Fund Finance & Control Senior Analyst

Legalandgeneral; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Healthcare Plan

Flexible working

25 days holiday

Job summary

Legalandgeneral, based in London, seeks a qualified accountant to join its Asset Management business within Private Markets and Real Assets. You will strengthen financial control and governance across Real Estate and Private Markets entities, reviewing information from third‑party administrators and supporting external audits.

Your technical accounting expertise and clear communication will drive audit readiness and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified accountant with strong foundation in technical accounting and financial control.

Responsibilities

• Providing independent financial control and reviewing information prepared by third‑party administrators.
• Reviewing period‑end outputs, balance sheet reconciliations and supporting evidence for accuracy.
• Applying technical accounting judgement to routine and non‑routine transactions (valuations, accruals, impairments, structural events).
• Challenging accounting treatments, documenting conclusions and identifying control weaknesses.
• Reviewing financial statements against underlying records and agreed treatments.
• Preparing going concern assessments and supporting audit requirements.
• Handing over findings and risk impacts to Oversight team.
• Contributing to improvements in control frameworks and accounting processes.

Skills

Technical accounting

Financial control

Audit experience

Job description

We are looking for a qualified accountant to join our Asset Management business within Private Markets and Real Assets. This is an opportunity to play an important role in maintaining strong financial control, governance and accounting oversight across Real Estate and Private Markets entities.

You will review and challenge financial information prepared by third‑party service providers, helping to ensure it is accurate, complete, compliant and ready for audit. Working collaboratively across Fund Finance, Control and Oversight teams, you will apply your technical accounting expertise while contributing to a transparent, well‑controlled and continuously improving environment.

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing independent financial control and reviewing financial information prepared by third‑party administrators
• Reviewing period‑end outputs, balance sheet reconciliations and supporting evidence to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Applying technical accounting judgement to routine and non‑routine transactions, including valuations, accruals, impairments and structural events
• Challenging accounting treatments, inconsistencies and control weaknesses constructively and documenting clear conclusions
• Reviewing draft and final financial statements against underlying records, judgements and agreed accounting treatments
• Preparing initial going concern assessments and supporting external audit requirements
• Identifying recurring issues and formally handing over findings, evidence and risk impacts to the Oversight team
• Contributing to improvements in control frameworks, review checklists, accounting processes and evidence standards

Who we’re looking for:

• A newly qualified accountant with a strong foundation in technical accounting and financial control
• A sound understanding of accounting principles, balance sheets and reconciliations
• Experience supporting external audits in a preparer or reviewer capacity
• Real Estate or Real Assets experience, including exposure to property structures or funds
• An audit background, ideally gained within a Big Four or equivalent environment, or comparable audit training followed by a move into industry
• Experience reviewing, overseeing or constructively challenging outsourced accounting providers
• Clear and professional communication skills, with confidence working with service providers, auditors and internal stakeholders
• A methodical, solutions‑focused approach, with strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently and take ownership

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
• 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.

Fund Finance & Control Senior Analyst London, England, United Kingdom