ownership of their performance and development.

• Communication: Excellent in presenting complex information clearly and meaningfully for different audiences.

• Problem solving: Excellent ability to understand wider implications and drive issues through to resolution.

• Collaboration: Expert in building trusted relationships and working across Finance to achieve shared outcomes.

And any experience of these would be really useful:

• Experience of cost management and/or working within a Finance Centre of Excellence.

• Experience of Finance transformation, process improvement or significant organisational change.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

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.

We want to ensure all our candidates have the opportunity to shine. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make the sure the assessment process works for you.

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

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

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you’ll learn 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.