Legal & General

Company Description

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.

Your role at a glance

Are you looking for a summer internship in Investment? One that develops commercial acumen alongside your technical skills? 

We’re looking for undergraduates who can answer “yes” to the above for our 2024 Legal and General Investment Management Summer Internship scheme. If you’re successful, you’ll join Legal & General’s well-regarded Investment Management business, which plays a pivotal role in our continued success. 

Starting 1st July, your internship will last for 8 weeks. This programme is a pipeline for our Graduate Programme (although successful completion of the Summer Programme does not guarantee that a graduate role is available).

Please note, we can only accept 1 application per person across all of our intern programmes. Therefore, please think carefully about the programme you intend to apply for. Your first application will be considered as your only application. 

#FutureTalent

Job Description

You will be assigned to one of our investment teams for your 8-week placement which runs throughout July and August. You will also take part in an induction week designed to introduce you to L&G and help prepare you for the remainder of the internship. Over the course of the internship, you will have the chance to interact with different teams, hear from senior speakers and network with your fellow interns. Some of the day-to-day activities you may experience might include: 

• Performing research and due diligence tasks to support decision making
• Collating information for reporting
• Preparing PowerPoint presentations for meetings
• Liaising with key stakeholders and improving team processes with fresh perspectives and ideas
• Most importantly you will be learning new skills and gaining knowledge of how our business works!

Qualifications

First and foremost, we are looking for people who embody our behaviours:

• Straightforward - doing what we say and saying what we mean
• Collaborative - working together constructively
• Purposeful – working with pace and energy

We’re not expecting prior industry experience, but we’ll want to see that you have the tools to develop quickly. These include:

• On track for a 2.1 Degree in any subject – we are open to all subject backgrounds
• In your penultimate of University (i.e. graduating in 2025)
• B or higher in Leaving Cert honours maths
• Curious, motivated and have a desire to learn more about a career in Investment Management!
• Analytical mind-set
• Great communication skills
• Flexible and a team-player
• High levels of energy, dynamism and commitment
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise effectively

The role will be based in Dublin and will involve a flexible working approach whereby you split your time between working from home and the office.

Additional Information

LGIM manages fixed income, equity, multi-asset, liability-driven investment, property and alternative solutions on behalf of its clients. Located across the globe, our clients include institutional pension funds, financial institutions, local authorities and sovereign wealth funds. In order to meet the complex and evolving investment needs of our clients, we focus on remaining at the forefront of investment product innovation and maintaining our reputation as experts across all asset classes.

We believe that good businesses are built on doing the right thing and strive to do what is best for both our people and our customers. This means, enabling you to bring your best self to work by giving you what you need, when you need it.

This is why we have designed a process that puts you in control, because we recognise your time is valuable. At each step, make sure you take time to pause and reflect before progressing to the next, as each subsequent step will ask for a bit more of your time. 

We want you to feel comfortable that this process is as fair and inclusive as possible, so please let us know if you need an accommodation for any disability.

At each step we will give more information and clear instructions on what actions you need to take. You will be screened at each of these steps. In brief our recruitment process will include:

Our Assessment process typically involves the following stages, but may vary slightly from scheme to scheme.

• Application form - Captures essential information and is an opportunity to provide your CV (completion of info to assess your eligibility based on Leaving Certificate grades/points and degree)
• Online tests - includes multiple choice questions and a video interview. The online test asks a number of behavioural questions to help us understand more about candidates' strengths. There is also an analytical component which assesses numerical reasoning skills. In the video interview, we will ask 3 core questions focusing on motivation to join L&G, as well as the candidates approach to learning.
• Assessment centre (either face to face or virtual) comprised of:
• Interview - Conducted by 2 assessors, 45 minutes including time for questions from the candidate, questions include competency and commercial based questions
• Presentation - 15 minutes in duration, 10 minutes to present and 5 minutes for questions from assessor

As part of our online testing and video interview process your personal information (name and email) will be shared with our testing provider. They will only use your data for the purposes of testing.

For any queries please contact futuretalentrecruitment@landg.com . Please note we are unable to accept email applications.