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Do you consider yourself a thought leader in the Business Analysis space and does the thought of building a centre of excellence for Business Analysis excite you?

Well.... Look no further as we have a wonderful permanent opportunity for you to join us in helping to shape and lead the design and requirements across a number of large workstreams within our Retirement Institutional business.

This will be a unique opportunity to use your Business Analysis leadership skills to help bridge the gap between Business Analysis and Business Architecture, focussing on improving the quality of our overall Business Analysis work, through embedding a Business Analysis centre of excellence and bringing our Business Analyst teams along on the journey.

• In your new role you'll work with the most senior client/user management to define strategies, drawing up requirements specifications, conducting feasibility studies, producing high level and detailed business models and implementing solutions, which will have a measurable impact on the profitability and effectiveness of the organisation.
• You'll also be reviewing and evaluating proposals to initiate change activity, identifying fit with the agreed divisional Roadmap and challenging with sponsors where conflicts and contention exist so that the integrity of the divisional Roadmap is maintained.
• Critically reviewing and evaluating any proposed solutions identifying alignment with business requirements, making recommendations to senior managers ensuring they are fully aware of key risks and assumptions, and marrying up technical limitations with operational realities.
• As a Lead Business Analyst, you'll be allocating business analysis tasks within this area to more junior analysis staff as required and take full responsibility to ensure work is delivered to the required standard.
• You'll be defining, developing & delivering processes & systems to ensure a consistent and good level of service that means customer expectations are met and consistent with what we have communicated.
• You'll be taking the lead in all matters with regard to the management of employees, ensuring that management discretion is used in a consistent manner and that the area follows the Group’s policies and procedures including the Partnership Agreement to maximise business performance.
• You'll finally be ensuring that appropriate prioritising, planning, resourcing and contingency for customer issues are integrated into programme and resource plans so they are central to delivery.

Leadership:

• Excellent communications, interpersonal and presentation skills in order to influence internal and external stakeholders
• The willingness to embrace new technologies and influence other parts of the business to adopt.
• The willingness and ability to work without the constraints of a fixed office or desk location, focusing on outcomes and benefits, rather than tasks and measures.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Background in Pensions, Annuities, Asset & Liability Management and/or Investments and understand of products, regulations and the UK Pensions market
• Extensive business analysis experience required and proven track record of change/transformation.
• Adaptable and creative approach to business analysis
• The experience of leading a team of Business Analysts

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.

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands.

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Securing pensions over the long term can be a challenge for many businesses. Our ambition at Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI) is to help companies and pension scheme trustees honour their defined benefit pension promises to their employees. We’re helping companies settle their pension liabilities so they can focus on growing their businesses, as well as helping to support their members’ financial security in retirement. And we’re investing for the long term to back our pension promises. In the last 30 years we’ve written more UK business than any other insurer, and we currently look after more than half a million pension policyholders. We're the UK’s longest-serving active bulk annuity provider, and a market-leading, multi-award winning business.

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.

If this opportunity excites you but you’re not sure you meet all the requirements, or you’d like to know a bit more, please contact Andy Banks at [email protected] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-banks/).

If you’d like to be considered for this role, please submit your application through our careers website as we’re not accepting email applications.