This role is ideal for someone who:
- Is motivated by helping people and improving outcomes for pension savers
- Communicates clearly and values careful, accurate work
- Enjoys working collaboratively in a supportive team environment
- Is comfortable working with data, insight and a range of systems
- Is interested in learning and developing expertise across the pensions market
The role criteria:
Your role will sit within our Market Oversight directorate, Market Oversight plays a central role in helping us understand how the pensions market is evolving and where risks and opportunities are emerging. You will contribute to building a system-wide view of schemes and the wider market—using data, insight and engagement to identify potential risks to members, and to highlight areas where standards can be improved. This includes monitoring trends, horizon scanning for new developments, and supporting proactive engagement with schemes and industry stakeholders in line with our newly published corporate plan.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will support oversight activity that goes beyond individual schemes to look at the market as a whole. This means helping to assess risks, inform regulatory priorities, and contribute to interventions where needed. You will also work closely with colleagues and external partners to share insights, influence behaviours, and support a transparent and well-functioning pensions system.
You will be:
- Providing covenant and financial analysis expertise to ensure the successful outcome of interventions and supervision in line with our statutory and corporate priorities and objectives
- Supporting and/or supervising effective negotiations in corporate transactions in order to protect savers benefits
- Analysing impacts of corporate activity and significant events on pension schemes and their savers.
- Critically assessing financial sustainability of business plans for Master Trusts, consolidators, CDCs and other emerging models
- Providing financial input to the development of policy including secondary legislation for Funding, NE’s, authorisation and supervision of Master Trusts, CDCs and other emerging models
- Assessing DB scheme valuation submissions in line with the updated DB funding code and new covenant guidance. Included in this, but not limited to, will be reviewing recovery plans with emphasis on reasonable affordability, sustainable employer growth and reliability of cashflows.
- Assisting in the development of TPR’s operational procedures for the authorisation and supervision of Master Trusts, Consolidators, CDCs and other emerging models.
- Providing risk-based advice and analysis to project & case teams with specific, technical analysis and recommendations to assist clearance decisions / negotiations / arbitrations / supervision.
- Developing scheme funding plans for high-risk schemes in conjunction with scheme trustees
- Taking a named contact role for large schemes and being a point of contact into TPR for these schemes
- Taking a leadership role in business negotiations on your area of expertise
- Educating and mentoring case managers and team members on corporate financial and operational analysis and normal business practices
- Contributing to constructive and useful learning on intervention and supervision approaches to the team and wider organisation.
- Contributing where relevant to best practice advice
Essential Criteria:
- Experienced corporate banking, insurance or accounting advisory professional
- Relevant professional qualification (ACIB, ACA, CFA etc)
- Deep understanding of fundamentals of covenant assessment and/or credit analysis
- Knowledge of business valuation approaches and techniques
- Understanding of corporate structuring and restructuring
- Experience of mergers and acquisitions
- Knowledge of deal structures and financing
- Strong financial analysis skills, including understanding of UK defined benefit pension scheme valuation methodologies and key market trends
- Key issues in the pensions environment and strategic trends
Other desirable criteria are:
- Working in or with large financial institutions
- Understanding of Prudential Risk frameworks
- Experience of M&A in financially regulated sectors (and/or post transaction integration)
- Understanding of FCA/PRA regulatory landscape (i.e. Solvency II / ICARA)
- Regulatory market oversight.
Reward and benefits
We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.
Applications
To avoid disappointment, we would invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received.
Selection and interview
If you are shortlisted for interview, we’ll be in contact with you shortly after the closing date. We aim to respond to every application however due to the large volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Diversity and inclusion
TPR is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace, creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, enabling our people to feel supported, represented and do their best work. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR.
