Your role at a glance
This is an exciting opportunity for a Junior Business Analyst to join our innovative Discovery & Automation function here at L&G.
We are a highly motivated team delivering excellence in everything we do – from working on change transformation projects and large programmes – to robotic process automation and artificial intelligence – to discovering and re-engineering our business to drive better decisions, ideas, and outcomes.
You will help us to deliver quality analysis, automation, and transformation services to our internal customers - Group Functions (HR, Brand, Tax, IT, Treasury Risk & Compliance) and Group Finance, whilst working collaboratively with global external partners and suppliers. This will be delivered as part of a partnership we have with a big 4 accounting & consulting firm. This means that you will benefit from working with both L&G business leaders and experts as well as senior consulting resources who will help to upskill you in transformational best practices and thinking.
Our work environment naturally has significant variety where no two days are the same and there is a supportive, inclusive, training focussed environment that fosters curiosity and innovation. So, if you like variety, self-development, and innovation – then a career within Discovery & Automation is for you.
What you'll be doing
- Conducting business analysis tasks under the supervision of a Senior Business Analyst as required
- Contributing analysis planning and monitoring activities including the definition of roles & responsibilities of stakeholders, development of estimates for analysis activity and planning of own interaction with stakeholders
- Supporting in the approach for requirements development, traceability, prioritisation, the deliverables that should be produced and the metrics that will be used to monitor progress.
- Identifying, evaluating, and raising change risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies that may impact project deliverables and proposing mitigating actions where appropriate.
- Contributing to the assessment of complexity and uncertainty and providing inputs as required under the guidance of a Senior Business Analyst
- Maintaining a record of activities required and becoming proficient in the tools and techniques described within the BABOK and the Agile Extension to the BABOK Guide, to be able to achieve the IIBA Certification of Competency in Business Analysis, which is a requirement of all Business Analysts and Senior Business Analysts
What we're looking for
- Knowledge or experience of Enterprise analysis is preferable
- Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring experience
- Experience of requirements analysis
- Experience of requirements management and communication
- Solution assessment and validation experience
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 Andy Banks at andy.banks@landg.com (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-banks/).
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.