Senior Business Analyst (15-Month FTC)

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 Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.  

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day. 

We’re looking for a proactive and collaborative Senior Business Analyst to join our Group Functions Change team. You’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering change across Legal & General, supporting complex programmes and discovery initiatives that help the organisation achieve its goals. This is an opportunity to lead meaningful analysis work, contribute to strategic decision‑making, and support the development of our wider Business Analysis community.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading requirements elicitation and analysis activities across multi‑workstream projects
• Defining business problems and opportunities and shaping the approach to business analysis
• Planning, executing and managing business analysis activities and resources
• Evaluating proposals and solutions to ensure alignment with divisional roadmaps and business needs
• Reviewing and assuring the quality of analysis deliverables from internal teams and third parties
• Communicating effectively with stakeholders and senior leaders to support informed decision‑making
• Developing and improving processes and systems to deliver a consistent, customer‑focused service
• Coaching and supporting less experienced analysts to help them deliver high‑quality work

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience in a similar senior business analysis role within transformation or change environments
• Strong capability in business analysis techniques including requirements elicitation, modelling and solution assessment
• Ability to critically evaluate business proposals, identify risks and provide clear recommendations
• Skilled in producing high‑quality documentation, process models and analysis outputs
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills with the confidence to influence effectively
• Experience working in continuous improvement environments and contributing to change initiatives
• Ability to coach, mentor and provide guidance to analysts at different levels
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and relevant BA tools, plus recognised business analysis qualifications (e.g. CCBA®, CBAP®, BCS International Diploma, Six Sigma Green Belt)

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.