Intern - Accounting Programme – Cardiff - 2026

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.  

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

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to earn while you learn?

The L&G Accounting internship is an 8-week programme, running from June to August. During this time, you’ll have the chance to develop your skills, gain valuable insights, and get hands-on work experience. This is a fantastic opportunity to see if a graduate role in our accounting team is the right fit for you.

You’ll be part of a dynamic cohort of interns, with plenty of opportunities to connect with your peers and colleagues through our Future Talent induction, networking events, and social activities. Joining L&G means embarking on a journey that’s anything but ordinary. So, dive in, get involved, be curious, and discover how we can help you be your best, no matter who you are.

Accounting is central to ensuring a profitable, well run insurance business and your work will support the success of a FTSE 100 company

As part of the internship, you could be placed with any of our accounting teams across Group, Asset Management or in functions such as Tax, Treasury, Audit, Financial Reporting, Risk Analytics and Expense and Ledger Management. 

Over the course of the internship, you will have the chance to interact with different teams, hear from senior speakers and network with your fellow interns. Some of the day-to-day activities could include:

• Supporting the delivery of financial information, reporting and advice, and ensuring appropriate financial reporting, MI, processes and systems are in place to support other business areas, so that customers are treated fairly in line with Legal & General’s Customer Experience and Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) policy.
• Keeping accurate records in the ledger and daily process records, and ensuring timely and accurate filing and storage.
• Preparing the reporting and MI required for internal and external regulatory reporting, audit and compliance.
• Building and maintaining excellent working relationships and communications with other parts of the business to ensure the delivery of effective processes and procedures.
• Understanding the key risk exposures for different types of life insurance products, including the drivers of capital for different types of assets or liabilities.
• Performing, under guidance, the tasks necessary to enable continuous improvement of the team’s financial reporting systems, processes and actuarial reporting methodologies, and providing ad‑hoc finance support on group projects as they arise.
• Managing the end‑to‑end forecast and planning process, including Business Partnering discussions with cost centre managers to agree plan assumptions and revisions as part of a formal re‑forecast.
• Building MI to generate insight to better serve customers and to identify strengths and weaknesses in the business.

But most importantly you will be learning new skills and gaining knowledge of how our business works!

Please note we only accept one application per recruitment cycle for our internship roles so please consider all placement positions before applying, as your first application will be considered your only application.

You will also need to have your own valid right to work in the UK. 

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We are looking for people with an inquisitive mind and a passion for learning. No prior industry experience? No problem! We’re more interested in seeing that you have the tools to develop quickly. Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Currently an undergraduate, in your penultimate year of study (graduating in 2027) and on track to receive a 2:1 (ideally in a numerate degree subject) 
• Strong numerical skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office products including Excel, Word and PowerPoint 
• Flexibility and a team-player attitude.
• Great communication skills
• A highly organised with the ability to prioritise effectively

Please remember, we can only accept one application per person across all our intern programmes. So, think carefully about which programme you want to apply for, as your first application will be the only one considered.

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.

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.