Reporting jobs in United Kingdom

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. These underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, UK and US life insurance, and UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

L&G Asset Management is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, offering complex, responsible investment solutions across public and private markets. As a global investor, we are present where our clients need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore to Chicago and major European financial hubs.

Created by combining our investment management (LGIM) and asset origination (LGC) capabilities, our Asset Management division collaborates with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers—including individual savers, pension scheme members, and global institutions—and to deliver enhanced shareholder returns.

Joining us means becoming part of a market-leading team with capabilities across the full spectrum of asset classes, committed to responsible investment and creating long-term, sustainable value for our clients and partners.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Valuation Reporting Manager to lead the valuation and reporting function in Cardiff, ensuring the accurate delivery of portfolio valuations and client reports. The role involves managing a team, overseeing reconciliations, and handling complex financial instruments such as derivatives (swaps, repos, futures/forwards, options, etc.). The successful candidate will drive operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and process improvements within the valuation and reporting framework.

What you’ll be doing:

1. Managing the team by providing daily management, coaching, and guidance to your direct reports. Offer inspirational leadership and management, utilizing your extensive experience to motivate and coach the team.
2. Building strong relationships with key stakeholder managers and data/information owners. Ensuring regular meetings to discuss clients, processes, improvements, sharing best practices, and managing internal and external supplier relationships, including SLA/service monitoring.
3. Promoting a procedural and control mindset to ensure tasks and controls are consistently documented and reflected, ensuring top-quality accuracy, timeliness of regulatory reporting, and data integrity while mitigating risk.
4. Overseeing the production and review of client and valuation reports, ensuring data accuracy and consistency across all reporting deliverables, and that all tasks are completed within SLA.
5. Acting as the key escalation point for reporting and valuation issues, liaising with custodians, external valuation agents, or internal stakeholders.
6. Assisting in the production of audit packs and leading projects to improve processes. Working closely with the wider client reporting teams to ensure reporting meets client requirements and SLAs.
7. Maintaining strong data governance processes, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of valuation and reporting data. Identifying opportunities to streamline and automate reporting processes to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk.

Qualifications

Who we’re looking for:

We seek someone with an entrepreneurial mindset, eager to drive change and improve processes. The role supports both international and UK-based clients.

Benefits include:

• Prior supervisory experience
• Strong understanding of portfolio valuation principles and financial reporting requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field
• Professional qualifications (e.g., CFA, IMC, ACCA, CIPM) preferred
• Experience with reporting tools and financial data systems (e.g., Bloomberg, FactSet, SQL, Power BI, Vermilion) advantageous
• Proficient IT skills, especially with MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent communication skills
• Proactive, with the ability to work independently

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe in generating positive returns today while building a better future for all.

If you join us, you'll be part of an inclusive culture with opportunities to collaborate across diverse backgrounds. Our leaders care about your future and wellbeing, supporting your career development.

We value outcomes over attendance and offer flexible working options, including part-time, term-time, and job shares, where feasible.

Don’t worry if you don’t meet every criterion—consider your strengths, potential, and connection to our purpose.