Finance Manager - FTC

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.

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.

We’re recruiting for a Finance Manager to join us on a 6 month FTC. We’re offering a competitive base salary.

Legal & General Affordable Homes is an ambitious, forward‑looking business committed to addressing the UK’s chronic housing shortage through high‑quality, affordable homes. As we launch an exciting new joint venture with Hyde Housing, we are seeking a JV Finance Manager to provide best‑in‑class financial support from inception. This is a rare opportunity to shape financial processes, reporting and business partnering for a newly created regulated entity, working closely with both shareholders and senior stakeholders.

• Managing day‑to‑day finance activities and reporting for the joint venture businesses
• Delivering all regulatory requirements for the registered provider entities
• Overseeing the month‑end close process for the joint venture RPs
• Drafting quarterly finance board papers for discussion and presentation
• Analysing performance against budget and forecast for multiple stakeholder groups
• Business partnering with shareholder teams on joint venture financial matters
• Managing liquidity and funding requirements and developing robust forecasting
• Reviewing loan covenant performance and contributing to strong financial governance

• ACA qualified accountant with strong technical skills and professional judgement
• Experience of working in a large corporate environment and meeting group deadlines
• A collaborative approach with the ability to build strong relationships across teams
• High levels of motivation, energy, and a proactive problem‑solving mindset
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to deliver high‑quality outputs
• Strong IT and presentation skills, including advanced Excel capability
• An interest in end‑to‑end financial management, including JV and group accounting
• Property or housing sector experience (advantageous but not essential)

• 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 work spaces were redesigned. Our offices are great…