Overview

Investment Analytics and Oversight – Analyst to join our Investment Analytics and Oversight team on a permanent basis in our London office (hybrid based).

Railpen is responsible for the safekeeping and investment of around £34 billion in assets and the administration of several pension schemes, including the Railways Pension Scheme, one of the UK's largest and longest established pension funds.

Our heritage of looking after the pension needs of the rail industry and its employees gives us our name and our unique outlook on how we serve our members. Railpen takes a holistic view, focusing on how we serve members today and how we can positively impact the communities and the world they will retire into.

To learn more about Railpen including our values, culture and purpose, visit our LinkedIn Life page here

Responsibilities

This role will be responsible for providing accurate and reliable exposures, risk and performance reporting and analysis for all Railpen stakeholders to facilitate better investment decision making. This will include helping to prepare and distribute BAU investment analytics & oversight reports and suggest new topics and content for reporting. In addition to this, you will investigate and resolve investment data discrepancies with both internal and external stakeholders to continually evolve the automatic data checks process in order to increase efficiency and reliability of reporting.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be someone who has some experience in analysing and reporting on large data sets. You will have a keen interest in using data and analytics to support in monitoring performance, identifying risk, making efficiencies and ensuring best practice across the team. Experience working within the Investment or Asset Management industry and a working knowledge of SQL, Python, and Power BI is preferred, but not essential.

The ideal candidate will be collaborative and enthusiastic in their approach, can take ownership of tasks and execute them independently and can bring a diversity of ideas and opinions to help create advancements in reporting. You will be able to demonstrate excellent attention to detail and accuracy by producing quality reports in an accurate and timely manner. Key to this role is being proactive and having the desire to learn and develop in a supportive and diverse environment.

Our values of integrity, community and alignment are the guiding principles that influence our behaviour. They help us make decisions and shape our relationships with others. They’re what we stand for.You will actively demonstrate our values, helping to create a safe environment, to place the needs of the community above oneself and, through a culture of ‘fair challenge’, align to the best interests of our members.

What we can offer you

Rewarding you

• A competitive salary

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Generous annual bonus plan

• We provide membership of the Railways Pension Scheme, a Defined Benefit arrangement under which you get a pension for life and a lump sum when you retire, based on your length of service and pay

• 4x Life Assurance cover

• Colleague referral scheme

Health & Wellbeing

• Employee assistance programme

• Health cash plan

• Eye care vouchers

• Flu vaccination

Lifestyle

• We support hybrid and flexible working along with very generous family leave including 12 months full pay maternity leave and 6 months full pay paternity leave

• Buy and sell holidays

• Give as you earn scheme

• Paid volunteering days

• Flexible half days leave

• Electric vehicle leasing

• Cycle to work scheme

Next Steps

Please apply for the apply button or visit Careers Page by Thursday 2nd October 2025.

Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, we value diversity and welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life.