Capital Markets Apprenticeship Business Analyst - Level 4

Programme start date: 1 September 2025

Applications close 28 February 2025

Our Business Analyst Apprenticeship provides the ideal springboard for an exciting and meaningful career in global financial markets.

As an apprentice, you will join the Issuer Services team which sits within the Primary Markets team. Along with gaining a level 4 business analyst qualification, we will provide hands-on experience and guidance to support your continuous development.

The team

The team’s mandate is to build and maintain relationships with current and future issuers and intermediaries. As part of this, the team builds digital products and services for issuers and the broader financial ecosystem within the Issuer Services platform: have been careful to maintain our neutral position within the financial ecosystem and we are aiming to build an infrastructure that reflects this and digitises workflows for issuers and intermediaries.

Your role

You will support the Issuer Services team by working closely with the project and product managers. Additionally, you will assist the engagement team with activities such as conducting client demos and collecting feedback to enhance the Issuer Services offering.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Working with the business to support product ideation in collaboration with end users
2. Communicating progress to a wide range of stakeholders
3. Performing demos, gathering feedback, and ensuring a short feedback loop between releases and new development
4. Supporting the user journey and user acceptance testing
5. Supporting and driving internal approval, governance, and reporting processes

What we offer:

1. Work as a team to contribute towards projects with a focus on developing your knowledge to cleanse, aggregate, and analyse data as you work across a variety of tasks.
2. Learn and apply industry-specific knowledge and techniques under the guidance of experienced professionals.
3. Progress through a development journey aiming to build foundational skills that are key for your future success.
4. Tailored induction and ongoing skills and knowledge sessions to help you build an understanding of LSEG and bridge the gap between education and the workplace.
5. Connect with the wider early careers community and opportunities to contribute to the wider society via CSR initiatives and volunteering opportunities.

What we are looking for:

1. Passionate about UX and web applications.
2. Good communication, presentation, collaboration, and creative thinking skills.
3. Proactive and a willingness to take responsibility and think beyond a specific task.
4. A desire to work in a fast-paced, results-driven environment with varied responsibilities.
5. Demonstrable experience working in an Agile development environment.
6. Ability to rely on previous experience to influence strategic directions and guide senior stakeholder decisions.
7. Be curious about the world we live in, which has helped create an awareness of financial markets.
8. The opportunity will suit a candidate that has completed their A Levels/BTEC or equivalent and achieved BBC/MMP.

Studying an apprenticeship, you will need to meet the below criteria:

1. Be over 18 years of age
2. Live in England
3. Not already be in full-time education at the point of start date.
4. Achieved level 3 Qualification (Apprenticeship/A-Levels/BTEC etc.)
5. 5 GCSEs including English and Maths at Grade 4 (C)
6. Not be entered for a qualification of the same type, content, and level as that of this qualification

Recruitment Process:

1. The first stage of the recruitment process involves making an application and submitting your resume – closing date for applications is 28 February 2025.
2. The next stage of the application process is an untimed Immersive Online Assessment. The assessment is designed to give you an insight into what it’s like to work at LSEG.
3. The second stage is a video interview where you will answer a series of questions using a strength-based interview format.
4. The final stage is a half-day in-person assessment centre in April which involves several different types of exercises – further information is provided at the point of invite.
5. Successful candidates will start 1 September on a starting salary of £24,700pa.

Life at LSEG:

At LSEG, we provide our employees with a comprehensive benefits portfolio as part of a competitive total rewards package. Our benefit plans are designed to supplement the financial, emotional, and physical wellbeing of our employees and their families at all stages of their life. We encourage an appreciative, collaborative, and inclusive culture that promotes employee and organisational wellbeing.

We believe in remunerating our people with a range of attractive benefits such as but not limited to:

1. Emotional Wellbeing: Annual wellness allowance; Employee assistance programme
2. Physical Wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance; Optional dental Insurance; Gym membership & discounts
3. Financial Wellbeing: Life Insurance; Income protection; Pension
4. Other benefits: MyOffers: access to a range of retail discounts

We believe hybrid working makes more possible and recognise difference as a good thing. We want to set everyone up to bring their best self to work. Everyone will spend 3 days in the office with colleagues, but you’ll be trusted to work flexibly, in a way that delivers excellence.

Capital Markets Division:

The Capital Markets division gives businesses the ability to raise or transfer capital across multiple asset classes and geographies – simply, reliably, and cost-effectively. It also provides efficient electronic platforms for secondary market trading of equities, FX, and fixed income.

The division combines a number of venues, including our flagship London Stock Exchange (the world’s most international exchange and Europe’s most liquid pool of capital), our independent electronic multi-bank trading platform FXall, and Tradeweb (a fixed income trading platform in which we own a majority interest).

The division is home to Turquoise – where customers can trade over 4,000 European, US, and emerging market stocks, ETFs, and other assets – and AIM, the world’s most successful market for small and growing companies.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies, and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence, and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision-making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days, and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. #J-18808-Ljbffr