Job Title: Business Manager (CFO Office)
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Park or Edinburgh
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 31st October 2025
Royal London has an exciting opportunity for a Business Manager to join our team at Alderley Park on a permanent basis.
Reporting to both the Group Chief Financial Officer (GCFO) and the Group Finance Director (GFD) youll play a key role in supporting guiding and informing the GCFO GFD and Senior Finance Leadership Team.
You will also assume responsibilities for assisting the GCFO and GFD within a fast-paced dynamic and changing environment.
You will be responsible for maximising the effectiveness of the GCFO and GFD whilst capitalising on inherent development opportunities from working alongside the Senior Finance Leadership Team (SFLT). You will be an advocate for improvement and efficiency across Finance.
About the role
- Build effective and productive working relationships with Senior Stakeholders across Group Finance and the wider Group.
- Building and maintaining an effective network of internal and external contacts to provide regular input to the Finance leadership agenda and help shape and promote their priorities and agenda.
- Support the GCFO & GFD in updating regulatory documentation such as handover certificates and reasonable steps evidencing.
- Ensure the Finance team understand progress against Finances goals the Groups Purpose and strategy and matters of interest around the business through effective planning and delivery of Connect with Finance events and other comms as needed.
- Support the delivery of a robust communications and engagement agenda for Group Finance:
- Drafting of certain communications to Finance (or wider as required) with the support of the Internal Communications team as needed
- Work with Internal Communications team to agree an engagement agenda for Group Finance and ensure this is effectively executed
- Work with CRF to make improvements and respond to concerns with GCFO & SFLT engagement with Finance
- Understand the key themes of the Our Voice survey and summarise for the SFLT track collective SFLT actions
About you
- Excellent communication negotiating influencing and leadership skills.
- Energetic and enthusiastic about continually looking at ways to improve processes.
- Ability to engage and influence stakeholders.
- Decisiveness confidence and resilience.
- Strong commercial awareness.
- Excellent communications skills.
- Proven track record of delivery excellent planning coordination and organisation skills.
About Royal London
Werethe UKs largest mutual lifepensionsand investment company offering protection long-term savings and asset management products and services.
OurPeople Promiseto our colleaguesisthat we will all work somewhereinclusive responsibleenjoyableand is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered Trustworthy Collaborate Achieve.
Wevealways been proud to reward employees by offeringgreatworkplace benefits such as 28 days annual leavein addition to bank holidays anup to14%employermatching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here -Our Benefits
Inclusion diversity and belonging
WereanInclusiveemployer. We celebrate and valuedifferent backgroundsand cultures acrossRoyal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected whatever theirbackground.