Investment Reporting Specialist

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.

Key Responsibilities

Within our client focused reporting team, the candidate will be expected to interact directly with clients and client teams, serving as a key SME to discuss the client’s reporting requirements related to their investment strategy. They will be required to have a significant understanding of the investment products & solutions we offer, data, systems, and strategic mandates we run, working alongside the relationship teams, RFP, and client onboarding areas to meet client needs.

The Investment Reporting specialist will also be responsible for the following:

• Owning and managing end to end production and delivery of daily, weekly, monthly & quarterly client deliverables and reports, ensuring they are delivered accurate and in a timely manner, deliverables include;
  • Investment reports 
  • Regulatory reporting
  • Ad-hoc requests 
  • Regular reporting tasks 
• Overseeing and owning the collation and the timely delivery of data to clients, ensuring services are delivered within agreed SLA/IMA guidelines, and in compliance with relevant regulatory guidelines and industry standards.
• Attending and greatly contributing to client review calls, plus new client on-boarding meetings. Being on-hand to discuss any reporting or strategy points and capture any key requirements as a result of discussions taking the opportunity to demonstrate a focus on delivering excellent client focused service and expertise.
• Demonstrating a significant level of Investment Management technical knowledge and detailed understanding of LGIM’s products, brand, competitors and clients, the investment decision making processes and long-term objectives involved.
• Reforming data and ability to work with large and complex data structures to support bespoke requirements.
• Representing client reporting and our service offering internally and externally partnering with Client Service Solutions and the relationship team by demonstrating an understanding the client’s strategy and our capabilities. Leveraging the firm to deliver standard or determine bespoke requirements.
• Providing solutions to client requirements, working closely with client relationship peers, product specialists and investment desk support teams to define scalable processes and seek ways to further enhance client experience.
• Working with areas of expertise around the business to project manage ad-hoc queries, data requests and client change, through to completion in line with client expectations
• Promoting a procedural and control mind-set alongside the solution hat to ensure tasks and controls are consistently documented and reflected to allow top rate accuracy, quality and timeliness of reports and data provided to clients whilst mitigating risk.

• Strong experience of working within the investment management industry including providing an exceptional level of client service and support to clients.
• Deep knowledge of industry investable instruments including Derivatives and the associated accounting and operational management of owning these in a client mandate.
• Good understanding of the various investment vehicles and strategy types in the investment management industry 
• Solid track record of dealing with external and internal clients, building significant relationships with contacts up to and including senior levels
• Demonstrable ‘Solutions’ mind set, able to bring to the table consistent positive approach to delivering for our clients even when challenged with system and data limitations.
• Prior experience of acting in an SME capacity and providing support to deputise for management.
• Extensive knowledge of industry vendors and tools available to Investment Reporting teams.
• Significant attention to detail and able to demonstrate high levels of accuracy and thoroughness.  (Examples to be discussed in potential interviews)
• Proficient IT skills, primarily with MS Excel and PowerPoint (VBA and Python desirable)

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.