Head Of Financial Performance & Analysis and Investments - (12 Month Maternity Cover)

Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, aiming to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone and create value for our shareholders.

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 Head Of Financial Performance & Analysis and Investments to join us on a 12 month Maternity cover. L&G Suburban BTR (Build to Rent) is a new wholly owned subsidiary of Legal & General, tasked with bringing much needed institutional capital to the nascent UK BTR family housing sector. In this role you will be leading the Financial Performance & Analysis and Investment function, working closely with the L&G Suburban BTR Executive Team, wider Suburban BTR colleagues and L&G Capital. 

What you'll be doing:

• Leading financial performance & analysis within the Suburban BTR team, ensuring high quality analysis, planning and reporting. Manage and inform the discussion on the optimum target property types, locations and operations to ensure profitability is maximised whilst risk is appropriately managed
• Leading the production of the key business financial models, ensuring they remain accurate and delivers the analytical capabilities a fast-moving business requires through flexibility and ease of use of the model
• Responsible for the preparation and maintenance of financial systems to be used for the appraisal of the divisions development schemes, in accordance with the development assumptions approved by the Board
• Providing support to the development and new business teams with their scheme & project appraisals, through financial analysis and supply of appropriate models
• Supporting the business with ad hoc analysis required for the purposes of debt and equity raising and producing analysis required for investor materials and decision making
• Ensuring that Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) is considered throughout the product lifecycle, to enable the development of products that meet customers’ needs at an appropriate cost, which promote Legal & General’s image as a firm where the fair treatment of customers is central to the corporate culture
• Manage, motivate and develop employees at all levels, in a manner that is consistent with the Company’s policies and procedures including the Partnership Agreement, to maximise the performance of the area

Who we're looking for:

• Technical financial and commercial knowledge 
• Good knowledge of different corporate and tax structures employed in real estate finance 
• Expert-level knowledge of financial analysis and reporting
• Detailed understanding of the drivers of profitability 
• Experience in real estate industry 
• Specific development and/or housing experience in a similar role desirable 
• Delivery focussed and ability to plan and execute projects across multi-disciplinary teams 
• Outstanding excel, problem solving and analytical skills 

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.