Pensions Specialist Consultant - DC

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• Job Title: Pensions Specialist Consultant - DC
• Contract Type: Contract
• Locations: Birmingham, West Midlands;
  London
• Job Base: Hybrid
• Salary: Excellent
• Reference: V-119035
• Contact Phone:
• Job Published: 06/03/2026 09:17

We’re excited to be recruiting an experienced Pension Specialist Consultant for a 6-month fixed-term role! This role will lead and support a series of targeted pension consolidation, compliance, and governance improvement activities across predominantly DC based pension schemes. You will work in a live operational setting, collaborating closely with Payroll, HR Systems, and external pension partners to identify issues, drive remediation, and deliver practical, risk-based improvements.

This role is ideal for someone who combines deep technical pension knowledge with strong project management capability and a hands‑on, solution‑focused mindset.

• Provide expert advice on pension administration, scheme rules, regulatory requirements, and best practice.
• Lead and drive project‑based pension consolidation and complex improvement activities, ensuring alignment across multiple DC schemes and supporting the development of a future pension offering.
• Build upon existing work to assess current processes, governance structures, and compliance gaps, producing clear, risk‑based evaluations and practical recommendations.
• Act as a key contributor to the refinement of internal policies, procedures, and governance frameworks to strengthen compliance and operational integrity, excellence and efficiency.
• Engage with external pension providers and internal stakeholders to ensure coordinated, accurate and timely execution of pension activities.
• Prepare documentation, dashboards, and progress reports for People Leadership and internal governance forums.
• Ensure all activities are delivered within required timelines and to a high standard of accuracy and control.
• Identify key opportunities to engage and communicate with employees regarding their pension savings.

• Proven experience in DC pension projects.
• Strong knowledge of UK pension regulations.
• Excellent project management and stakeholder skills.
• Analytical, detail‑focused, and proactive.

Please quote reference 119035

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