Delegated Solutions Manager - 12 month FTC

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. 

We're currently looking to hire a Delegated Solutions Manager to join L&G Asset Management Delegated Solutions team.

The Delegated Solutions team works with institutional investors globally to design, implement and manage holistic portfolio solutions, drawing on the full breadth of L&G and third-party capabilities to deliver against client-specific objectives.

The team’s work takes many forms including investment strategy design and portfolio construction, risk analysis and asset/liability modelling, the provision of investment advice, portfolio management and oversight, ongoing client engagement and bespoke reporting, and technology development and maintenance to support these activities.

Much of the Delegated Solutions team’s work leverages L&G’s existing capabilities – including the use of Index Funds, Multi-Asset Funds, Global Fixed Income, LDI, Real Assets and derivative strategies – alongside third-party manager capabilities. Combinations are assembled and managed by the Delegated Solutions team based on the team’s deep understanding of clients’ specific risks, objectives and constraints

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing investment advice to trustees and officers of institutional clients
• Working with clients to understand their requirements and deliver innovative solutions
• Taking responsibility for checking that L&G can meet client requirements from a contractual and regulatory perspective
• Supporting the delivery of bespoke investment strategy analysis, risk modelling and portfolio construction
• Developing and maintaining proprietary investment tools and systems, including Python coding
• Communicating complex analysis and sophisticated ideas in a concise and understandable way, both in writing and in person
• Understanding the investment opportunity set for each client and proposing and enacting appropriate implementation solutions
• Working with clients and other internal teams to deliver bespoke client reporting

Who we’re looking for:

• Strong knowledge of major asset classes, derivatives and liability-driven investment
• Experience in investment strategy design, portfolio construction and risk analysis
• Experience providing investment advice to institutional investors
• An understanding of the UK defined benefit pension scheme environment, including its typical risks, objectives and regulatory considerations
• A structured and organised approach to managing projects 
• Proven ability to deliver high quality numerical analysis
• The confidence to develop and improve investment tools, systems and processes
• Python capability and an actuarial or CFA qualification, or progress towards one, would be advantageous

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

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.