Strategic Planning Analyst

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. 

Are you passionate about using data and insights to shape strategic decisions? We’re looking for a Strategic Planning Analyst to join our team and support the development and delivery of our enterprise technology strategy. This is a hands-on role that blends analytical thinking with operational coordination, offering the opportunity to work across a wide range of strategic initiatives and stakeholders.

What you’ll be doing:

• Conducting research on market trends, emerging technologies, and competitor activity to inform strategic planning
• Supporting the development of technology roadmaps, investment plans, and innovation initiatives
• Tracking key performance indicators and objectives to measure progress across strategic initiatives
• Maintaining dashboards and reports to monitor performance and highlight key insights
• Coordinating planning cycles and supporting resource tracking across technology programmes
• Ensuring documentation and processes align with governance standards and frameworks
• Preparing clear and engaging presentations, reports, and internal communications for stakeholders
• Capturing meeting actions, maintaining SharePoint sites, and supporting cross-functional collaboration

Who we’re looking for:

• Strong analytical and organisational skills with a keen eye for detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information
• Confidence in engaging with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation
• Experience in strategy, business analysis, or project support roles
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools, particularly SharePoint, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Familiarity with performance tracking frameworks such as KPIs and OKRs
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outputs to deadlines
• A collaborative and proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement

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.