Legal & General Capital (LGC) is recruiting for a Financial Investment Analyst to work alongside our underlying portfolio companies, supporting them in communicating their performance and in their corporate activity.

You will be working in a small team which relies heavily on strong relationships with the underlying businesses and with senior management in LGC so good communication skills are key. 

The Principal Investing portfolio ranges from investments that provide private debt to mid-market companies to venture capital fund managers who invest in early stage ventures. The Housing portfolio is diverse, from traditional house building to modular housing. The portfolio covers affordable housing, and across tenures from Build to Sell to Build to Rent. Principal Investing and Housing Investments support L&G’s aim to invest in UK economic growth and manufacture and deliver assets to the rest of the L&G Group.  

• Financial business partnering, including performance monitoring and reporting, and forecasting and support for any financial themes emerging
• Liaising with key stakeholders in LGC’s divisional planning process to establish sector-level strategic priorities. This will include interactions with LGC’s senior management team, sector leads, investment leads and operating entity leadership
• Supporting the investment team and operating entities with key financial events (including refinancing events, asset disposals, etc.)
• Contributing to overall M&A process for new acquisitions and disposals within the portfolio
• Supporting the financial due diligence process for new investments, including shaping the assignment scope, managing work streams and outputs of due diligence providers and interpreting and communicating findings to senior LGC stakeholders
• Producing forecasts and scenario planning to assist central planning, commercial insight and options analysis, with focus on profit generation, liquidity strategy, market opportunity and sector concentrations
• The role also includes playing an active role in applying a strong financial control environment, with robust systems and processes, review and data accuracy.

We welcome candidates who have specific experience from the sectors in which we operate, however if you are keen to learn and believe you can add value we would also be like to hear from you. A strong attention to detail, a collaborative approach and a commitment to adding value are important to succeed in this role.

Qualifications

• ACA/ ACCA/ CIMA qualified

Knowledge

• Strong accounting experience (IFRS)
• Knowledge or experience of Venture Capital, Private Debt or Housing desirable
• Strong excel skills

Experience 

• Experience in either Corporate Finance advisory / financial due diligence or investment management desirable
• Relevant experience preparing high quality financial analysis and papers
• Demonstrable experience of working to tight deadlines

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, 27 days' holiday, private medical insurance, performance related bonuses, a variety of share schemes, 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.