Index & ETF Investment Specialist – Technology & Automation

Index & ETF Investment Specialist – Technology & Automation

• Full-time
• Permanent/Regular or Fixed Term Contract/Temporary: Permanent (UK and ROW) / Regular (US)
• L&G Business Unit: Legal & General Investment Management
• L&G sub Business Unit: LGIM
• Primary Location: London, One Coleman Street
• Job Family: Investments

What you’ll be doing

• Developing and enhancing in‑house business development and sales‑enablement tools that support distribution and investments
• Automating processes and proactively solving issues for internal stakeholders
• Analysing and attributing portfolio performance
• Automating analyses of portfolio breakdowns, index construction, index changes, and portfolio transitions
• Automating the production of regular fund holding, attribution, and risk reports
• Participating in ad‑hoc quantitative and qualitative research, and preparing materials for investment reports and product positioning
• Supporting Distribution and Investment Specialists with client servicing, including responding to client requests, preparing materials for client and consultant presentations, and contributing to new business pitches
• Over time, taking on a more externally‑facing support role, helping to generate pipeline, supporting sales conversations, and contributing to new business development across the Index & ETF platform
• Acting as an embedded technical partner to Distribution, ensuring the team can scale its commercial activity with high‑quality, data‑driven materials and insights

Who we’re looking for

• Proven knowledge of Python including its libraries such as pandas and NumPy
• Understanding of financial markets, with a genuine interest in developing expertise within the Index and ETF ecosystem
• Broad understanding of asset classes, with a focus on index strategies preferred
• Demonstrating strong programming capability, including Python and VBA, with the ability to build new functionality and debug complex issues across the Microsoft stack
• Applying financial and investment knowledge, with experience in investment management, index strategies or benchmarks strongly preferred
• Developing and enhancing processes to improve efficiency and support client requests, using creative problem‑solving to design effective solutions
• Communicating and collaborating effectively with Distribution and commercial teams, while proactively managing multiple priorities in a high‑pressure environment

Benefits

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance‑related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand‑new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• 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

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