We currently have a requirement for a Development & Support Analyst to join our Financial Reporting & Operations team in Cardiff on a 9 month fixed term basis. 

• To Take ownership of all New Business reporting requirements and MI deliverables at the agreed frequencies ensuring data quality and systems and related output, data feeds and data extracts meet the required standard and levels of accuracy.
• Provide timely Source data for both internal and external purposes as per the user requirements, e.g. ABI, FCA (Both cover the Regulatory Reporting requirements) Develop, support and maintain the Central MI reporting systems ensuring delivery of appropriate, accurate, consistent and timely information to meet the external and internal customer/ user requirements, within the agreed resource and risk constraints.
• Take ownership of leading a divisional forum group to further improve reporting output and setting requirements and principles to ensure ongoing timely delivery of reports.
• To negotiate, analyse, clarify and agree with Senior Business Managers, all aspects of Business change requirements within a project including internal initiatives to gain full understanding of objectives and overall business architecture and strategy in order to achieve successful delivery of the project objectives to time, budget and quality.
• To own the end to end testing schedule on behalf of the Society for commission, charge and finance reporting related aspects by establishing comprehensive testing plans which cover L&G product and disclosure systems. Perform Test Execution, involving leading business resources where required, as agreed in the BAT and PAT Stage Test Plan, raising defects on Quality Centre and retesting defect fixes when deployed to the test environments.
• To provide a support service to the other areas within Finance Operations by providing advice as and when appropriate and ensuring all queries and system problems received are resolved accurately within SLA.  Ensure the access procedures are followed for all Commission, Payment and Finance systems along with half yearly reviews being completed and documented accordingly.
• Creation, development and ongoing maintenance of new and existing bespoke systems, including databases written in MS Access, spreadsheets in MS Excel, and a number of initiatives written in Visual Basic for Applications. The ability to interface these systems with other systems including mainframe and AS400.

• Experience of detailed analytical reporting with exceptionally high levels of accuracy and attentive detail.  
• A good knowledge of developing systems using MS Access, MS Excel, VBA and SQL.
• A strong knowledge of industry wide Assurance products and the general process flow of commission and advisor charge fees and act as SME and point of contact for other areas.
• High level understanding of process procedures relating to system changes and the methods and approaches thereof.
• Detailed understanding of L&G structures, products, hierarchies and various source systems, including knowledge of SAS, TSO and JCL to report from legacy MI and mainframe systems
• Able to define/design/build/deliver change.
• The ability to adhere to a strict control environment.
• Constructively challenge, using strong questioning to ensure requirements and discussion points are fully understood before documenting a response.
• Take ownership when issues are foreseen and initiate action to resolve or mitigate ensuring visibility by the appropriate level of management.

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 22 days’ (with potential to rise to 26 days) holiday, discretionary performance related bonuses, paid overtime, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products, your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.

Please contact Stacie Burnett, Resourcing Lead - Stacie.Burnett@landg.com for further information.