Senior Investment Valuation Analyst
Location: London - hybrid 50%
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 35 hours
Purpose of the role
This is a key technical leadership role within the Investment Valuation function, supporting the independent oversight of valuations across Just's investment portfolio. As the Senior Investment Valuation Analyst, you'll provide expert judgement on complex valuation matters, influence valuation governance and decision-making, and act as a trusted adviser to stakeholders across Investments, Finance, Risk and Actuarial. Through your expertise, you'll help ensure valuations remain robust, transparent and appropriately governed, while driving continuous improvement across methodologies, controls and valuation frameworks to support financial reporting, regulatory compliance and effective risk management.
About Just
We help people achieve a better later life. That’s our purpose and it’s the reason we exist. We are a fast-growing company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award-winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,250 purpose-led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do.
This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK’s most loved retirement expert.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead independent valuation and price verification across the investment portfolio, supporting timely and accurate fair value for financial reporting, regulatory and risk management purposes.
- Oversee valuation coverage across fixed income, derivatives, private credit, structured products, LPI assets, real estate and other Level 3 investments.
- Review and challenge valuation assumptions, methodologies, models and market inputs to support fair value outcomes aligned with market practice.
- Maintain and strengthen the Investment Valuation Framework, ensuring valuation controls, governance and escalation processes operate effectively in line with accounting standards, regulatory requirements and internal policies.
- Lead investigations into valuation issues, exceptions and control breaches, identifying root causes and implementing lasting solution.
- Develop and review valuation methodologies for new and existing asset classes, applying technical expertise to complex and illiquid investments as markets evolve.
- Improve valuation models, processes, data quality and analytical capabilities.
- Partner with Investment, Finance, Risk, Actuarial and Operations teams, and prepare clear management information, valuation reports and committee papers for senior stakeholders.
What We're Looking For
- Significant experience in investment valuation, investment risk, market risk, investment finance or asset management gained within a life insurer, asset manager, pension fund, investment bank or consultancy.
- Demonstrable expertise valuing and providing oversight across a broad range of liquid and illiquid asset classes, including fixed income, private credit, derivatives, structured finance, real estate and other Level 3 investments.
- Expert knowledge of investment valuation methodologies, fair value principles and valuation requirements under IFRS and Solvency II.
- Strong understanding of derivatives, including repos, cross-currency swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps (TRS) and FX forwards, alongside experience of illiquid and structured credit instruments.
- Proven capability reviewing and challenging valuation methodologies, models, assumptions, market data inputs and valuation uncertainty in complex investment portfolios.
- Strong experience of independent price verification (IPV), valuation governance, control frameworks and regulatory or financial reporting environments.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience presenting complex valuation matters, recommendations and judgements to senior management, governance committees, auditors and external partners.
- Track record of driving process improvements, automation and enhancements to valuation systems, controls, reporting and data quality, supported by advanced Excel skills; experience with VBA or Python would be advantageous.
- Ability to exercise sound judgement, influence and challenge effectively, while coaching and developing others and fostering a strong culture of governance, control and continuous improvement.
- STEM degree or equivalent demonstrable numerical capability, supported by strong analytical and quantitative skills and the ability to assess complex valuation models, assumptions, uncertainty and model risk.
Our behaviours
At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.
What’s in it for you
- A competitive salary, pension scheme and life assurance
- 25 days annual leave plus an additional day on us for your birthday
- Private medical cover and income protection, just in case
- A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme
- Opportunities to progress your career in-role and within the company
- Free access to the Headspace app, 24/7 employee assistance helpline and trained physical and mental health first aiders
- A variety of employee funded benefits available via our online benefits portal
- Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones
Explore our full range of benefits on our dedicated benefits page.
Belonging at Just
Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just.
We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.
Be Bold. Be Brilliant. Be Just.
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