Senior Business Analyst (ESG)

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.

We’re recruiting for a  Senior ESG Business Analyst to join us within our Asset Management business, specifically within our business change & Consulting division. This new role will require previous in-depth experience working within Regulatory area, more specifically ESG within the Asset Management industry, and capable of overseeing and driving large programs from feasibility analysis to inception and through to delivery.  

What you'll be doing:

• Identifying and managing the 'big picture' associated with ESG & other Regulatory changes and proactively work with stakeholders to optimise, enable and drive workstream delivery.
• Acting as an expert counsel and consultant and being able to bring structure to vision and ideas and able to conduct feasibility to give shape to business cases.
• Leading a team of Business Analysts to provide direction, guidance, support and manage escalations and prioritisation pro-actively and in some cases manage the outcomes of escalations from others.
• Working with the Architecture team to identify innovative, effective and scalable approaches to tackle changes.
• Review business processes of in-scope regulations against the business' strategic operating model and identify affected business processes.
• Reviewing data flows, applying data management concepts and performing extensive data analysis where required.
• Capturing and documenting the as-is and to-be operating models, incorporating processes, organisation, technology and information themes, using a variety of business analysis techniques.
• Deriving and defining high level business requirements, map out appropriate Epics and User Stories to support delivery. Look for re-use opportunities and identify appropriate value streams.

Who we're looking for:

• Extensive experience working on ESG programmes within Business Change in an Investment Management organisation is highly desirable.
• Extensive experience designing strategic operating models within ESG Regulations & ESG Data is highly desirable.
• Extensive experience working on Regulatory programmes in an Investment Management organisation is highly desirable.
• Extensive experience performing feasibility activities and creating structured business cases.
• Previous experience leading a team of Business Analysts is highly desirable.
• Evidence of a structured approach to analysis and documentation, using recognised tools and techniques.
• Experience of requirements elicitation and design and target operating model definition.
• Experience of Agile/iterative delivery and contribution to/creation of business cases

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.