A newly created opportunity to join Legal and General Capital, Director - Ratings & Capital Structure Advisor. In this role you would be responsible for facilitating asset and debt origination backing LGAS medium to long term Strategic Asset Allocation objectives and PRT business. This will involve responsibility for conducting fundamental credit research, providing rating and capital structure advisory to the new asset origination team and assist shaping and developing our internal rating criteria for the sectors of particular interest. 

• Conduct fundamental credit and sector research incorporating ESG factors as a driver of credit worthiness into its analysis, with a prime responsibility to support the new asset and debt origination team(s) supporting LGAS medium to long term strategic asset allocation objectives. 
• Assist in devising and scrutinizing existing rating frameworks in sectors which LGR consider considers as strategic. This will include but not limited to particular emphasis on global real estate (residential and commercial), digital infrastructure, and clean energy sectors. A willingness to expand the scope to structured credit [for e.g. CLO’s] would also be required.
• The candidate would possess the skills for frequent contact with senior management representatives from an analytical, due diligence and relationship management perspective and hence possess previous experience to live execution environments as advantageous
• Produce analysis of rated peers, production of rating criteria and credit specific contents to present to various internal stakeholders and work in close collaboration with cross divisional teams in the LGC’s investment and structuring asset origination, LGR Credit Strategy, Risk and LGIM internal rating teams(s).
• Ensure that all business processes and internal controls within your role are designed and performed in a way that delivers good customer outcomes and demonstrates effective management of Conduct Risk

• Significant knowledge of fixed Income and Credit, with experience/ good working knowledge of alternative asset classes including but not limited to property and infrastructure.
• Experience in credit analysis and criteria development skills ideally with focus on project finance.
• Previous experience to live execution environments is highly advantageous, combined with excellent financial modelling and presentation production skills.
• Ability to influence others including senior management is key especially when there isn’t an immediately obvious answer. Ability and willingness to think creatively around problem solving.
• A high level with Excel and power point is essential to complement core fundamentals credit research skills.
• Highly motivated, entrepreneurial focused and hard working

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 30 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You'll receive a car allowance of 12% of your annual salary, and you can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.