cost analyst

cost analyst Hove, England

Legal & General
Full Time Hove, England 59517 - 33514 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

cost

Your role at a glance

Involved in all financial activities required to support the Head of Infrastructure Services, Service Owners and Service Delivery Managers within Infrastructure Services.

What you'll be doing
  • Working with the Service Delivery Manager, Governance & Analysis Consultant and other stakeholders to support the effective financial management of Infrastructure Services costs
  • Support adherence to financial controls and governance standards
  • Supporting the Governance & Analysis Consultant in financial management, including tracking forecasts and spend, raising Purchase Orders, resolving queries with Finance and our suppliers, and other financial administration
  • Producing regular high-quality reporting (including challenging inconsistencies)
  • Additional support to the Service Delivery Manager as required (e.g. taking minutes, arranging workshops or meetings)
  • Cover for the PMO Analyst in Lifecycle Management as required
What we're looking for
  • Previous experience in cost and financial management is desirable
  • Good understanding of financial processes, including tracking and management
  • Ability to review existing processes, identifying waste and value and then improving current or developing new processes and tools[MS1]
  • Some experience of project management processes, governance and controls, tools, performance measurement and metrics is desirable
  • Microsoft Office knowledge including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and MSP[MS2]
  • Experience with Power BI and Apptio desirable but not essential
  • Good skills in organising and prioritising workloads
  • Ability to work in a dynamic environment
  • Good collaboration skills with wider colleagues including senior members of staff and suppliers
  • Ability to communicate effectively and confidently
  • Willingness to embrace new techniques and technologies and influence other parts of the business to adopt
  • Ability to work remotely, support and benefit from virtual meetings, with limited reliance on face-to-face meetings
  • Ability to drive own workload with minimal supervision, focusing on outcomes and benefits, rather than tasks and measures
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

Helping over ten million people around the world manage their savings, retirement plans and life insurance requires a lot of people behind-the-scenes. It’s up to us in L&G Group functions – which includes our tech and digital teams, Group Finance, HR, Risk and Corporate Comms to provide the essential support services that all areas of the business need, here in the UK and overseas. Simply put, we enable everyone at Legal & General to do what they do best. That means we’re helping to improve our customers’ lives, and contributing to the success of the business every day.

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 Laura Spencer-Jones at [email protected] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-spencer-jones-0b8b02181/).

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.

cost analyst
Legal & General

http://www.legalandgeneral.com
London, United Kingdom
Nigel Wilson
$10+ billion (USD)
5001 to 10000 Employees
Company - Public
Investment & Asset Management
Finance
1836
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