Graduate - Technology Business Management & FinOps Analyst - Cardiff - 2026

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 Retail business supports customers throughout their lives, to help them save, plan, protect and enjoy retirement. We’re a leading provider of retirement and protection solutions. We aim to support our c.12.8 million policyholders and workplace members throughout their lifelong financial journeys. We focus on helping the customers of today and tomorrow achieve better long‑term outcomes. We either talk with them directly or work with intermediaries and employers to meet their needs. We use the latest technology to connect with them quickly, efficiently and wherever possible in highly personalised ways. Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Job Description

Are you looking for a graduate role where you can build strong commercial insight alongside data and technology skills? Do you want to help teams make better decisions about cloud spend and the value delivered by technology?

We’re looking for graduates to join our TBM and FinOps Analyst Graduate Programme. You’ll help improve transparency of technology costs, support forecasting and budgeting, and drive better value from our cloud and technology investments.

Your role at a glance

From day one, you’ll be part of a team that supports financial governance and value management across technology and cloud.

You will:

• Begin with our Future Talent induction, building connections with fellow graduates and learning how L&G operates.
• Support FinOps processes such as cost allocation, tagging/chargeback/showback, anomaly investigation, and optimisation tracking.
• Help produce and improve TBM‑style reporting, translating technology costs into clear services/products and outcomes.
• Assist with month‑end activities, forecasts, budgets, and variance analysis for technology spend.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reports (e.g., Power BI/Excel), improving data quality and automation where possible.
• Work with engineering, product, and finance stakeholders to explain drivers of spend and identify opportunities for efficiency.
• Create and maintain clear documentation for reporting, definitions, and recurring processes.
• Take part in structured training, workshops, and mentoring to build strong foundations in TBM and FinOps practices.
• As your confidence grows, you’ll take ownership of specific reporting areas or cost domains and help drive measurable improvements.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to attain professional and industry recognised qualifications such as FinOps Certified Practitioner (POCP) and TBM Fundamentals (TBM Council), to be agreed with the successful candidate once they’ve joined.

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for graduates with an interest in data, technology, and commercial decision‑making. You don’t need prior industry experience as we’ll ensure you are fully trained and supported, but you should be curious, analytical, and motivated to learn. You’ll bring:

• A 2:1 degree or above in a numerate or analytical discipline (e.g., Business, Economics, Finance, STEM), or equivalent demonstrable analytical capability.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Confidence working with data in Excel (and an interest in learning tools such as Power BI, Apptio).
• Clear communication skills—able to explain data and insights to a non‑technical audience.
• A collaborative mindset and willingness to work with technology, finance, and business stakeholders.
• An interest in cloud, technology cost management, or how organisations measure technology value.
• An awareness of Azure/AWS cost concepts, dashboards, SQL, or basic scripting is a nice to have but not essential.

Please note we only accept one application per recruitment cycle for our Graduate roles. Please consider all placement positions before applying, as your first application will be considered your only application.

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, you are empowered through initiatives that 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.

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