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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 Retail supports the savings, protection and retirement needs of around 14 million people, through our portfolio of retail and workplace businesses.
Our Retail division helps people enjoy a more colourful retirement, both directly and through their employers, including Lifetime Mortgages, Retirement Interest Only Mortgages and financial advice on our range of lending products.
We are the UK’s number one individual life insurer, and also provide Group Protection products for employers – all helping people to plan for the unexpected. We support home buying through our Mortgage Club – the UK’s largest – and our award-winning Surveying Services team. And our fintech team finds and supports socially useful start-ups and scale-ups working in the workplace, home, insurance and wealth areas.
Joining us means helping create brighter financial futures for all our customers.
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 Retail supports the savings, protection and retirement needs of around 14 million people, through our portfolio of retail and workplace businesses.
Our Retail division helps people enjoy a more colourful retirement, both directly and through their employers, including Lifetime Mortgages, Retirement Interest Only Mortgages and financial advice on our range of lending products.
We are the UK’s number one individual life insurer, and also provide Group Protection products for employers – all helping people to plan for the unexpected. We support home buying through our Mortgage Club – the UK’s largest – and our award-winning Surveying Services team. And our fintech team finds and supports socially useful start-ups and scale-ups working in the workplace, home, insurance and wealth areas.
Joining us means helping create brighter financial futures for all our customers.
Job Description
We have an incredible opportunity for an Information Security Analyst to join us in either Cardiff, Hove or Solihull!
You’ll play a key role in providing the technology expertise required to implement and support the information and cyber security strategy, policy and standards in our Retail division. Working in close collaboration with risk, audit, and technology reams, you’ll reduce and mitigate Information Security risks according to an agreed risk appetite.
Perhaps you come from a technical background and you’re looking for a move into governance? If so, this could be the ideal opportunity for you!
What you'll be doing:
Supporting the Information Security Manager and other key stakeholders in securing the information assets of the UK Protection business
Providing technical security consultancy to internal projects and key system enhancements, ensuring IT security best practice is adhered to and that key company projects are compliant with IT security policies, driving continual improvement throughout the project lifecycle
Working on the security architecture of the estate alongside the IT Operations Teams, driving for secure-by-design solutions
Assisting with penetration tests, firewall rules and remediation activities, carrying out audits and risk assessments in line with group, external and internal IT security audit schedules
Maintaining and updating the information security controls in place within the estate in line with risk appetite and governance
Managing and calibrating security tooling to maximise effectiveness of uptake and use across the estate
Supporting implementation of appropriate governance, reporting and escalation of changes impacting customers to ensure key checkpoints are met in line with stakeholder and business requirements
Ensuring any system or process changes that impact customer journeys have been reviewed by business stakeholders to determine the impact of the changes on the delivery of customer outcomes
Qualifications
Who we're looking for:
Knowledge of industry best practice in process, controls, tools, standards and methods in Information & Cyber Security and IT change
You’ll be adept at explaining complex technical issues to a non-technical audience
You’ll also be well versed in collaborating with a wide variety of stakeholders at different seniorities
Prior experience of working as a Security Analyst would be great
Information Security and/or Information Technology industry certification, such as (ISC)2, ISACA, GIAC, CompTIA would be a huge plus!
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.
Seniority level Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type Employment type Full-time
Job function Job function Finance
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