Data Quality Specialist

Data Quality Specialist

About the Role

Are you passionate about turning data into trusted insights? We’re looking for a Data Quality Specialist to help us elevate the integrity and reliability of our data across the business.
In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of designing and implementing robust data quality frameworks that ensure our critical business data is accurate, complete, timely, and fit for purpose. You’ll collaborate across teams—from data owners and stewards to engineers and compliance experts—to drive data excellence and support our governance strategy.

This is a hybrid role with some presence required at our Bournemouth office. This role is a Fixed Term Contract for an initial 6 months.

About You

Essential:
•Proven experience in data quality management, analysis, and governance, preferably within financial services.
•Strong skills in data profiling, cleansing, and validation.
•Proficiency in SQL and familiarity with Python, PySpark, or data wrangling tools.
•Experience with cloud platforms like Microsoft Fabric/Azure, Databricks, or Google cloud.
•Understanding of data regulations such as UK GDPR and Data Protection 2018.
Desirable:
•Experience with real-time or streaming data environments.
•Knowledge of data lineage, metadata management, and modern architectures like data mesh or lakehouse.
•Supporting the development and value of a single customer view.
•Familiarity with governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK or DCAM.
The Details
•Build, automate and roll out data quality rules, validations, and metrics across key domains like customer, product, transaction, and finance.
•Lead data profiling and root cause analysis to uncover issues and drive improvements.
•Partner with stakeholders to define business rules and embed quality standards into our data ecosystem.
•Maintain dashboards and reports that spotlight trends, anomalies, and KPIs.
•Support regulatory and compliance efforts by ensuring data meets internal and external standards.
•Help deploy and optimise data quality tools
•Work with engineering teams to embed quality checks into pipelines and real-time processes.
•Provide training and guidance to business and technical teams on data quality best practices.

Rewards & Benefits
This role is a Band C in the LV= Structure.
At LV= Life and Pensions, you’ll go above and beyond to do the right thing for our customers. We’ll reward your hard work with an attractive, competitive salary and benefits package, which includes:
• 30 days\’ holiday, with the option to buy up to 2 additional days
• Competitive pension scheme – LV= Life and Pensions will double-match the amount you pay, up to 14% (subject to National Minimum Wage requirements)
• An annual bonus scheme based on company and personal performance
• Single-cover private medical insurance (with the option for you to upgrade to family cover)
• Flexible benefits, including a cycle to work scheme, personal accident insurance, critical illness cover and dental insurance
• Up to 20% discount on our life products for you and your immediate family
• A group life assurance policy with 4 x your basic pay to go to your dependents (you’ll have the option to increase to 8 x cover)
• Group Income Protection (if you become a member of the Pension scheme and reach 5 years of service)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for support when you need it
• A virtual GP service
• Shared parental leave.

We’re proud of our inclusive culture at LV= and, as an equal-opportunity employer, we continually work to remove unconscious bias from our recruitment process. We value our colleagues for what they bring to our team regardless of any protected status or characteristics they may have. Talk to us about flexible working as part of your application; if it’s right for you, our members and customers, and our business, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.
Please note that we are unable to offer Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship in order for your application to be considered.
Please note that any successful internal colleagues will be offered a secondment opportunity.