MFCF FINANCIAL CONTROLS SENIOR ANALYST

Legal & General; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group is seeking a Model and Financial Controls Team Senior Analyst. The role involves managing EUC model inventories, conducting financial audits, and embedding key processes like IFRS 17. Join a diverse and inclusive culture committed to positive societal impact and customer service.

Benefits

Annual performance-related bonus plan

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Healthcare Plan

At least 25 days holiday

Participate in electric car scheme

Discounts on products and at stores

Collaborative workspace

Qualifications

• Part-qualified or qualified accountant or equivalent finance professional experience.
• Good understanding of financial reporting and IFRS 17 processes.
• Comfortable using tools like Power BI, Alteryx, R or Python desirable.

Responsibilities

• Managing and maintaining the EUC model inventory.
• Conducting deep dives into financial processes and identifying control gaps.
• Engaging with stakeholders to improve risk culture and awareness.

Skills

Organisational skills

Stakeholder engagement skills

Communication skills

Solutions-focused mindset

Education

Part-qualified or qualified accountant

Tools

Power BI

Alteryx

R

Python

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 division provides pension risk transfer (PRT) solutions for UK and US defined benefit (DB) schemes, and reinsurance solutions from our global hub in Bermuda. We work with companies, DB pension schemes and their advisors to help them secure and protect scheme members' retirement benefits.

Joining us means you'll support customers' financial security in retirement; help companies to settle their pension liabilities and focus on growing their businesses; and enable investment for the long term to back our pension promises.

Job Description

We're recruiting for a Model and Financial Controls Team Senior Analyst to join us on a 12 month secondment. .What you'll be doing:

• Managing and maintaining the EUC (End User Computing) model inventory
• Supporting the business with EUC-related queries and audit actions
• Producing management information for senior stakeholders and committees
• Conducting deep dives into financial processes and identifying control gaps
• Mapping processes and recommending improvements to reduce operational risk
• Assisting in embedding IFRS 17 into business-as-usual operations
• Engaging with stakeholders to improve risk culture and awareness
• Collaborating with teams across Finance, Investments and Pricing

Qualifications

Who we're looking for:

• Part-qualified or qualified accountant or equivalent finance professional experience
• Strong organisational and stakeholder engagement skills
• Good understanding of financial reporting and IFRS 17 processes
• Knowledge of financial controls and risk management
• Good communicating skills and can work effectively in a team environment
• Comfortable using tools like Power BI, Alteryx, R or Python (desirable)
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset

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

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, 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.
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