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About the Role

Join our Structured Credit & Mortgages team within Institutional Retirement – Investments, where you’ll play a key role in shaping our expanding portfolio of Structured Credit and Mortgage assets. You’ll work collaboratively across teams to identify opportunities, strengthen our investment framework and help deliver long‑term, sustainable value for our customers. We welcome people who bring balanced judgement, curiosity, and a proactive approach, and who value an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives improve decision‑making.

Responsibilities

Support the expansion of Structured Credit investment opportunities to help optimise and diversify the Institutional Retirement portfolio
Manage the structured credit portfolio including identifying key market risks and creating appropriate risk metrics and appetites
Oversee asset manager performance and ensure portfolio activity aligns with agreed mandates and risk appetite
Develop and enhance the structured credit and mortgage investment framework to maximise risk‑adjusted returns
Lead strategic transaction execution and engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective implementation and monitoring
Collaborate with wider Investments teams and Asset Management colleagues to strengthen relationships and support high‑quality delivery
Operate within mandates and risk limits while embedding Conduct Risk and Consumer Duty considerations into everyday activity
Contribute to strategic initiatives that broaden Institutional Retirement’s presence across structured credit and securitised asset classes

Requirements

A degree in a quantitative, finance or management‑related subject (or equivalent experience)
Experience investing in or executing transactions across Fund Finance, Consumer, Residential, Data Centres or SME asset classes
Demonstrable knowledge of structuring, modelling, legal processes and rating agency considerations linked to structured credit
Understanding of insurance balance sheet mechanics, portfolio construction and relative value assessment
Buy‑side or sell‑side experience in relevant asset classes, ideally gained within an investment bank or asset manager
Ability to build and use complex financial models to support underwriting and investment decisions
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative, adaptable and solutions‑focused mindset
Proficiency in Excel with working knowledge of C++ beneficial
Confidence operating in a dynamic environment while delivering high‑quality results on time

Skills

CFA progress
Excel
C++

Location

London, One Coleman Street

Work Type

Permanent
Flexible working options including part-time and job shares

Experience Level

At least 2 years of service for holiday entitlement

Education Level

Degree in a quantitative, finance or management-related subject

Benefits

Annual, performance-related bonus plan
Valuable share schemes
Generous pension contribution
Life assurance
Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays (26 days after 2 years’ service)
Option to buy and sell holiday
Competitive family leave
Electric car scheme (permanent employees only)
Discounts for own products and at a range of high street stores and online

About the Company

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.
L&G Institutional Retirement 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 business is the UK’s longest-serving active bulk annuity provider.
Institutional Retirement is the only insurer to have been operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987 to the present day.
Our UK retirement annuity book stands at an estimated £86.1 billion at 31 December 2023.
Across our retail and institutional retirement businesses, we look after more than 1 million customers, around c.700,000 of whom are institutional customers who have had their retirement benefits secured with us.
At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.
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.

Equal Opportunity

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.
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.