Finance Business Partner - Financial Markets

JOB TITLE: Finance Business Partner - Financial Markets

LOCATION(S): London & Edinburgh

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

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 have 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 need to be able to produce corroborative analysis and clear technical explanations to support informed decision-making.

The candidate will be expected to provide expert advisory on complex transactions across Markets, and understand valuation and accounting issues, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and internal control frameworks.

Key responsibilities will include:

Strategic & Operational Leadership

• Spearhead the formulation and execution of Financial Markets plans including budgets to align with strategic objectives

Business Partnering & Insight

• Develop positive relationships with senior collaborators across Products, Segments, Regions in the Markets business by 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 ensuring adherence to regulatory and internal controls requirements.

Planning and Predicting Future Trends

• Lead forecasting and planning cycles to help set the direction of the business and ensure delivery against financial commitments.

Change & Innovation

• Initiate and implement new business practices to improve financial processes and decision-making; ideally using new tools and bring in efficiencies and better control.

Capability & Talent Development

• Implement formal development frameworks for the department and mentor talent across the wider organisation and invest in personal development through continuous learning

About us

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

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.

About working for us

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 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 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 provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

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

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