Actuarial Manager - Finance Central Services - 9 Month FTC
- Full-time
- Permanent/Regular or Fixed Term Contract/Temporary: Fixed Term Contract (UK and ROW) / Temporary (US)
- L&G Business Unit: Legal & General Group Functions
- L&G sub Business Unit: GROUP FINANCE
- Primary Location: Hove, One City Park
- Job Family: Actuary
Company Description
Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.
We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.
We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.
Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best.
Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.
Job Description
We have an exciting Actuarial Manager opportunity available within our Finance Central Services team on a Fixed Term Contract basis.
In this role you will sit at the heart of our actuarial reporting function and support annuity reporting by focusing on L&G Re legal entities. The role requires production of financial reporting to support sign off of quarterly reporting results by the Bermuda CFO.
In this role you will play a key part in delivering high-quality financial insights to support business performance and drive continuous improvements.
You’ll work closely with a wide range of stakeholders, translating complex actuarial outputs into clear and meaningful information whilst ensuring robust governance and regulatory compliance.
This is a hybrid working opportunity that will allow you to work flexibly between your home and our Hove Offices, so that you can find a work-life balance that works for you.
What you’ll be doing:
- Taking accountability for the production of financial results across all financial measures for any Actuarial work passed to Group Financial Operations by L&G Re
- Disseminating financial information in an effective and informative manner, ensuring its presentation and analysis meet the wide background and experience of the customer base
- Leading the relationship with the divisional Business Partner to ensure needs and compliance/internal governance frameworks are met, whilst considering the prioritisation of other tasks
- Working in partnership with the divisional Business Partner to maximise the financial performance of the business unit
- Keeping abreast of all regulations pertinent to the territories in which the Business Partner reports its financial results
- Responding effectively to any one-off requests in a timely manner
- Identifying, developing and implementing innovative financial engineering solutions (where appropriate) that meet both the regulatory and commercial needs of the business
- Engaging with the other L&G business areas to centralise reporting functions
Who we’re looking for:
- Nearly or fully qualified actuary with post-qualification experience within a life insurance environment
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and Solvency II reporting frameworks, as well a Bermudian equivalents
- Proven experience in financial reporting and delivery of high-quality outputs
- Ability to communicate complex actuarial concepts clearly and effectively
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Analytical mindset with sound judgement and attention to detail
- Experience of driving process improvements and change initiatives
- Collaborative approach with a focus on continuous improvement and delivery excellence
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
- 27 days holiday per annum, plus public holidays. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
- Competitive family leave
- There are many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
- We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience
Additional Information
At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.
If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive 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 care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.