Risk 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.

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.

We’re recruiting for a Risk Analyst to join us on a Fixed Term Contract until June 2026. In this role, you will support increasing resource capacity across the CIA team and CRO function by improving BAU processes through automation, process improvement and optimising where possible. You will also be contributing to deliver a scalable, consistent, global data operating model to enable Legal & General’s growth strategy.

What you’ll be doing:

• Assisting with the creation and implementation of automated solutions for Risk and Compliance processes within Asset Management, utilising available tools and technologies
• Designing and driving the implementation of tools to increase impact, insight, and provision of concise management information, reports, and presentations for Compliance and Risk globally
• Initiating suggestions for enhancing the effectiveness of processes and recommend technology-driven solutions
• Developing and maintaining an understanding of the Compliance and Risk functions, their goals, objectives, and key stakeholders
• Supporting on-team and CRO cross-projects to ensure that process efficiencies are achieved through automation and utilising database solutions
• Ensuring regular BAU tasks and ad-hoc queries are responded to in a timely fashion with an emphasis on data quality and accuracy. 
• Supporting CIA to reduce legacy work by returning tasks to business areas wherever possible or to develop self-serve model
• Liaising with internal stakeholders to improve performance understanding through improvements in processing, modelling, analytical & reporting services.
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Who we’re looking for:

• Experience with Python, SQL (database), Alteryx, Tableau, VBA coding, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, AI LLMs (MS Co-Pilot) and development expertise will be an advantage, as would Business Analysis experience
• Ability to clean, manipulate and visualise data sets within visual analytics tool like Power BI, Tableau.
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong collaborative skills and effective communication with stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, making informed decisions and taking initiative without constant supervision
• Capable of managing projects from inception to completion, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and standards
• Excellent 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.