Data Analyst

Company Description

Legal & General looks after around 700,000 institutional customers who have their retirement benefits secured with us. Operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987, we are the UK’s longest-running insurer.

Our Institutional Retirement division provides pension risk transfer (PRT) solutions for UK and US defined benefit (DB) schemes, and reinsurance solutions from our global hub in Bermuda. We work with companies, DB pension schemes and their advisors to help them secure and protect scheme members’ retirement benefits.

Joining us means you’ll support customers’ financial security in retirement; help companies to settle their pension liabilities and focus on growing their businesses; and enable investment for the long term to back our pension promises.

Job Description

Are you ready to create insightful data visualizations and contribute to the evolution of a modern data platform? We are looking for a proactive Data Analyst to join our innovative Institutional Retirements Data Delivery team. This role is key to delivering insightful analysis and supporting informed business decision-making through high-quality data visualizations.

As an essential member of the team, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including data engineering, data delivery, and governance, to ensure the reliability and performance of our data solutions. You will execute processes and controls in line with the data strategy and contribute to its continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing:

• Understanding the data systems and structures within the business and contributing towards improvements
• Ensuring all outputs are visualized to a high standard using best practices
• Continuously developing processes to improve performance through automation and appropriate tooling choices
• Delivering ad hoc analytics and visualizations for internal customers using tools like SQL, Tableau, and PowerBI
• Developing and maintaining productive relationships with all stakeholders, providing advice and guidance on data, analytics, and visualization
• Ensuring timely delivery of regular reports to the business, aiming for automation and standardization.
• Engaging stakeholders and undertaking appropriate testing prior to the implementation of any system or business changes

Qualifications

Who we're looking for:

• Degree level qualification in a technical or numerate field or equivalent experience
• Experience in dealing with high volumes of data with excellent attention to detail and reconciliation
• Experience in creating dashboards/data visualizations with tools like Tableau or PowerBI
• Proficiency in data manipulation and transformation to create and maintain datasets
• Experience in producing and automating regular reporting through analytical tools
• Strong skills in gathering requirements from stakeholders and managing expectations
• Familiarity with coding languages for data manipulation, such as SQL
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite and dashboarding tools

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   
• Private medical insurance (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 
• 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 

Additional Information

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming 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 strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.