Senior Pensions Data Management Specialist

Location: Remote

Salary: up to £44,000 plus bonus and benefits

Contract Type: Permanent

Hydrogen Group is supporting our pensions client in their search for experienced Senior Pensions Data Management professionals to join the Scheme Events team. In this role, you’ll play a pivotal part in extracting, analysing, cleansing, and processing pensions data across complex Defined Benefit (DB) schemes—ensuring high-quality delivery for key projects and scheme events.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of assigned scheme events and data projects, ensuring timeliness and accuracy
• Conduct complex data manipulation and bulk calculations using advanced Excel functions
• Build and maintain strong client and internal stakeholder relationships
• Review and quality-check the work of Pensions Data Technicians
• Identify, manage, and report data risks and breaches
• Provide technical support, audit trails, testing, and regular updates to Project Managers
• Act as a subject matter expert for internal and client-led change programmes

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience with Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes
• Strong technical pensions knowledge and calculation expertise
• Advanced Excel skills including:

-Formulas, including nested IFs and VLOOKUPs

-Pivot tables, data filters, sorting and grouping

-Data transformation, import/export of text files

-Building and enhancing templates/macros

-Experience working with bulk data and management systems

• High attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Confident working in a remote/home-based environment
• Comfortable taking Excel skills test (non-pass/fail – used to assess support needs)

Desirable:

• PMI qualification
• Client-facing or coaching experience
• Degree or A-levels in Maths, or equivalent work-based analytical experience

📩 Interested or know someone who might be? If you meet the above experience, please submit your CV or reach out to me directly: bethkean@hydrogengroup.com

Please note: UK-based candidates only with valid Right to Work.