Senior Data and Systems Consultant TLNT_NI

Position: Senior Data and Systems Consultant TLNT1_NI
About Us At Spence & Partners (part of 3173 Group), were on a mission to simplify and enhance the pensions industry. We believe in delivering smarter, more effective solutions that help pension schemes thrive. Since our founding in 2000, weve earned a reputation for practical and innovative advice, with a commitment to meeting the evolving needs of Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution schemes.

About You We are looking to hire a Senior Data and System Consultant who wants the opportunity to continue their career within an award-winning and growing organisation. To make an impact in this role, you will be a highly motivated individual who is comfortable taking responsibility for completion of complex data and systems tasks in relation to occupational defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes.

You will be a problem solver able to liaise with other stakeholders within Spence and our wider Group to identify and deliver solutions to challenging problems. You will also have the experience positively contribute to the enhancement of our processes and procedures in your area of expertise and managing your workload and against appropriate timescales and budgets. Working in a flexible environment, you will be prepared to stay ahead of developments within the pensions industry, and the broader business environment, to support our Business in its commitment to excellent client service and our objectives for significant financial growth.

You have the ability to share your technical knowledge efficiently and purposefully with clients and colleagues and understand the importance of building and maintaining relationships with clients, networking contacts and your colleagues. This role will be attractive to an existing specialist in the installation and transition space who wants to take on a role that has significant importance to the overall delivery of scheme installation and wider pension projects (e.g. data cleansing, benefit rectification, buy-ins/buy-outs, PPF Assessment Period tasks).

Proven client and project management skills, as well as evidence of the ability to build and manage relationships, will be key to your success in the role. Teamwork is critical, and you will be placed in a highly driven and specialised team whose aim is to make you a vital asset from the outset. You will be seeking a challenging environment in which you can develop both personally and professionally in an award-winning company.

You will be a conscientious individual with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to think critically and logically. We are looking for candidates who are intelligent, ambitious and great at working with people. You should enjoy solving complex problems and be interested in the pensions industry and areas affecting it. You will be well organised and proactive, calm under pressure and can communicate well at all levels (written and verbal).

You will be eager to work hard and make an impact, self-motivated and proactive in your assistance to meet the needs of our projects. You will be reliable, methodical and can easily adapt to changing circumstances, continuously producing high level quality work. You will be detail-orientated and have advanced IT skills, particularly in Excel. Prior knowledge of other industry pension administration systems would be highly advantageous as would knowledge of Alteryx.

Experience with pensions calculations and data audit, experience with SQL and experience working with large data sets would also be advantageous.

About the Role:

The Senior Data and System Consultant reports to our Head of Technical and Systems Pensions Delivery. The Senior Data and System Consultant role has responsibility for the delivery of a portfolio of installation and other data related projects each year within agreed commercial and risk budgets. The role will include direct oversight for managing and developing of a team of project managers and business analysts.

In carrying out the role you will work closely with the leader of the coding, data, and technology team to ensure resources are deployed in the most effective manner and scheme transitions are delivered successfully. Responsibilities & Criteria Responsibility for successful delivery of a portfolio of projects, including the data related elements of scheme transitions and other related pension projects Assessment of timescales/costs of data related projects (including data components of installations) Contribute to establishment of overall project plans (including Monitor and report on progress of projects against agreed timescales/budgets Line-manage a number of more junior staff Engage with leads of related teams (e.g. Data and Coding) to ensure alignment of resource and goals Engage with leads of client teams as required on individual projects In conjunction with colleagues, continually improve processes and process documentation for further commercial efficiency and risk management.

Personal growth responsibilities…