Finance Manager – Revenue & Investment Accounting in Cardiff

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 Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best. Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

We’re recruiting for a Finance Manager to join us. You’ll lead a team managing month-end accounting and investment ledger processes for revenue-generating products. This role offers exposure to both operational and strategic decision-making, project management, and continuous improvement initiatives. If you’re looking for a senior position with autonomy, flexibility, and the chance to shape the future of finance operations, this is the opportunity for you.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading, motivating and developing a team of finance professionals
• Managing month-end close for revenue and investment accounting
• Overseeing reconciliations and resolving outstanding items
• Driving process improvements and system upgrades, including ERP transformation
• Partnering with stakeholders across finance and business divisions
• Delivering change projects and ensuring robust financial controls
• Supporting audits and compliance activities with external and internal teams
• Balancing operational delivery with strategic input and decision-making

Qualifications:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Proven experience managing teams in a finance environment
• Strong technical knowledge of accounting principles and processes
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables
• Excellent organisational skills and accountability mindset
• Strong communication and influencing skills across all levels
• Experience in finance change projects and continuous improvement
• Positive, solution-focused approach with resilience under pressure

Benefits:

• 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 the 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

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, term-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.