Governance and Risk Analyst
- London
- Full-time
- Risk
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The world of investment is changing. Our vision at Legal & General Investment Management is to create a better, more sustainable future through responsible investing. We work in partnership with our clients around the globe to deliver positive long-term outcomes, while rising to the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Our clients include institutional pension funds, financial institutions, local authorities and sovereign wealth funds. To meet our clients’ complex and evolving investment needs, our investment strategies cover a broad array of asset classes and styles, including equities, bonds, property and alternatives, as well as multi-asset funds. We’re focused on continuously innovating our investment products, maintaining our reputation as experts across all asset classes, and striving to build a more responsible and sustainable future.
Location: London
Salary: Up to £60,000 + competitive bonus and benefits
Your role at a glance
We are currently recruiting for a Governance and Risk manager to join our team.
What you'll be doing
- Working proactively with Governance and Risk Manager to deliver on a broad range of initiatives and BAU activities that will help Real Assets manage its risks and controls environment, reduce risk profile, improve robustness and scalability of our operating model for future growth.
- Developing and maintaining close working relationships with Real Assets teams to drive, facilitate, challenge and be part of their delivery, to improve processes and reduce operational risk profile.
- Taking ownership of the Risk Map across Real Assets and, working closely with the business to ensure that controls recorded in the Risk Management System to mitigate the risks are appropriate, proportionate, effective and auditable.
- Ensuring each team in Real Assets has ownership and awareness of their key risks and that they can identify key areas of potential errors and exposures, and that these are reviewed regularly.
- Ensuring errors/incidents/events are reviewed and remediating actions identified and managed through to completion and in accordance with agreed LGIM policy and procedures, including ensuring that risk events and issues are raised in a timely fashion and that actions are appropriate, proportionate and effective.
- Assisting the Governance and Risk Manager on ad-hoc events or thematic reviews.
- Deputising the Governance and Risk Manager in relevant governance forums and committees.
- Assisting the Governance and Risk Manager in producing MI packs.
- Working proactively with the Governance and Risk Manager in supporting the overall risk culture within the business
What we're looking for
- Strong academic background. Preferably a professional certificate, e.g., IMC, IAQ, CFA.
- A professional qualification is desirable but not essential; e.g. accounting, Internal audit, Risk management or Compliance qualification.
- Awareness or exposure to Financial Services industry, to include: Excellent understanding of risk and regulatory issues for financial services business.
- Extensive experience in Financial Services, ideally with Real Assets experience.
- Experience gained in an Internal Audit, Risk and/or Compliance position (desirable).
- Pro-active in terms of supporting the business and team in other areas.
- Good analytical skills, enquiring mind, with a tenacious approach.
- Commercial and strategic approach to management of risk and regulatory matters.
- Accurate with attention to detail.
- Organised and able to work to deadlines.
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Confident and able to present in structured manner.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Pragmatic approach and good understanding of business issues and pressures.
- Strong team player.
When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.
If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave.
You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.
The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.
Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands.
We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.
We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.
At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.
Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?
Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.
We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.
We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.
We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.
So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.
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