Customer Tracing and Oversight Lead
M&G
At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.
Through our behaviours of 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: Customer Tracing and Oversight Lead
M&G Life in its current form was created in October 2024 with the merger of what was formerly the closed book operation and the M&G Wealth Business (open book). M&G Life now covers over 5 million customers with more than £300 Bn invested across all of its products and wrappers and has an ambitious growth plan for 2025 and beyond. M&G Life operations work with a number of partners including Equiniti, Diligenta, Waystone, Paragon, Willis Towers Watson, as well as M&G Global Services supporting our in-house operation. M&G Life also has international presence with teams in Ireland and Poland, using a mix of insourcing and outsourcing service operations to sell to domestic and international markets.
This role supports the Senior Manager – Bereavements and Customer Reconnections in ensuring M&G Life maintains accurate and up-to-date customer contact details across all suppliers and internal teams. It is responsible for the oversight, documentation, and optimisation of tracing and reconnect processes, ensuring that reasonable efforts to locate and engage customers are demonstrable, auditable, and compliant.
The role plays a key part in safeguarding customer outcomes, particularly in bereavement journeys. It works closely with journey managers, oversight functions, and third-party suppliers to ensure tracing processes are standardised, effective, and aligned with policy.
Main Responsibilities
Map and document all tracing and reconnect processes across M&G Life and its suppliers, identifying gaps and creating new processes where needed
Standardise tracing and reconnect activity across suppliers wherever possible, ensuring clarity of hand-offs and business process manuals
Oversee reactive tracing (e.g. Royal Mail “gone away” returns) and proactive reconnects (e.g. bulk data matching via TransUnion)
Ensure tracing is initiated appropriately in bereavement scenarios and that efforts are reasonable, evidenced, and compliant
Monitor volumes of “gone aways” and reconnects, using data to inform process improvements and supplier performance
Work closely with journey managers, oversight teams, and policy owners to ensure tracing processes are aligned with business rules and regulatory expectations
Collaborate with third-party suppliers to ensure consistent execution of tracing processes, maintaining appropriate boundaries within governance frameworks
Support the Senior Manager – Bereavements and Customer Reconnections in delivering compassionate, compliant, and effective tracing journeys for customers and their representatives
Partner with the Bereavements CSL and bereavement call handlers to ensure tracing processes are integrated into customer-facing activity
Contribute to the development of a “tell us once” culture by supporting streamlined, empathetic processes across bereavement and tracing journeys
Key Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Strong understanding of customer data management, tracing methodologies, and reconnect processes
Experience in process mapping, documentation, and operational governance
Ability to work across multiple suppliers and internal teams to drive consistency and compliance
Knowledge of regulatory expectations around customer contact and tracing (e.g. FCA, FOS)
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and drive actionable insights
Experience working in sensitive customer journeys such as bereavement
Comfortable operating in a complex, multi-supplier environment with matrixed accountability
Work Level : Experienced Colleague
Recruiter: Amy Curtis
Location: Homebased UK, Stirling, London
Closing Date : 15 October 2025
We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.
M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. Being a Disability Confident Leader means that candidates who meet the minimum criteria of a job, will be offered an interview if they 'opt in' to the scheme when applying.
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