Data Solutions Data Analyst

Company Description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income. Our global asset management business provides our clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, working internationally across public and private markets.

Who we are

We are one of Europe’s largest asset managers and a major global investor across public and private markets. Asset Management is a critical driver of our Group strategy. The business aims to work synergistically with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers, and deliver enhanced shareholder returns. Our investment philosophy and processes are focused on creating value over the long term. We believe that incorporating financially material sustainability criteria, when relevant to our clients, can create value and drive positive change.

Job Description

We're looking for a Data Solutions Data Analyst to join our growing CDO Data Solutions team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong SQL skills, a naturally curious mindset, and a passion for solving problems through data. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across the business, translating real-world challenges into meaningful data solutions that support critical decision-making. While experience is important, we’re more interested in potential. We’re looking for someone who is eager to learn, confident collaborating with others, and motivated to build both their technical expertise and understanding of investment data.

What you’ll be doing:

• Working with business users to understand their goals, challenges and data requirements
• Using SQL to search, query, investigate and analyse enterprise data
• Modelling, manipulating and testing data to support reliable solutions
• Translating requirements into user stories, features and clear acceptance criteria
• Producing data flows, mapping specifications and service descriptions
• Investigating data issues and identifying root causes with relevant stakeholders
• Supporting users through User Acceptance Testing
• Collaborating with data, technology, change and business colleagues to create sustainable solutions

Who we’re looking for:

• Practical experience using SQL to query and analyse data
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills
• Experience gathering requirements or working directly with business users
• Confidence communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A curious approach and willingness to research unfamiliar problems
• Enthusiasm for learning and developing within data and asset management
• Exposure to asset management, investments or financial services would be beneficial
• Python, data governance or BI/reporting experience would be helpful but is not essential

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net-zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in-person experience

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel. We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.