Finance Technician - Fund & Box Admin

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. 

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. 

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.  

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.  

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day. 

We’re recruiting for a Finance Technician - Fund & Box Admin to join us. We’re offering a competitive base salary. 

We’re looking for a motivated and detail‑focused Finance Technician to join our Finance Central Services team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with numbers, supporting key financial processes, and contributing to accurate and timely reporting. You’ll be part of a collaborative team that values continuous improvement, professional growth and delivering high‑quality outcomes for the business.

What you’ll be doing:

• Processing daily financial data, including payments, journals and fund box activities in line with established procedures and controls
• Preparing and completing financial and box reconciliations, investigating and resolving outstanding items
• Contributing to the production of monthly financial and management accounts, including revenue, balance sheet, tax and regulatory information
• Supporting the delivery of management information and analytical insight for business units and ad hoc requests
• Adhering to strong financial controls, maintaining up‑to‑date procedure notes and ensuring compliance with internal and regulatory requirements
• Identifying and recommending improvements to processes and procedures to support continuous improvement
• Collaborating with colleagues and participating in cross‑training to build shared knowledge and resilience across the team
• Supporting Consumer Duty requirements by ensuring Finance processes, systems and MI enable fair customer outcomes

Who we’re looking for:

• Studying towards, or willing to study towards, a recognised accounting, investment administration or relevant professional qualification
• Alternatively, at least two years’ experience in a Finance or investment environment
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, with Power Query experience an advantage
• Practical understanding of accounting and bookkeeping processes
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to work accurately to tight deadlines
• Confident communication skills with the ability to work effectively with colleagues across the business
• Analytical and problem‑solving abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying improvements
• Ability to plan, prioritise and work both independently and as part of a team

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
• Healthcare Plan (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 (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive 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 care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.