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Strategic Finance & Workforce Planning Assistant Manager

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  • Permanent
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  • Halifax, Birmingham, Cardiff, Chester, Manchester, Newport
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End date

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Salary range

£39,825 - £44,250

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Agile Working Options

Job Share; Hybrid Working

Job description

JOB TITLE: Strategic Finance & Workforce Planning Assistant Manager

SALARY: The salary banding is £39,825 - £44,250

LOCATION: Halifax, Newport/Cardiff, Birmingham, Chester, Manchester

HOURS: 35 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

Become part of a new and exciting team dedicated to shaping the future of Consumer Lending.

This role supports financial and workforce planning activities across the Consumer Lending business, with a focus on data analysis, reporting, and operational execution. You’ll work closely with the rest of the Finance & Workforce Planning team to ensure accurate data insights and reporting that enable informed decision-making and strategic alignment.

What will I be doing?

  • Create, maintain and update workforce data reporting and dashboards using tools such as Power BI, which will enable regular CL finance and workforce governance forums.

  • Assist in financial planning cycles for CL business areas, including FTE tracking and cost reporting.

  • Support recruitment governance processes and ensure data accuracy in workforce systems.

  • Collaborate with Finance and People teams to monitor workforce trends.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

From 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 need

  • Strong analytical skills with experience in data reporting and visualisation.

  • Proficiency in Power BI and other reporting tools (e.g., Excel, Workday, Oracle).

  • Ability to interpret workforce and financial data and present findings clearly.

  • Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.

  • Comfortable working in a hybrid environment and collaborating across teams.

Desirable Experience

  • Experience in financial services or regulated industries.

  • Exposure to strategic planning cycles (e.g., 4YOP, 6YOP).

  • Understanding of job architecture, skills taxonomy, or talent analytics.

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 know

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

  • 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
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