SENIOR FINANCE ANALYST- 12 Month FTC

The world of investment is changing. Our vision at Legal & General Investment Management is to create a better, more sustainable future through responsible investing. We work in partnership with our clients around the globe to deliver positive long-term outcomes, while rising to the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Our clients include institutional pension funds, financial institutions, local authorities and sovereign wealth funds. To meet our clients’ complex and evolving investment needs, our investment strategies cover a broad array of asset classes and styles, including equities, bonds, property and alternatives, as well as multi-asset funds. We’re focused on continuously innovating our investment products, maintaining our reputation as experts across all asset classes, and striving to build a more responsible and sustainable future.

Your role at a glance

The role holder is responsible for supporting the Financial Controller in the undertaking of reporting and control activities within the LGIM Finance function. Specific activities will include the preparation of journals and MI analysis, as well as producing elements of the analytical entity packs, regulatory returns, liquidity forecasts, quarterly board submissions and annual financial statements. The role also includes revenue responsibilities, such as invoice preparation and month end analysis.

What you'll be doing

• Prepare and upload accounting journals to reflect revenue for the month, foreign currency adjustments and tax
• Supporting the financial controller in understanding monthly performance of the entities required, and monitoring and forecasting capital and liquidity positions of the entities.
• Assisting with the preparation of statutory accounts and liaising with external auditors to ensure thorough responses are received to any questions raised during the annual audit process.
• Assist with the production of the entity analytical packs, showing the balance sheet and P&L with written and graphical analysis of performance.
• Assist with the production of the financial reporting packs for submission to the entity board meetings on a quarterly basis.
• Assist with the preparation of regulatory returns for the FCA, ensuring that all regulatory deadlines are adhered to.
• Supporting the finance director and other stakeholders by providing complete, accurate and timely information as requested
• Ensuring up to date documentation of processes, risks and controls.
• Assisting the financial controller in creating efficiencies within current processes.
• Ad hoc reports, information requests and other tasks that arise throughout the year.

• The applicant should be willing to study ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or be part/fully qualified.
• The application of key accounting principles is key to this role. The jobholder must therefore either be working towards an appropriate accountancy qualification or have significant on-the-job experience within a Finance environment.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel, and good knowledge of PowerPoint and Word is required for this role. The role holder will be expected to develop knowledge of SUN and Tableau.
• This role requires the jobholder to interact with stakeholders across LGIM and the wider L&G Group. The jobholder should therefore have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• The jobholder should show a willingness to openly share views and findings with other team members and a desire to take an active role in team meetings and discussions with management.
• Particularly during the busy month-end period, the jobholder will be required to manage a variety of different deliverables concurrently. The ability to cope with periods of high pressure is therefore a key skill for this role.
• The jobholder should be able to work independently to develop and enhance processes and to identify, investigate and resolve issues.
• Strong numeracy skills are a key requirement of this role, and the role holder should be comfortable with key financial concepts and able to accurately handle volumes of financial data, manipulate the data for use in other financial or operational processes.

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings. 

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.