Your role at a glance
We have a fantastic opportunity for four IT Analysts to join Group Functions IT division in Hove!
We’re looking for self-motivated candidates with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and a desire and willingness to learn new skills. You will receive full training, support and development and get to work closely with colleagues across the business. Once you have learned the basics (via triage and analysis of incidents) you will get the opportunity to work in multiple areas within the Application Services Team.
If you are looking for a role with an exciting and supportive career path with a fantastic benefits package then this could be the ideal opportunity for you!
What you'll be doing
- Technical Support: providing technical IT support for Group Functions IT applications, with an initial focus on the triage of Incidents and Service Requests
- Monitoring: Application performance monitoring and identifying potential issues before they arise
- Applications: managing and administering applications as required
- Improvements: Initiating and conducting process improvements including the improvement of process documentation for common issues
- Knowledge base: Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of Group Functions IT systems
- Adhering to controls and information and IT security policy and procedures: controlling access and authorization levels in respect of in scope systems to ensure that only properly authorised users have access to the systems. This may include performing and managing regular re-certification exercises in accordance with the group wide access control policy and maintaining sufficient audit trail to demonstrate effective controls for validation by internal and external audit
What we're looking for
- Enthusiasm with a willingness to develop your existing knowledge and skills
- Excellent analytical skills, trouble shooting and problem solving
- You'll be a great communicator who loves collaborating with a team
- An ability to understand complex applications and how components work together
- Any experience of technical IT support and a basic understanding of SAS solutions would be a huge plus! This could include payment solutions; BACS-interfacing software; financial reporting; reconciliation / payment applications
Benefits
When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.
If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave.
You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.
About L&G
The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.
Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands.
We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.
We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.
At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.
Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?
About the business area
Helping over ten million people around the world manage their savings, retirement plans and life insurance requires a lot of people behind-the-scenes. It’s up to us in L&G Group functions – which includes our tech and digital teams, Group Finance, HR, Risk and Corporate Comms to provide the essential support services that all areas of the business need, here in the UK and overseas. Simply put, we enable everyone at Legal & General to do what they do best. That means we’re helping to improve our customers’ lives, and contributing to the success of the business every day.
Our commitments to you
Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.
We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.
We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.
We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.
So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.
How to find out more
If this opportunity excites you but you’re not sure you meet all the requirements, or you’d like to know a bit more, please contact James Shields at james.shields@landg.com (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesshields1//).
If you’d like to be considered for this role, please submit your application through our careers website as we’re not accepting email applications.