Business Analyst - Asset Management

Legal & General is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, providing clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, across public and private markets. As a global investor, we are present where our clients most need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore, to Chicago and major European financial hubs.

Created by combining our investment management (LGIM) and asset origination (LGC) capabilities, our Asset Management division works with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers – which include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions – and deliver enhanced shareholder returns.

Joining us means becoming part of a market-leading team, with capabilities across the full spectrum of asset classes, with an enduring commitment to responsible investment and creating long-term, sustainable value for our clients and partners.

Internal Closing Date: 02/08/2024

We’re recruiting for an experienced Business Analyst to join us in our Business Change function of our Asset Management business in our London office. In this role you'll be investigating and analysing business situations, identifying and evaluating options for improving business systems, elaborating and defining requirements, and ensuring the effective implementation and use of information systems in line with the needs of the business.

What you'll be doing:

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• Identify and manage the 'big picture' associated with Business Change and proactively work with stakeholders to optimise, enable, and drive the portfolio.
• Ensure that all change is compliant with the Business Change Management Framework. Ensuring full traceability of requirements through to benefits.
• Identify innovative, effective, and scalable approaches to tackle business change problems.
• Capturing as-is and to-be operating models, incorporating processes, organisation, technology, and information themes, using a variety of business analysis techniques.
• Act in a business consultancy capacity; managing competing requirements, configuring, and managing workshops
• Derive and define high level business requirements, map out appropriate Epics and User Stories to support delivery. Look for re-use opportunities

Who we're looking for:

• Evidence of a structured approach to analysis and documentation, using recognised tools and techniques
• Experience of requirements elicitation and design, and operating model definition
• Experience using Business Process Modelling
• Experience of investment operations including collateral, securities lending, and reporting
• Experience of Agile/iterative delivery and contribution to/creation of business cases
• Experience of full project lifecycle with a client journey and product-led focus
• Sound understanding of IT software and infrastructure
• Ability to work independently and with others

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes  
• Generous pension contribution  
• Life assurance   
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only) 
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday 
• Competitive family leave 
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice 
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online   
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart 

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.