Investments Data Analyst

Legal & General 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.

This role will be focused on analysis, tasked with the capture and decomposition of front office business requirements into data solutions and build stories. This will involve working with multiple Investments stakeholders to understand data challenges, and guiding engineering teams towards data designs that are scalable, repeatable, and sustainable.

What you'll be doing:

• Working with our internal Investments stakeholders, Technology and the Business Change teams to gather requirements in the form of User Stories, Features, Epics
• Delivering analysis artefacts incl. user stories, data flows, service descriptions with defined acceptance criteria and any associated mapping specifications for development and testing
• Working with our Data Operations and Marketplace teams to ensure designs are scalable, repeatable, and sustainable
• Delivering investment specific data solutions via; Collaborating with investments SMEs to clarify business requirements, Delivering the design, data model and requirements to suit business needs & Working with investments technology partners to build a cost effective solution
• Conducting analysis of existing investments datasets to identify inefficiencies, inconsistencies, and areas for improvement. Design iterative and supportable data migration plan for transition to a scalable data model that aligns with the firm’s strategic data goals
• Investigating data issues and identify root causes, collaborating with all Data Stakeholders to enable a complete understanding of the problem and solution
• Developing appropriate data controls as part of user stories; assist in keeping data documentation up to date including data dictionaries
• Performing User Acceptance Testing sign off for data deliverables and support users in executing UAT

Who we're looking for:

• Demonstrated understanding of the Asset Management Industry, financial products, technologies and data domains
• Good understanding of data governance concepts including data domains, data ownership, data stewardship and application of critical data element standards and definitions
• Effective requirements gathering technique
• Working on Data project/s in the Asset Management Industry supporting front office functions - in particular, day to day fund management, analytics, and trading
• Analysing and designing data services; comfortable writing SQL queries, using Swagger, analysing data and defining requirements for optimal data structure
• Data Quality dimensions and how to define DQ rules, metrics, validation processes and DQ Dashboards
• Working in an Agile, flexible and collaborative team environment
• Demonstrated collaborative approach to working with portfolio managers, quants, developers, architects, and subject matter experts alike, to solicit and communicate requirements confidently

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 (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 

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.