Once upon a time it was professionally acceptable to be pretty sanguine about routine pensions data. Salary details, years of service, Date of Birth, NINO and hopefully a contact address updated in the last decade – I mean, what more do you need right? Scan it onto a microfiche and put it in the drawer until it’s required at the point of retirement. Trippy.
Thankfully psychedelia has moved on and pensions data is at the core of everything. If you have experience of handling big-scheme/small-scheme big data, and moreover, managing a small team, then this is your stop-the-Macro moment – this is the moment you Excel. A career mushroom.
A forefront opportunity for you to lead a dedicated team managing the flow of pensions data feeding a myriad of sharp-end pensions related projects. Buy-out, Buy-in, GMP reconciliation/equalisation, triennial valuations, scheme closures/mergers, transitions – all of the most richly-rewarding non-core pensions glamour under one gilt-edged Excel-based roof. Rudolf's nose is flashing brightly.
If you haven’t had much people management experience but have tasted some power and wish to step up, you could also be in with a shout.
Get your CV dusted down and take a career trip. The actual opportunity is non-hallucinogenic.