Reporting and Valuation Team Manager - Cardiff

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 ready to lead a dynamic team and drive excellence in client reporting and valuations? We’re looking for a proactive and inspiring individual to manage our Cardiff-based team, ensuring the accurate delivery of portfolio valuations, NAV calculations, and client reports. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact, working with both UK and international clients in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading and coaching a team to deliver high-quality client and valuation reports
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders and data owners
• Promoting a culture of control, accuracy, and continuous improvement
• Overseeing the production and review of reports to ensure consistency and timeliness
• Acting as the main escalation point for reporting and valuation issues
• Supporting audit processes and driving process improvement projects
• Maintaining robust data governance and ensuring data integrity
• Identifying opportunities to streamline and automate reporting processes

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience in a supervisory or team management role
• A collaborative leader with excellent communication skills
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Confidence working with data and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Vermilion)
• Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• A proactive mindset with the ability to work independently
• An understanding of portfolio valuation and fund structures (training provided)
• A commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence

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.