Investment Initiatives Analyst (12 month FTC)

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.

L&G Asset Management 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.

Are you passionate about shaping the future of investment operations? We’re looking for a dynamic and collaborative individual to join our team as an Investment Initiatives Analyst. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a major transformation programme, working across global investment teams to help define and implement a best-in-class Strategic Target Operating Model (STOM).

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborating with investment teams to define best practices in investment processes
• Partnering with functional leads to deliver the STOM operating model
• Providing thought leadership to harmonise process design across global teams
• Becoming a subject matter expert in the STOM model and CRIMS platform
• Engaging with technology teams to shape system solutions for a global model
• Working with middle and back office teams to build a scalable investment framework
• Identifying operational overlaps and recommending centralisation opportunities
• Assessing operational risks and proposing effective mitigation strategies

We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Investment Initiatives Analyst to join our team on a fixed-term contract.

• Strong understanding of end-to-end investment processes
• Experience across asset classes, instruments, and investment strategies
• Proven ability to design scalable investment processes
• Familiarity with technology migration in an investment context
• Insight into investment and operational risk management
• Ability to influence and collaborate with diverse stakeholders
• A proactive, outcome-focused mindset
• Creative problem-solving and solution design 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
• 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
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

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.