Senior Fund Manager - Investment Strategy Management

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.

Role overview 

The Investment Strategy Management - Fund Management team sits within the Investment COO department working in partnership with a team of project managers and restructure execution managers to deliver enhanced client outcomes via our unified capabilities.

We are the trade owner for on-going multi-asset class strategy implementation, cash management and currency hedging, managing assets for Multi-asset funds and bespoke client mandates against pre-defined investment guidelines and rules

In this role you will help to drive forward the Investment Strategy Management (ISM) business with responsibility for the implementation, management and monitoring of multi asset strategies for a portfolio of, primarily corporate pension fund clients covering investment decisions, economic triggers, unit transfers, benchmarking and system specification/testing.

What you'll be doing 

• Carrying out the on-going efficient implementation of client designed mandates across a very broad set of strategy types across multiple asset classes and instruments, maintaining the asset allocation in line with established procedures, monitoring of investment tolerances and daily cash management
• Managing the take on of new clients and strategies, including the checking of asset allocation letters and proposals, monitoring asset transfers, investing cash flows and setting management parameters in line with the mandate supplied.
• Managing investment change events for the clients we are responsible for
• Overseeing the ongoing multi-asset class strategy implementation, currency hedging and cash management
• Leading the take on process of new Clients, Funds and Products understanding clients’ business, issues and priorities to deliver suitable solutions.

• Excellent understanding of asset allocation mandates
• Experience in trade generation and managing multi asset strategies
• Knowledge of a number or all of following; DC clients and strategies; illiquid fund management; depth of knowledge of pooled products
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• High level of numeracy
• Good presentation skills
• People management experience would be beneficial but not essential as we are flexible as to whether or not the successful candidate wants to be a people manager. 

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, 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You'll receive a car allowance of 12% of your annual salary, and 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.