Personal Assistant (14 months maternity cover)

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’re recruiting for a Personal Assistant on a 14 months FTC to join us. We’re offering a competitive base salary. 

Are you an organised, proactive and people-focused professional looking to support senior leaders in a dynamic finance environment? We’re looking for a Personal Assistant to join our Group Finance team, providing high-level support to the Head of Finance & Accounting Operations and the Group Functions Change Director. This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the heart of a fast-paced division, where your contribution will help drive efficiency and collaboration.

What You’Ll Be Doing:

• Managing diaries, meetings, travel and logistics across internal and external engagements
• Preparing documentation, taking minutes and following up on meeting actions
• Coordinating seminar and training requirements for divisional staff
• Maintaining accurate records including expenses, personnel data and compliance logs
• Producing and updating reports, presentations and communications for senior stakeholders
• Responding to internal and external enquiries with professionalism and discretion
• Acting as a key point of contact for divisional leaders and coordinating visitor arrangements
• Supporting general administrative tasks and adapting to changing priorities

Qualifications

Who We’Re Looking For:

• Demonstrating strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Communicating effectively across all levels with a confident and courteous manner
• Showing attention to detail and working accurately under pressure
• Building positive relationships with colleagues and external contacts
• Taking initiative and ownership to resolve issues and support team goals
• Using Microsoft Office tools confidently, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Adapting to change and maintaining confidentiality at all times
• Bringing experience of working in a busy support role, ideally within a corporate environment

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
• 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 the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

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.