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Commercial Analyst - Life & Pensions Transformation - M&G plc.

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Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role We're building something bigger, and better, that makes delivering change across our organisation easier, smarter and genuinely enjoyable for colleagues.

M&G Life supports over 5 million customers with more than £300bn invested across our products, working with partners including Equiniti, Diligenta, Waystone, Paragon, Willis Towers Watson and M&G Global Services. We're looking for a Investment Outcome Analyst to help M&G Life deliver its strategic priorities.

As a Commercial Analyst within the Life & Pensions Transformation team, you'll turn complexity into clarity through supporting the Commercial Portfolio Director by tracking and analysing the commercial performance of the transformation portfolio and be key in linking outcomes (including financial) to strategic priorities. Partnering with stakeholders across the business, you'll deliver commercial analysis that informs strategic change, strengthens decision - making and ensures transformation initiatives deliver real, measurable value.

Please note we seek applications from professionals with significant experience delivering in Commercial Analyst or Business Performance roles as this is not an early careers position.

Key Responsibilities for this Role

  • Assist in developing and reviewing business cases for new initiatives and product launches to ensure investments are optimised
  • Support the production of commercial performance reporting across the change spend, helping to identify trends, risks and opportunities
  • Understand the key drivers behind change driven outcomes whilst providing robust challenging partner approach and highlight areas requiring action
  • Identify and initiate change to assist the delivery of key commercial and financial targets
  • Help build and maintain a reliable MI that enables timely, accurate and real-time commercial insights
  • Contribute to investment prioritisation and benchmarking by analysing value, trade-offs and commercial impact
  • Work collaboratively with Finance, Technology, Risk, Compliance and Product teams to share insights, validate data and support cross functional analysis
  • Prepare insights and materials for portfolio alignment meetings.

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience Our ideal candidate is proactive and adaptable, bringing a continuous improvement mindset and a willingness to take ownership of tasks and outcomes. You apply critical thinking to interpret data from multiple sources, turning complex information into clear insights that support effective commercial decision making. With a collaborative and growth oriented approach, you work well across teams, contribute to shared goals and help drive clarity, alignment and positive outcomes.
  • You're experienced working within Financial Services environments, ideally Life & Pensions, and have experience in product and propositions
  • You bring strong commercial and financial analytical skills (preferably finance experience as well), applying structured thinking to assess commercial performance
  • You have experience in analysing projects with experience in data analysis, financial modelling or project support
  • You're proficient in Excel and comfortable using data tools, with experience of visualisation tools which is essential for presenting clear, actionable insights in this role
  • You communicate well and work effectively with stakeholders across multiple stakeholders, helping ensure alignment and informed decision making
  • You're able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic team environment, balancing deadlines while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail

We'd love to hear from you if you're someone who's genuinely curious - the kind of person who asks thoughtful questions and digs a little deeper to understand what's really going on. You enjoy working with others and naturally bring people together, even when things feel a bit unclear. You think ahead, notice patterns early and stay focused on creating real value for the people around you.

Most of all, you care about making things better - for colleagues, for customers, and for the workplace as a whole.

If this sounds like you, we want you to apply!

Location: Various - London, Sterling, Kildean
Job Level: Manager / Expert
Reports to: Vincent Howard White
Recruiter: Shanika-Marie John

What we offer:

At M&G, we're committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

  • As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18% , with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions . We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan , together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
  • Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy - to balance your work and personal commitments.
  • Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.
  • Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare , Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

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