Performance Analyst

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. 

Our global asset management business provides our clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, working internationally across public and private markets. 

Who we are 

We are one of Europe’s largest asset managers and a major global investor across public and private markets.

Asset Management is a critical driver of our Group strategy. The business aims to work synergistically with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers, and deliver enhanced shareholder returns.  

Our investment philosophy and processes are focused on creating value over the long term. We believe that incorporating financially material sustainability criteria, when relevant to our clients, can create value and drive positive change. 

Recruiter: andre.martin-comrie@group.landg.com

Join our Performance & Attribution team, where you’ll play a key role in delivering performance, attribution, and ex-post risk analysis across LGIM Retail funds and strategies. This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge investment performance systems and build expertise in multi-asset, equity, and fixed income analysis. We offer support for professional qualifications such as IMC and CFA, and a collaborative environment where your ideas can make an impact.

What you’ll be doing:

• Using B-One, Scope, FactSet, State Street, Lipper, Morningstar and in-house systems to calculate performance, attribution and ex-post statistics
• Assisting in the calculation, monitoring and publishing of GIPS composites in line with standards
• Producing regular MI and Board reports
• Handling retail performance queries including ABOR/IBOR reconciliation issues
• Completing tasks within agreed deadlines while adhering to procedures and controls
• Developing and maintaining processes to meet client requirements
• Supporting new projects to improve accuracy, efficiency and productivity
• Enhancing reporting processes using coding languages such as Excel/VBA/SQL/Python

Who we’re looking for:

• Enthusiastic and proactive approach to learning and problem-solving
• Strong verbal communication skills with confidence to engage stakeholders
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills
• Ability to manage workload and meet tight deadlines
• Collaborative team player with a positive attitude
• Interest in investment management and willingness to develop technical knowledge
• Familiarity with data tools or coding languages (Excel/VBA/SQL/Python) is desirable
• Commitment to maintaining high standards and attention to detail

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.