Your role at a glance
Are you looking for a graduate role that is technically challenging? Do you want a future that allows you to develop commercial acumen alongside your technical skills?
We are looking for graduates who can answer “yes” to the above for our 2023 Risk and Compliance Rotational Graduate Programme, due to start in September 2023.
The graduate programme is designed to give you the fundamental experience and skill set required to excel in your future.
What you'll be doing
The key thing to know is that your role will be broad and diverse, with lots of opportunity to develop. You will either join LGIM, Group, LGRI, LGC or Retail to gain an understanding of the different roles that are pivotal to the organisation’s success. To find out more about these business areas, please read the ‘About the business areas’ section below.
As part of the Risk & Compliance Grade Programme, you will be involved with the following:
- Supporting Non-Financial Risk (NFR) and IT and Technology risk requirements across the business and relevant teams, providing fungible resource to move between the different Risk and NFR sub disciplines to align to changing priorities or resource pinch points
- Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement to risk processes and ways of working across the different risk disciplines
- Assisting with drafting of reports and presentations as required
- Supporting the design and development of tools and processes to help us identify, analyse and report on risks across the business
- Helping create and maintain policies for identifying i) which risks and ii) how much exposure we want in order for the business to better manage risk.
- Assisting in providing oversight and constructive challenge to our front-line functions
- Contributing to ‘horizon scanning’ exercises for emerging future risks, e.g., climate, cyber
- Supporting the design and development of tools and processes to help us identify, analyse and report on risks across the business.
Over the course of the 2 years, you will be given the chance to experience different rotations*, develop your professional network and expand on both your business acumen and qualitative skills. You will be able to complete a professional accreditation dependant on the business area you join. We hope that by the end of the programme you will have built a clearer picture of where your interests and experience can take you within Legal & General and the wider industry.
- Candidates joining LGIM’s graduate programme will only rotate around the various teams within LGIM Risk & Compliance function exclusively, and not the teams listed above.
What we're looking for
First and foremost, we are looking for people with an inquisitive mind and a desire to learn. We’re not expecting prior industry experience, but we’ll want to see that you have the tools to develop quickly. These include:
- 2.1 Degree in any subject – we are open to all subject backgrounds
- Analytical mind-set, with a high level of numeracy
- Great communication skills, written and verbal
- Flexible and a team-player
- High levels of energy, dynamism and commitment
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Highly organised with the ability to prioritise effectively
Benefits
Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 25 days’ holiday, private medical insurance, discretionary performance related bonuses, paid overtime, a variety of share schemes, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products. Your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.
About L&G
As a company, to be one of the world's largest Asset Managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurances brands, we are diverse by our very nature. And we're a company that wants to use our diversity and influence to make society better in the long term - for everyone. To do this we need to be a company that welcomes everyone, where everyone can succeed. That means we're committed to building an inclusive culture in L&G where we can all perform at our best, no matter who we are, what we do or where we do it. So, whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.
About the business area
- LGIM: Risk and Compliance team is responsible for the design and oversight of the LGIM’s risk and compliance frameworks. We support the business in its role of identifying, assessing, managing and reporting risks by providing independent and insightful oversight, challenge and advice and responding quickly to new issues and requirements.
- Retail: The role of the Retail Risk Team is to support the Retail Division to achieve its business plan whilst providing independent expert advice and robust challenge to ensure an optimal customer and financial outcome.
- LGC: The LGC Risk Team supports the business in creating alternative assets by seeking opportunities to deploy capital in sectors where there is a lack of investment and enduring demand to support society's needs.
- Group: The Group Risk Team works across all of L&G to enable our businesses to achieve ambitious and sustainable growth for the future
- LGRI: Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI) is the UK’s longest-serving active pension risk transfer provider.
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
We’re an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.
Bringing out the best in you
We believe that good businesses are built on doing the right thing and strive to do what is best for both our people and our customers. This means, enabling you to bring your best self to work by giving you what you need, when you need it.
Therefore, we have designed a process that puts you in control, because we recognise your time is valuable. At each step, make sure you take time to pause and reflect before progressing to the next, as each subsequent step will ask for a bit more of your time.
We want you to feel comfortable that this process is as fair and inclusive as possible, so please let us know if you need an accommodation for any disability.
At each step we will give more information and clear instructions on what actions you need to take. You will be screened at each of these steps. In brief our recruitment process will include:
The application to this role asks you to upload your CV, application questions, online testing (Situational Judgement and General Ability), a recorded video interview, and an assessment centre (line manager interview, a presentation, a group exercise).
As part of our online testing and video interview process your personal information (name and email) will be shared with our testing provider. They will only use your data for the purposes of testing.
Please note that we are recruiting on a rolling basis for this role and therefore the position may close sooner than the advertised date. We would encourage you to apply as soon as possible so as not to not miss out on this opportunity.
For any queries, please contact futuretalentrecruitment@landg.com. Please note we are unable to accept any email applications.