Securities Master Oversight Lead

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.

Legal and General are looking for to hire a Securities Master Oversight Lead to join the Data Operations function. This role is essential for managing the securities master function and ESG data services ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining strong relationships with third-party service providers.

In this position, you will play a critical role in shaping the strategic direction of our securities and ESG data management, driving process improvements, and ensuring the highest standards of data integrity and governance. Your expertise will be pivotal in evolving our product knowledge centre, acting as the first point of escalation for all business-as-usual (BAU) and change-related inquiries.

If you are a proactive leader with a passion for data management and a track record of driving cultural change within an organization, we would love to hear from you!

What you'll be doing:

• Leading stakeholder management and issue resolution for the team while developing and maintaining productive relationships with all stakeholders
• Monitoring and managing offshore and outsourced teams using governance forums, KRI and KPI data, and other monitoring metrics
• Continuously improving metrics and enhancing their transparency
• Proactively socializing the function’s performance with senior internal stakeholders
• Continuously reviewing, developing, and evolving the process and service model
• Implementing appropriate governance, reporting, and escalation of issues impacting customers to ensure key checkpoints are met
• Managing employees consistently, ensuring adherence to the Group’s policies and procedures, including the Partnership Agreement
• Developing and designing automated, standardized global processes to ensure consistent services, support, and tools

Who we're looking for:

• Strong understanding of regulatory and market changes and their impact on securities master data
• Experience in relationship management with third-party service providers
• Expertise in process governance, risk management, and operational processing
• Experience in mentoring or training new staff, with the desire to develop into a people manager, particularly in a securities master or similar function
• Ability to drive cultural change and service management within the function
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Experience in developing and implementing automated, standardized processes

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 
• 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.