Tax & Expense Operations Manager - FTC

• Full-time
• Permanent/Regular or Fixed Term Contract/Temporary:
  Fixed Term Contract (UK and ROW) / Temporary (US)
• L&G Business Unit:
  Legal & General Group Functions
• L&G sub Business Unit: GROUP FINANCE
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  Cardiff, Four Central Square
• Job Family:
  Finance

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.

Please note this is a fixed-term contract until Q1 2028.

Join Legal & General as a Tax & Expense Operations Manager and lead a talented team responsible for delivering accurate, timely and well-controlled tax, expense ledger, cost allocation and balance sheet activities. You’ll build strong partnerships across Finance and Group Tax while improving the efficiency, resilience and centralisation of operational services.

• Leading, motivating and developing a high-performing team, providing clear direction and supporting individual growth
• Building collaborative relationships with business partners and senior stakeholders to support effective decision-making
• Maintaining a robust financial control framework across tax, expense accounting, cost allocations and balance sheet activities
• Overseeing day-to-day deliverables, workloads and service demands to ensure consistently accurate and timely outcomes
• Reviewing and approving key deliverables, including cost allocations, tax submissions and balance sheet reconciliationsli
• Coordinating inputs across divisions and constructively challenging processes to improve efficiency, quality and customer outcomes
• Leading change initiatives across systems and processes, from impact assessment and testing through to implementation
• Creating an inclusive and supportive environment where colleagues are empowered to improve services and deliver positive customer outcomes

• A qualified accountant or someone with equivalent relevant experience
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial controls and operational finance processes
• Practical understanding of tax processes and controls, particularly VAT
• Experience of cost allocation, forecasting, financial approvals, expenditure reporting and cross-charging methodologies
• Proven experience of leading, motivating and developing successful teams
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills, with confidence constructively challenging senior colleagues
• Advanced spreadsheet and analytical skills, including experience developing and maintaining financial models
• Clear communication, sound judgement and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, changing environment

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance
  -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25…