Lead Data Specialist Pensions Data Service Delivery

Via Benefits by WTW; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the pensions administration sector is seeking a Lead Data Specialist to join their Pensions Data Service Delivery team. This role involves managing complex data projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables, and collaborating with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in UK pensions and excellent project management skills, alongside a commitment to fostering an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent technical knowledge of UK based occupational pensions.
• Strong organizational skills in a pensions data project environment.
• Proven ability to identify and efficiently resolve challenges.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver complex data projects accurately and on time.
• Communicate project progress and challenges to DSDT leads.
• Support production of technical data reports for clients.

Skills

Data analysis

Project management

Communication

Organizational skills

Numerical skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Lead Data Specialist Pensions Data Service Delivery

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• 202501905
• Redhill, England, United Kingdom
• Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom
• Full time
  
  

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Description

The Lead Data Specialist is part of the wider Pensions Data Service Delivery (DSD) Team. The DSD Team is a revenue generating team within the pension administration business, responsible for data analysis, reporting and cleansing, delivering specific data improvement activities that align to clients’ strategic goals. Tasks can include data projects supporting Pensions Dashboard, buy-in, and buy out exercises, automation programmes, GMP rectification and GMP equalisation.

The Role

Key responsibilities include

• Own and deliver complex data projects and tasks accurately, to deadline, and within scope and budget with early identification and highlighting of out-of-scope / out of budget work and other constraints.
• Communicate details of progress throughout the projects to DSDT leads calling out challenges and owning and implementing solutions to the challenges in a timely manner.
• Support the production of technical data reports for input into client documents at proposal and project closure stage with understanding of and reference to the client data project goals.
• Attend internal and external meetings for data project scope discussions, data project remit agreement and to present data reports and data analysis findings.
• Deliver pricing of new data projects and tasks to ensure work is priced at a commercial level and in and appropriate timescale for that task.
• Be a point of reference for DSDT on technical matters, non-standard queries, and queries requiring a higher level of expertise supporting the team by sharing knowledge and skills.
• Ensure tracking management information data is kept up to date and accurate in respect of allocated workload and all chargeable work is captured correctly on timesheets for billing purposes.
• Provide absence cover for the Team Managers
  
  

At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a ”hybrid” style, with a mix of remote, in-person and in office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and “hybrid” is not a one-size-fits-all solution. We understand flexibility is key to supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and so we encourage requests for all types of flexible working as well as location-based arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter to discuss more.

Qualifications

The Requirements

• Excellent technical knowledge of UK based occupational pensions with proven ability to deliver high quality data projects within a team environment
• Strong organisational skills utilsed within a pensions data project environment with experience of the delivery and management of data project tasks and projects
• Proven ability to identify and efficiently resolve challenges, identifying solution to ensure allocated data tasks and projects are delivered within required quality, timescales and agreed remit
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to organise and prioritise own workload with experience of working on several projects simultaneously
• Evidenced ability to work effectively as part of a team supporting an inclusive working environment championing diversity within the team
• Excellent communication and advanced numerical skills with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
  
  

At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organisation. We embrace all types of diversity.

We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email [e-mail].

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