Pricing Analyst

Legal & General; Hampton in Arden; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group seeks a Pricing Analyst for its Home Finance team in Solihull. The role involves using predictive pricing analytics to enhance market position and pricing processes. This hybrid opportunity offers room for professional development and participation in performance bonuses.

Benefits

Participation in performance bonus and share schemes

Generous pension contributions

Life assurance and healthcare

Electric car scheme and discounts

Qualifications

• Conduct data analysis and model development in Excel; Python/R experience is advantageous.
• Proficiency in Power BI for data modelling and visualization.
• Experience in Financial Services or Finance functions is advantageous, especially in Lifetime Mortgages.

Responsibilities

• Exploring and implementing new price analysis modelling and software.
• Producing pricing analysis to support decision-making, focusing on pricing sensitivities.
• Building relationships with stakeholders while providing advice on data analytics.

Skills

Data Analysis

Problem-Solving

Analytical Skills

Financial Skills

Effective Communication

Education

Qualification in a numerate subject (Data Science, Mathematics, or Statistics)

Tools

Excel

Python

R

Power BI

Job description

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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.

L&G Retail supports the savings, protection and retirement needs of around 14 million people, through our portfolio of retail and workplace businesses.

Our Retail division helps people enjoy a more colourful retirement, both directly and through their employers, including Lifetime Mortgages, Retirement Interest Only Mortgages and financial advice on our range of lending products.

We are the UK's number one individual life insurer, and also provide Group Protection products for employers - all helping people to plan for the unexpected. We support home buying through our Mortgage Club - the UK's largest - and our award-winning Surveying Services team. And our fintech team finds and supports socially useful start-ups and scale-ups working in the workplace, home, insurance and wealth areas.

Joining us means helping create brighter financial futures for all our customers.

Job Description

We're currently recruiting for a Pricing Analyst to join our Home Finance team in Solihull.

In this role, you will support the delivery of a fully integrated pricing analytics suite that will maximize commercial opportunities through the use of predictive pricing analytics to help define market behaviors/trends and optimize our pricing process, position, and strategy.

We're offering a competitive salary, great benefits, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge pricing analysis in a market-leading business.

This is a hybrid working opportunity, allowing flexible work between home and our Solihull offices.

What you'll be doing:

• Exploring and implementing new price analysis modelling and software that can be embedded into regular reporting
• Understanding data systems within Home Finance and L&G to contribute to system improvements
• Producing pricing analysis to support decision-making, focusing on pricing sensitivities and forecasting
• Optimizing pricing proposal generation to maximize impact
• Developing processes to improve performance through automation and tooling
• Delivering regular reports with automation and standardization
• Building relationships with stakeholders, providing advice on data analytics
• Following governance procedures when implementing pricing changes

Qualifications

Who we're looking for:

• Qualification in a numerate subject; Data Science, Mathematics, or Statistics is advantageous
• Ability to conduct data analysis and model development in Excel; experience in Python and/or R is advantageous
• Proficiency in Power BI for data modelling and visualization
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and financial skills
• Effective communication skills, able to tailor messages to the audience
• Ability to build strong working relationships and contribute ideas
• Experience with data science principles and methods, familiarity with data analysis tech & techniques
• Experience in Financial Services or Finance functions is advantageous, especially in Lifetime Mortgages

Benefits include:

• Participation in performance bonus and share schemes
• Generous pension contributions
• Life assurance, healthcare, holiday entitlement, electric car scheme, discounts
• Modern, collaborative workspace designed with wellbeing in mind

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe in generating positive returns while building a better future. We foster an inclusive culture, support career development, and offer flexible working options. We welcome applicants who excel and bring diverse strengths, even if they don't meet every criterion.