Senior Strategic Operations and Value Analyst Job Edinburgh area,City of Edinburgh Scotland UK,Business

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Job Description Senior Strategic Operations and Value Analyst

Permanent

Location: Edinburgh

Salary: £43,120 - £64,680 (depending on the experience you can bring)

Closing date
: 7 November 2026

We're Aegon. We're a company of ambitious, positive problem-solvers who get things done. We're a team, not a group of individuals. Collaboration is our life force and we believe it's our duty to leave things better than we find them.

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter:
Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.

We are looking for a Senior Strategic Operations and Value Analyst to join our Transformation team based in Edinburgh.

In this role you will support the evolution of Aegon UK's Value Management capability, delivering data driven insights that enable evidence-based investment decisions and demonstrate the value being unlocked across the Transformation portfolio. You will partner with stakeholders across the delivery community to drive engagement, maturity and adoption of Value Management practices while providing clear, timely and actionable management information to support decision making.

Key Responsibilities for the role include:

Identifying, supporting on and embedding key improvements to Value Management Office (VMO). Partnering with Transformation teams and stakeholders to drive engagement and adoption of Value Management practices and processes to evolve Value Management capability across AUK.
Designing and implementing the Value Management MI strategy using conceptual, logical and physical data models to support organisational decision-making.
Developing innovative analytics, dashboards, reports and modelling solutions that provide insights into portfolio performance and value delivery.
Supporting the implementation and ongoing evolution of delivery frameworks across AUK Transformation.
Creating clear and compelling reporting, presentations and insights for senior leadership, including Director and Executive Committee audiences.
Supporting portfolio and investment management through analytical solutions, prioritisation frameworks and value tracking methodologies.
Driving continuous improvement by automating processes, enhancing reporting capabilities and identifying opportunities for efficiency gains.
Maintaining strong data governance standards, ensuring appropriate controls are in place to mitigate risk and maintain data quality.
Contributing to the ongoing development of the Enterprise Delivery Framework (EDF), helping enhance delivery effectiveness across the Transformation portfolio.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

Knowledge of Value Management and strong experience in data analytics, insight generation and portfolio performance reporting leveraging advanced Microsoft Excel and Power BI skills, including experience with DAX, Power Query and Kiro.
Experience translating complex data into meaningful insights and compelling business narratives for technical and non-technical audiences.
Scenario modelling and problem-solving capabilities, with experience developing dashboards, management information and analytical solutions that support strategic decision making.
The ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
Strong strategic thinking, commercial awareness and understanding of business, customer and operational drivers.
Experience improving processes, identifying efficiencies and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Strong attention to detail, planning and organisational skills.
Experience working within a change,…