Company Description

Life can sometimes be unpredictable, and it pays to plan ahead.

Our aim at Legal & General Retail is to help our customers plan for the unexpected, achieve financial security for their tomorrow, and protect everything that’s important to them.

To better understand our customers and meet their needs, we’ve brought our protection, retirement income, savings, lending and advice, fintech and mortgage businesses under one umbrella. Created at the start of 2022 through the merging of our long-standing and trusted retail retirement and insurance businesses, we’re a fast-growing division with big, customer-centered ambitions. 

Job Description

Do you want to develop new pricing concepts, by utilising and analysing market data/insights to identify strategies that improve both market share and new business profitability for L&G? 

If so, we have an exciting opportunity available within our Retail Protection Pricing team here at L&G that would be ideal for either a student actuary or a data scientist with a keen interest in commercial pricing.

As well as developing new pricing strategies and concepts, you will also look at ways that we can optimise our current pricing processes by utilising data analytics and making suitable recommendations for improvements.

You will also get the opportunity to be involved with commercial deals, product development and complex analysis work within this varied and exciting role. 

This is a hybrid working opportunity, which means you can split your working week flexibly between your home and our newly refurbished offices in Hove, to help achieve a work-life balance which suits you.

Do you feel like you meet the requirements but require greater flexibility? We’d love to hear from you regardless; we’re open to flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, so please get in touch!

Qualifications

• A student actuary or data scientist (if an actuarial student we would be open to both those who are still studying towards IFoA exams and exam stoppers/leavers)
• Previous actuarial or data science experience – preferably within a pricing capacity. 
• Strong IT and programming skills, with experience of Python, R, SQL and Excel being highly preferable.
• Knowledge/experience of Prophet would be an advantage.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop and recommend ideas.
• Ability to work independently, under time pressure with minimal supervision.
• Ability to conduct complex analyses (e.g. root cause, productiveness and performance testing) and report outcomes of these analyses to enable the continuous improvement of data and models.

Additional Information

• Competitive Salary 
• Annual Performance Related Bonus
• Study Support
• Holiday Allowance – 25 days plus all UK bank holidays
• Pension Contribution – L&G match any personal contributions up to 5% and provide a further contribution of 5%
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Income Protection
• Smart Spending – which gives you access to vouchers/shopping discounts.

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.