Data Quality Analyst (Life and Pension Insurance)
Data Quality Analyst Life & Pensions Insurance | Outside IR35 | 3-6 Month Contract | £450-£500 per Day | Mostly Remote The Opportunity
We are supporting a major data transformation programme within the Life & Pensions insurance sector and are seeking an experienced Data Quality Analyst to join on an initial 3-6 month Outside IR35 contract.
This role will focus on improving the quality, accuracy, completeness and consistency of business-critical insurance and pensions data. You will work closely with business stakeholders, SMEs and technical teams to identify data quality issues, define validation requirements and support the delivery of data improvement initiatives across complex policy, member and scheme datasets.
The successful candidate will bring strong experience in data quality analysis, data validation and data profiling, alongside a solid understanding of insurance data. Experience within Life & Pensions, Pension Administration, Annuities or broader Insurance environments is highly desirable.
This is a predominantly remote opportunity, with occasional travel required for workshops and stakeholder meetings.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyse large and complex datasets to identify data quality issues, inconsistencies, anomalies and data gaps.
- Perform data profiling activities to assess data completeness, accuracy, consistency and integrity.
- Define, document and maintain data quality rules, validation criteria and acceptance standards.
- Work closely with business SMEs to understand data requirements and translate them into clear specifications.
- Identify root causes of data quality issues and support remediation activities.
- Assess data quality across multiple source systems and datasets.
- Create and maintain data quality documentation, rule catalogues and reporting requirements.
- Support the implementation of data quality controls and validation processes.
- Work with Data Engineers and technical teams to ensure data quality requirements are correctly understood and delivered.
- Investigate exceptions, reconciliation issues and validation failures.
- Support testing activities and validate that implemented solutions meet business requirements.
- Develop data quality metrics and support ongoing monitoring and reporting.
- Contribute to best practice around data governance, data standards and quality management.
Essential Experience
- Proven experience working as a Data Quality Analyst, Data Analyst or similar role.
- Strong experience delivering data quality, data validation and data cleansing initiatives.
- Ability to analyse complex datasets and identify data issues, trends and anomalies.
- Strong SQL skills for data interrogation, analysis and validation.
- Experience defining and documenting business rules, data quality controls and validation requirements.
- Strong data profiling and root cause analysis experience.
- Experience working closely with business stakeholders and subject matter experts.
- Strong documentation skills, including requirements gathering and acceptance criteria definition.
- Experience supporting testing, defect investigation and data remediation activities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Desirable Experience
- Experience within Life & Pensions Insurance.
- Knowledge of Defined Benefit (DB) or Defined Contribution (DC) pension schemes.
- Experience working with policy, member, scheme or actuarial data.
- Understanding of pension administration processes.
- Experience supporting data migration, remediation or transformation programmes.
- Exposure to cloud-based data platforms such as Azure, AWS or Databricks.
- Experience with Power BI reporting and operational MI.
- Understanding of data governance, lineage and metadata management principles.
Key Skills
Data Quality, Data Validation, Data Profiling, SQL, Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, Root Cause Analysis, Data Governance, Insurance, Life & Pensions, Pension Administration, Data Migration, Stakeholder Management, Requirements Gathering, Testing, Power BI
Contract Details
- Role: Data Quality Analyst
- Industry: Life & Pensions Insurance
- Contract Length: Initial 3-6 Months
- Day Rate: £450-£500 per day
- IR35 Status: Outside IR35
- Location: Mostly Remote
- Travel: Occasional travel to office locations for key workshops and stakeholder meetings