Climate Modeller

Legal & General is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, providing clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions across public and private markets. As a global investor, we are present where our clients most need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore to Chicago and major European financial hubs.

We’re recruiting for a Climate Modeller to join the Climate Solutions Team in our Asset Management arm. The team is responsible for modelling, implementing and communicating climate response strategies for our clients, and embedding climate factors into all of LGIM's investment areas. The team works in collaboration with investment stewardship and distribution teams in raising LGIM’s public profile in the sphere of climate integration, researches energy transition investment opportunities and develops climate impact investing strategies.

What you’ll be doing:

• Developing climate scenarios, climate risk, temperature alignment and related metrics through enhancement of the LGIM climate modelling toolkit.
• Working with colleagues in the Legal & General Group function to support their use of the LGIM climate modelling toolkit for reporting and strategy.
• Identifying and engaging with movements in the climate and nature reporting space and developing positions on the key questions around data quality and use.
• Advising investment teams on using and understanding the LGIM climate risk toolkit, helping embed climate risk into our investment process.
• Developing effective outreach materials (presentations, whitepapers, blogs) for internal and external consumers of our climate data and analysis.
• Supporting the CIO office on climate, nature and energy related matters and wider strategy.
• Identifying investment opportunities from the climate transition.

Qualifications:

• Detailed knowledge and understanding of climate change, energy systems, carbon pricing and policy, and climate risk (transition and physical).
• An understanding of corporate finance theory, especially within an investment context.
• Knowledge of macroeconomics, especially an understanding of macroeconomic modelling and the ability to interpret macroeconomic data.
• Understanding of regulation and government policy with respect to climate change at a global level.
• Broad awareness of the asset management/capital markets industry and the different challenges climate change poses for clients.
• Strong technical skills, especially modelling in Excel, and ideally other modelling environments (particularly SQL, R and/or Python).
• Confident and capable communication and presentation skills, with experience presenting in a professional context.
• Happy to work independently and in a structured and organised fashion. Capable of multi-tasking and managing short- and long-term projects simultaneously.

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.
• Private medical insurance (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.
• There are many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online.
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart.

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone. If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming 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 strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discuss flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs. If you’re open to find out more, we’d love to hear from you.