Senior Manager, Flash Reporting and Planning

End Date Thursday 03 April 2025 Salary Range £83,411 - £98,130 We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary . Job Description JOB TITLE: Senior Manager, Flash Reporting and Planning – 14 month FTC LOCATION(S): Bristol SALARY: £83,411 - £98,138 HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the above office About this opportunity The Commercial Banking business provides a customer centric approach for UK businesses and businesses with strong links to the UK. Through the network of relationship managers CB provides clients with authoritative advice on their businesses and the products they need to help them secure growth, balance risk and improve efficiency. Within CB Finance, the Flash and Planning team deliver financial planning, results and analysis including business insight across Commercial Banking. The team produce income modelling in addition to providing challenge and insight into the CB forecast plans whilst continuously improving the underlying processes. The key responsibilities of the role are to deliver the monthly flash processes, flash to final, forecasts, 4YOP and Reporting on performance to the Divisional FD, BU CEOs and Group Finance, all supported by robust and insightful analysis. This role will continue to build and maintain a successful team and ensure colleagues are led and developed effectively with our culture and vision embedded through transparent leadership. Your team will act as a conduit to provide a full suite of Finance services to the Finance Business Partners and work closely with Centres of Excellence on performance issues, business priorities and changing strategy. Success will come from being adept at building collaborative relationships across the organisation and having excellent influencing skills, aligning colleagues at all levels to achieve our goals. It will also be driven by having a clear understanding of the business strategy and the market context that crafts the medium-term plan, coupled with strong experience of plan financials, underlying business drivers and risks / opportunities. Day to day you’ll be; Supporting the coordination, consolidation and delivery of key activities (Flash, 4 year plans, quarterly forecasts and LVs) Modelling and working closely with the FBPs to deliver insight & analysis of Commercial Banking financial performance Management/co-ordination of PAX submissions into Group Finance for both Flash and Forecasting Providing MI and insight to support a wide range of partners, including Finance Business Partners Delivering operational improvement and using capacity released to centralise additional process type activity About us If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose. What you’ll need Line management experience, mentoring and developing teams to excel, growing productivity and advocacy Be a qualified accountant with post qualified experience Consistent track record in planning / forecasting Credentials that demonstrate working in a time-pressured and dynamic environment with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail Experienced in developing and significantly improving processes including the Planning Analytics tool Excellent communication skills, keeping it simple and providing valuable insight. About working for us Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, and build 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 why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15% An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance 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 Want to do amazing work, that 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. With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers. Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future. Should you wish to contact us for any reason, please email us at: careers@lloydsbanking.com For more Flexible Working Options please use the free text search, e.g. job sharing, variable hours, to identify relevant matches.