ALM Analyst

Legal & General Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus plan

Share schemes

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Healthcare Plan

25 days holiday plus holidays buy/sell

Family leave

Electric car salary sacrifice

Employee discounts

Net-zero carbon workplaces

Job summary

Legal & General is seeking an ALM Analyst to support daily and ad‑hoc ALM requests across Institutional Retirement Finance. This hands‑on role focuses on reliable delivery, spotting anomalies, and improving reporting production.

You do not need to be an actuary; candidates from finance, investments, pensions or data‑led environments are welcome. The role emphasizes regular weekly ALM reporting, what‑if analysis support for trades and new schemes, and maintaining controls and documentation while

Qualifications

• Experience delivering recurring analytics or reporting to deadlines.
• Strong Excel and data-analysis skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to check outputs for reasonableness and escalate issues.

Responsibilities

• Run the weekly ALM MI process and respond to daily ALM requests.
• Prepare concise analysis and commentary on key movements.
• Support what‑if analysis for trades, new assets and schemes.
• Maintain reporting controls, methodology and process docs.
• Troubleshoot data, model, or process issues with senior support.
• Contribute to automation and reporting improvements.
• Communicate delivery status, risks and issues to stakeholders.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

Code / scripting

Data modelling

Job description

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.

Job Description

We are looking for an ALM Analyst to support daily and ad‑hoc ALM requests as well as the regular weekly information used for asset and liability decisions across Institutional Retirement Finance. This is a hands‑on analytical role for someone who enjoys dependable delivery, can spot when numbers do not look right and wants to improve how reporting is produced. You do not need to be an actuary. We are open to candidates from finance, investments, insurance, pensions, operations or other data‑led environments.

What you’ll be doing:

• Running the regular weekly ALM MI process and responding accurately to daily or ad‑hoc ALM requests


• Checking outputs for reasonableness and escalating unusual or unexpected results


• Preparing concise analysis and commentary on key movements


• Supporting what‑if analysis for trades, new assets, new PRT schemes and reinsurance activity


• Maintaining reporting controls, methodology and process documentation


• Troubleshooting data, model and process issues with senior support


• Contributing to automation and technology-enabled reporting improvements


• Communicating delivery status, risks and issues to relevant stakeholders

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience delivering recurring analytical, finance or reporting outputs to firm deadlines


• Strong Excel and data analysis skills


• Evidence of checking results for reasonableness and escalating issues


• A practical approach to troubleshooting and solving process problems


• Comfort working with code, models or automated workflows


• Clear communication with colleagues across different specialist teams


• Attention to detail, ownership and curiosity


• Interest in ALM, investments, risk, insurance or pensions

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

Additional Information

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.