Risk and Resilience Senior 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 Institutional Retirement looks after around 700,000 institutional customers who have their retirement benefits secured with us. Operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987, we are the UK’s longest-running insurer. 

Our Institutional Retirement business is the UK’s longest-serving active bulk annuity provider.

Who we are 

Institutional Retirement is the only insurer to have been operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987 to the present day. Our UK retirement annuity book stands at an estimated £86.1 billion at 31 December 2023. 

Across our retail and institutional retirement businesses, we look after more than 1 million customers, around c.700,000 of whom are institutional customers who have had their retirement benefits secured with us. 

We’re looking for a Risk and Resilience Senior Analyst to join our Governance, Risk and Controls team. This role is key to ensuring compliance with Group Policies and applying the Group Risk Framework consistently. You’ll focus on risk management, oversight, and reporting across IT, operational, and regulatory change, helping optimise risk management and support senior leadership decision-making.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting IT, business, and regulatory change by embedding effective systems and controls
• Undertaking analysis and preparing reports and presentations to drive actions and improvements
• Overseeing and reporting change management risks to demonstrate compliance with Group Policies
• Reviewing and embedding control enhancements to meet regulatory and Group requirements
• Supporting GDPR reviews, data breaches, and personal data requests
• Assisting with operational resilience activities including component testing and stress tracking
• Attending governance meetings and providing guidance on Group Policy requirements
• Ensuring good conduct and fair customer outcomes are central to decisions and actions

Who we're looking for:

• Experience in risk management, governance, or data analysis within a regulated industry
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights
• Knowledge of technology and operational resilience principles
• Ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Degree educated (desirable) or equivalent experience in a comparable role
• Adaptability and openness to new ideas and ways of working

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.