Senior Investment Associate - Corporate Private Debt

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 Investment Associate, Corporate Private Debt to support this development in a team that handles a large volume of both opportunities and transactions, across multiple European geographies.

As a Senior Investment Associate you will help originate, analyse, execute and manage illiquid private credit investments for L&G Asset Management managed funds focusing on Corporate sector issuers, including Housing Associations and Universities

What you'll be doing:

• Helping filter new potential investments according to suitability and value for L&G Asset Management client funds based upon fundamental and detailed investment analysis and understanding of the dynamics of the sector.
• Supporting the origination and execution of investment opportunities for Corporate Debt that are suitable for L&G Asset Management clients.
• Supporting the team in the formulation of the investment strategy for the sector in particular identifying transactions and sub-sectors that could be appropriate investment targets for L&G Asset Management clients. 
• Building relationships internally and with market counterparties to access the broadest pool of opportunities and, together with other team members, filter these to provide prospective investments that can be recommended to clients
• Assisting with the management of key internal and external counterparty and borrower relationships
• Supporting the team in the necessary due diligence, credit and investment assessment and investment paper submissions to Private Credit Investment Committee and any other governance committee required, presenting to such committees where appropriate
• Assisting the team in negotiating and executing transactions in line with client requirements to obtain best value
• Assisting with the ongoing development and incorporation of ESG methodologies into the investment appraisal / decision-making and ongoing management process

Who we're looking for:

• Strong financial analysis and transaction skills - credit structuring, rating methodology and / or financial advisory experience being particularly relevant
• Knowledge and experience of credit risk either in bank or other financial institution or intermediary
• Flexible & outcome oriented – we are a small, busy and growing team, and this individual will need to have the appetite and capability to work on a variety of initiatives and investment opportunities
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written, with experience of writing and presenting information
• Ideally prior knowledge and experience of private credit investments
• Collaborative
  • Ability to work closely with team members and independently when required
  • A collaborative and partnering approach to working with investment management clients and market counterparties

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.