Investment Asset Senior Analyst

Company Description

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.

L&G Institutional Retirement looks after around 700,000 institutional customers who have their retirement benefits secured with us. Operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987, we are the UK’s longest-running insurer.

Our Institutional Retirement business is the UK’s longest-serving active bulk annuity provider.

Who we are

Institutional Retirement is the only insurer to have been operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987 to the present day. Our UK retirement annuity book stands at an estimated £86.1 billion at 31 December 2023.

Across our retail and institutional retirement businesses, we look after more than 1 million customers, around c.700,000 of whom are institutional customers who have had their retirement benefits secured with us.

We’re looking for a collaborative and curious Senior Analyst to join our Investment Asset Change team. In this role, you’ll help shape the future of our investment operational capabilities by supporting the introduction of new asset classes, onboarding new asset managers, and delivering high‑quality change across end‑to‑end investment processes. If you enjoy solving complex problems, working with diverse stakeholders, and contributing to meaningful transformation, this is a great opportunity to play a key part in how we continue to evolve and grow.

• Leading business analysis across change initiatives within Investment Operations
• Mapping current and future‑state operating models and documenting processes, data flows and controls
• Collaborating with colleagues and external partners to design and embed new asset and manager onboarding processes
• Driving continuous improvement activity and supporting governance across change programmes
• Analysing external data sources and identifying opportunities to enhance data quality and reduce discrepancies
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders to identify operational opportunities and manage downstream impacts
• Leading analysis for new asset origination initiatives, ensuring robust governance and end‑to‑end process design
• Ensuring high‑quality and consistent analytical outputs to support operational excellence and decision‑making

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience delivering business analysis and change in an investment or financial services environment
• Strong understanding of investment products, operational processes and data requirements
• Ability to produce clear process maps, documentation and operating model designs
• Comfortable working across complex workflows, managing competing priorities and meeting deadlines
• Confident stakeholder manager with strong communication skills and the ability to engage at all levels
• Skilled in problem‑solving with the confidence to question, challenge and improve existing processes
• Experienced in asset onboarding, asset origination or investment operations change delivery
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and process or data‑mapping tools, with excellent attention to detail

• 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…