My client is a leading financial services provider and due to growth in their Pension De-Risking team they currently seek an experienced Pensions Data Analyst with Defined Benefit or Bulk Purchase experience to join their friendly team.
This role sits at the heart of a fast-growing pensions risk transfer environment, offering exposure to complex data analysis, scheme onboarding, and regulatory-driven processes.
The OpportunityYou will support the successful onboarding and transition of defined benefit pension schemes into BPA arrangements, working closely with operational leadership and stakeholders.
This is a highly technical role where you will analyse, reconcile, and validate complex pension datasets, ensuring accuracy and completeness prior to policyholder transfer.
Key Responsibilities*Analyse defined benefit pension datasets to assess quality, accuracy, and completeness
*Perform data reconciliation and validation across multiple datasets, including cleansed and transitioned data
*Review benefit specifications and ensure alignment with data and administration requirements
*Develop and maintain calculation models and spreadsheets covering areas such as pensions increases, revaluation, and payroll
*Support benefit calculation processes and technical adjustments within data analysis and reconciliation activity
*Track and document data changes, movements, and audit trails across the scheme onboarding lifecycle
*Test and reconcile parallel payroll runs and benefit calculations to ensure accuracy
*Identify data issues and implement solutions to improve data quality and prevent recurring errors
*Support adherence to regulatory, compliance, and governance standards within financial services
*Work collaboratively with stakeholders across operations, pensions administration, and technical teams
The candidate*Proven experience working with defined benefit pensions or BPA / pensions risk transfer environments
*Strong understanding of pension administration processes and benefit calculations
*Hands-on experience performing data analysis, reconciliation, and validation within pensions datasets
*Advanced Excel skills, including complex data manipulation
*High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving capability
*Experience working within regulated, compliance-driven environments
*Strong communication skills and stakeholder engagement ability
In return my client offer a generous remuneration package, varied and interesting workload, excellent prospects for development and hybrid working.