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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Specialist 6mth FTC - **Company:** M&G - **Location:** Stirling, UK - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Data Presentation, Microsoft PowerPoint, Power BI, SQL Databases, Vba Programming Language, Qlikview - **Published:** June 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5249bc69c532e3c9 ## About the Role Do you have experience in VBA?, * Ability to use QlikView and Excel to maintain, manipulate and engineer data to support business needs. * Good data presentation skills with the ability to present charts and tables using Power BI, Excel and Powerpoint. * Good planning and organisational skills to be able to handle multiple priorities. Desirable * Ability to interpret complex data and explain results clearly to non-technical audiences. * Knowledge of the life, pensions or broader asset management investment products. * Knowledge and experience of the financial services industry, its regulators and the current regulatory environment. * Good communication and stakeholder management skills. * SQL and Excel VBA. ## Description The Role: Data Specialist - 6 Month Fixed Term Contract or Secondment A key role of the Propositions team with the Individual Life & Pensions Business Unit is to maintain, extract and analyse propositional data to support the analysis of customer outcomes. Under the FCA's Consumer Duty requirements, there is an enduring need to develop new data and metrics to better understand our customers to evidence good customer outcomes and identify areas for potential improvements. In particular, the approach to assessing Value for Money in Workplace Pensions is expected to evolve following further regulatory guidance this year. The role holder will play a key role in translating regulatory expectations into actionable data requirements, reviewing existing reporting capabilities, and shaping the development of enhanced Value for Money metrics to support effective oversight and decision-making. The role holder will also be responsible for providing data to enable the Independent Governance Committee, and Pension Trustees and Managers, to provide regular oversight and reporting of customers in workplace pension schemes. You will also be required to provide data input for regulatory reporting, such as product reviews and annual value assessments, along with any new propositional regulatory requests. We are seeking a high performing data specialist, with experience of working with large and varied datasets, to support our conduct and oversight reporting for Propositions. This is a great opportunity to play a key role in supporting our existing customers by providing data to evidence good outcomes and ensure that regulatory expectations are being met. You will be part of the Conduct & Enablement Team which is responsible for ensuring that our existing Propositions are operating within M&G Prudential's Conduct Risk appetite. You will also support other key strategic projects., To ensure Value for Money and Customer Outcome reporting is fit for purpose, well-governed and capable of meeting evolving regulatory expectations, the role holder will be responsible for: * Assessing existing data sources, controls and reporting capabilities to identify gaps and propose solutions required to meet future VFM reporting and disclosure requirements. * Ensuring Value for Money data is accurate, appropriately governed and clearly presented to support regulatory scrutiny, internal challenge and audit requirements. Providing accurate, timely and insightful reporting to support governance bodies, regulatory compliance and oversight of customer and workplace pension outcomes, including: * Regular reporting to the Independent Governance Committee (IGC) * Relevant regulatory requests from the FCA, DWP, HMRC etc… * Project scoping for regulatory and strategic projects * Regular reporting for conduct risk - e.g. Complaints MI * Supporting internal and external benchmarking and comparator analysis, particularly for Value for Money and workplace pension assessments. * Proposition/Product thematic reviews * Annual Value Assessments * Customer Outcome reporting for the Customer Committee * Breach and Risk analysis * Workplace Pensions BAU Reports, such as the Retention Log, Fund Benchmarking, Funds and Charges and Quarterly Complaints MI. Ensuring appropriate data quality checks, controls and documentation are applied to reporting outputs to support regulatory assurance and governance. Highlighting key data findings and emerging trends clearly and succinctly. Providing clear and concise written and oral briefings to managers and other stakeholders., We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. 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