Senior Finance Analyst

We’re recruiting for a Senior Finance Analyst to join us. We’re offering a competitive base salary.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working with data, asking good questions and turning financial information into clear insight.

You’ll support financial planning, forecasting, reporting and analysis, while also helping the team improve how it uses data, automation and emerging technology. The role would suit someone analytical, curious and collaborative, with strong attention to detail and an interest in making finance processes simpler, clearer and more efficient

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting financial planning, forecasting and reporting activities
• Preparing, reviewing and explaining financial data for stakeholders
• Reviewing data exceptions and supporting month-end activity linked to AUM and flows
• Supporting monthly ANNR forecasting and distribution team data requests
• Identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate finance processes
• Collaborating with Data colleagues on automation projects, testing and implementation
• Maintaining and improving reporting tools, dashboards and analysis packs
• Building trusted relationships across Finance, business stakeholders and technical teams

Who we’re looking for:

• Part-qualified accountant, working towards ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CFA or equivalent, or able to demonstrate relevant finance experience
• Experience in financial planning, analysis, reporting or management information
• Strong analytical skills and confidence interpreting data, variances and key movements
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accurate, well-controlled outputs
• Clear communication skills and confidence working with Finance, business and technical stakeholders
• Good Excel skills, with Tableau, Power BI or similar reporting tools beneficial
• Interest in automation, process improvement and practical AI use in finance
• Asset Management experience would be helpful, but is not essential

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 many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience

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 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.