Senior Data and Pension Projects Specialist

Certain Advantage is hiring for a Senior Data & Pensions Projects Specialist based in London.

This role is on an initial 2-year contract basis and is hybrid, with a requirement to be onsite 3 days per week.

The Role

This role is for a dynamic Senior Data & Pensions Projects Specialist—someone ambitious and ready to make an impact. You'll play a key role in delivering complex pension projects, managing critical stakeholder relationships, and ensuring the integrity of pension administration data across multiple schemes.

You will be responsible for:

• Supporting the oversight and strategic development of the pension administration system (Compendia).
• Managing relationships with third-party system providers, and Information Risk Management teams.
• Delivering pension system enhancements, upgrades, and business-critical projects.
• Producing and validating data extracts for actuarial valuations, benefit statements, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensuring compliance with pension legislation and reportable event requirements.
• Leading cross-functional projects including pension dashboard delivery and system transformation initiatives.
• Providing coaching, support, and pension-specific training to colleagues across the wider Data, Projects and Systems team.
• Driving continuous improvement and maintaining high standards of data quality and governance.

The Individual

• Extensive pensions operations experience within an in-house or third-party administration environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK defined benefit pension schemes.
• Deep understanding of UK pensions legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Experience working with pension administration systems, ideally Compendia.
• Proven experience handling large volumes of sensitive pensions data.
• Pension qualifications such as PMI, CPC, or equivalent.
• Strong stakeholder management and supplier relationship skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• The ability to balance detailed technical work with broader strategic objectives.
• Leadership, coaching, and influencing skills.
• A proactive, self-starting approach and strong team ethic.
• Occasional travel to Krakow will be required (typically once per year).

Does this sound like your next career move? Apply today.

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