Find More Than 10K+
United Kingdom Jobs

Your role at a glance

With the growth in our Clean Energy Team we are looking for a Research and Strategy Analyst to provide research and analysis enabling the sourcing and execution of high quality Direct Investments in Clean Energy: technology, infrastructure, distributed and utility-scale assets or investments that support the Legal & General Capital (LGC) strategy.

This role would suit someone with a background in the more technical side of the Renewables/Clean Energy industry or someone with a strong research background in the sector.

What you'll be doing

• Researching and evaluating new and innovative technologies, business models, policies and businesses in the clean energy and climate sector. Evaluating Direct Investment pipeline opportunities and present analysis to the team. Undertaking technical, commercial, market and policy research on clean energy and climate technologies and business models.
• Assisting through all stages of the origination, transacting and management of Direct Investments within the Clean Energy sector supporting L&G to meet its business objectives and increase profit for shareholders.
• Providing support and analysis to the team when setting the Direct Investment strategy for clean energy and provide input to the due diligence of investment targets.
• Managing LGC Clean Energy relationships and subscriptions with data providers and external advisors as required/appropriate.
• Providing input to the approval process for any acquisition or disposal to ensure it is in line with group governance policies and processes. Ensuring that information provided to decision making committees is accurate and risks are clearly presented.
• Identifying and developing opportunities to add value through synergies between investee businesses, L&G Group subsidiaries and partners.
• Ensuring Management Information is high quality, timely and correct to support decision making, implementation of strategy and manage the asset pipeline.

What we're looking for

• Ideally experience in Engineering, Environmental Science, or Economic Consulting related to clean energy technologies.
• Experience in energy research and analysis or a relevant role directly related to investment research in climate and environmental impact, ideally including different technologies and/or business models.
• Ideally, experience of Due Diligence processes, for example assessment of market, system, policy and technology risks or otherwise specific research or analysis of companies and sectors related to energy, climate and environmental impact.
• Ability to assess risk and to work with other parties to ensure risks of an investment are understood and accepted.
• Must be commercially astute and demonstrate strong appraisal, analysis and project management skills.

Benefits

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, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. 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.

About L&G

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?

About the business area

Humanity is facing fundamental challenges, with the future of our planet hanging in the balance. As the principal investment arm of the Legal & General Group, our aim at Legal & General Capital is to generate long-term shareholder value, while helping build a better society. We seek opportunities to invest in sectors most in need of investment and innovation, such as residential housing, large-scale urban regeneration and future cities. We’re backing investment in infrastructure and clean energy, and in start-up businesses to drive innovation and growth across the UK. We’re building partnerships between the public sector and institutional investors to accelerate housing delivery, create jobs, support local businesses and transform communities. This helps to create new asset classes for Legal & General’s varied investment requirements, our partners and the wider marketplace.

Our commitments to you

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.

How to find out more

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 Callum Miles at [email protected] ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-miles-33b869b9/).

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.