Head of Data in Manchester

Who are we? We’re MoneyPlus. Life isn’t always simple, that’s why we do what we do. Our services help to make life less complicated – and expensive. We offer advice and financial services that help our customers overcome their troubles with debt once and for all. We’re people who take care of people. We’ll be there to help with things that can easily be forgotten about, answer any complicated questions and help our customers to plan for their future and reach their financial goals. Tough problems and challenges are no match for us. We’re a team of quick thinkers and relentless doers, with lots of ideas and plenty of passion to help improve the lives of others. If you share our passion for improving the lives of others through simple, affordable, jargon-free services, then you may have what it takes to join our team.

Why do we need you? The Head of Data is accountable for ensuring that financial and enterprise data is trusted, controlled, compliant, and decision-ready. The role focuses on protecting data integrity for financial reporting, funding, regulatory compliance, and performance management, while enabling insight, efficiency and digital transformation via the application of Data & Decision Science.

What’s in it for you? We believe our people truly are our greatest asset, that’s why we make sure our MoneyPlus People have the best experience, right from our first interaction all the way through their career with us. There’s way too many to list, but here are a few of the best reasons to join the MoneyPlus team:

• Family Friendly – Having a healthy work life balance is important to us. We offer a minimum of 23 days holiday allowance per year.
• Social – We value the relationships our employees have with one another, encouraging them to come together. Whether it’s a catch up in our café, a team trip out, or letting their hair down at one of our free annual events.
• Doing our bit – We show support in every way we can to our clients, people, and company charity. We have regular fundraising activity, organised by our very own Social and Fundraising Committee.
• Wellbeing – We provide a free cashback healthcare plan, as well as discounted gym and fitness deals. We also have a cycle to work scheme to encourage our people to make healthy life changes.
• Training – We want our people to be the best. We care about your development, which is why we provide professional training opportunities, so that you can be the best possible you.

What do we need you to do?

• Strategic Accountabilities • Develop, own and deliver the enterprise data strategy aligned to finance, risk, and corporate objectives. • Treat data as a core financial and risk asset, with governance embedded into processes. • Act as the senior authority on financial data integrity, transparency, and control.
• Data Governance Leadership • Establish and sponsor the enterprise Data Governance Framework with CFO oversight. • Chair or support Data Governance Forum. • Define clear accountability for data across the organisation. • Integrate data governance with financial control, audit, and risk management frameworks.
• Data Ownership and Control • Define data ownership for core domains. • Enable Data Owners and Stewards with clear responsibilities. • Ensure consistent definitions for KPIs, metrics, and regulatory reports. • Reduce reconciliations and manual adjustments through improved data quality.
• Data Quality and Reporting Confidence • Establish data quality standards aligned to audit and regulatory expectations. • Own data quality KPIs for financial and management reporting. • Ensure traceability and lineage from source systems to disclosed numbers. • Support audit readiness through strong documentation and controls.
• Data Lifecycle, Risk, and Compliance • Oversee end-to-end data lifecycle management. • Ensure compliance with GDPR, retention, and financial record-keeping obligations. • Partner with Risk, Legal, and Internal Audit on data risk and controls. • Ensure access controls and segregation of duties for sensitive data.
• Technology and Enablement • Set direction for data platforms and reporting architectures. • Sponsor data governance, quality, and metadata tools. • Enable self-service reporting while maintaining control and consistency. • Reduce dependency on spreadsheets and shadow data.
• Change, Culture, and Capability • Embed data ownership and accountability within the business. • Raise data literacy and awareness across the broader business. • Balance governance with pragmatism to avoid slowing decision-making. • Act as a change leader for data transformation.

What skills and experience do we need you to have? While not essential, desirable skills and experience would include:

• Decision Science – Experience using advanced analytics, predictive modelling and data-driven decisioning to improve customer outcomes, operational performance and commercial results.
• Credit Risk – Strong understanding of credit risk principles, risk strategy development and the use of data to support responsible lending and effective customer management.
• IFRS 9 Modelling – Experience overseeing IFRS 9 expected credit loss modelling, including model governance, performance monitoring and regulatory compliance.
• Retail Financial Services – Extensive knowledge of the retail financial services sector, including regulatory requirements, customer journeys and key commercial drivers.

Are you ready to join us? At MoneyPlus we want to create a work environment that inspires you to excel. Through our combination of support, working as a team and our ambition to be better, we want to help you achieve and create a future with us. Sound good? Apply now!