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Statutory Data Returns Manager
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Live, first seen by us 72 days ago- Pay
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What you’ll work on
Full postingLead the team to deliver statutory data returns on time
Prepare, validate and submit HESA, OfS and other statutory returns
Run data quality checks and resolve issues with data owners
Liaise with regulators and auditors and advise senior management on compliance
Manage and support a small team of data analysts
From the employer’s posting
Leading the team to deliver statutory data returns, ensuring compliance with timescales and deadlines.
Leading the preparation, validation, and submission of statutory data returns, including HESA, OfS, Data Futures
Identifying data quality issues within statutory data and working with data owners, stewards, and producers to find resolutions.
Liaising with external bodies, including regulatory agencies and auditors.
Managing and supporting a small team of data analysts, ensuring effective resource allocation.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- Experience managing statutory returns in higher education or public sector
- Proven experience with large and complex data sets
- Strong understanding of data quality assurance and data protection legislation
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification
- Experience using relational database systems
Qualification wording
Experience managing statutory returns processes in higher education or public sector.
Proven experience with large and complex data sets.
Strong understanding of data quality assurance and data protection legislation.
Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification.
Experience using relational database systems.
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- Experience with data integration tools and techniques. - Proficiency in SQL for complex queries and database management. - Understanding of machine learning and statistical analysis techniques.
- Knowledge of the UK Higher Education sector and national policy environment. - Experience with advanced data manipulation and visualization tools (e.g. Power BI). - Familiarity with data governance frameworks and best practices.
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Job description
Role: Statutory Data Returns Manager
Location: Hybrid
Salary: Upto 55K
Who You Are
You are an experienced, analytical data professional with expertise in statutory returns, data quality and compliance, and the ability to lead teams and manage complex datasets.
About Us
Regent College London is a leading independent higher education provider, offering flexible and inclusive learning across multiple London campuses. We are student-focused, digitally forward, and committed to academic excellence.
The Role
Lead the preparation and submission of statutory student data returns, ensuring data quality, regulatory compliance and effective collaboration across Regent College London.
Key Responsibilities
Location: Hybrid
Salary: Upto 55K
Who You Are
You are an experienced, analytical data professional with expertise in statutory returns, data quality and compliance, and the ability to lead teams and manage complex datasets.
About Us
Regent College London is a leading independent higher education provider, offering flexible and inclusive learning across multiple London campuses. We are student-focused, digitally forward, and committed to academic excellence.
The Role
Lead the preparation and submission of statutory student data returns, ensuring data quality, regulatory compliance and effective collaboration across Regent College London.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading the team to deliver statutory data returns, ensuring compliance with timescales and deadlines.
- Being an expert on the uses and implications of institutional data within regulatory returns.
- Understanding the data required from the institution to meet statutory data requirements, including data flows across systems.
- Ensuring college systems can collect the right data by working across the data and technology landscape.
- Identifying data quality issues within statutory data and working with data owners, stewards, and producers to find resolutions.
- Defining and delivering an assured statutory dataset for insight and analysis, including providing data definitions and quality assurance.
- Leading the preparation, validation, and submission of statutory data returns, including HESA, OfS, Data Futures, Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey, Provider Profile, Discover Uni, NSS, and Graduate Outcomes.
- Ensuring the accuracy and completeness of data by implementing robust data quality checks and validation processes.
- Collaborating with internal departments to gather and compile necessary data.
- Staying updated on changes in statutory data reporting requirements to ensure institutional compliance.
- Interpreting and implementing data reporting guidelines from regulatory bodies.
- Advising senior management on compliance issues and potential impacts of regulatory changes.
- Analysing data to identify trends, anomalies, and areas for improvement.
- Developing and maintaining documentation of data processes, methodologies, and definitions.
- Conducting regular audits to ensure data integrity and compliance with reporting standards.
- Liaising with external bodies, including regulatory agencies and auditors.
- Collaborating with academic and administrative staff to enhance data collection processes.
- Providing training and support to staff involved in data collection and reporting.
- Identifying and implementing enhancements to data collection and reporting systems.
- Working with IT and other departments to optimize data management systems and tools.
- Leading and managing projects related to statutory data returns, ensuring timelines and deliverables are met.
- Preparing reports and presentations for senior management on the status and outcomes of data return submissions.
- Managing and supporting a small team of data analysts, ensuring effective resource allocation.
- Providing leadership on the implications for statutory returns of major Office for Students and Government initiatives.
- Contributing to a collaborative work environment by supporting decision-making on BI and data warehouse solutions.
Essential:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification.
- Proven experience with large and complex data sets.
- Experience managing statutory returns processes in higher education or public sector.
- Strong understanding of data quality assurance and data protection legislation.
- Ability to interpret and distil complex technical information for non-technical audiences.
- Highly analytical with the ability to process large volumes of data.
- Innovative and creative in problem-solving.
- Proficiency in using data tools and technology for data manipulation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products and data visualization tools.
- Experience using relational database systems.
- Understanding of the requirements of data protection legislation and confidentiality policies.
- Ability to understand and interpret complex information and requirements.
- Ability to assess the purpose of required outputs, identify relevant data sources, and verify their validity.
- Ability to join, conform, manipulate, and scrutinize large and disparate data sets.
- Project management skills for key analyses to drive time-dependent regulatory work.
Desirable:
- Master’s degree in a relevant field.
- Experience with specific higher education data systems (e.g., HESA, HESES).
- Knowledge of the UK Higher Education sector and national policy environment.
- Experience with advanced data manipulation and visualization tools (e.g. Power BI).
- Familiarity with data governance frameworks and best practices.
- Knowledge of cloud-based data storage and management solutions (e.g. Microsoft 365).
- Experience with data integration tools and techniques.
- Proficiency in SQL for complex queries and database management.
- Understanding of machine learning and statistical analysis techniques.
What We Offer (some benefits subject to completion of successful probation)
Working Hours & Flexibility
- Health Benefits
- Life Assurance Plans
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Pension, Cars, Cycle to Work)
- Annual Leave & Holiday Benefits (Buy Holiday, Additional Christmas Leave & Carry Over Leave)
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) & 24/7 Access to GPs
- Employee Discounts (Gym, Shopping, Cinema)
Working Hours & Flexibility
- 40 hours per week
- Flexible hybrid schedule: 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.
Compliance Statement
Successful applicants will be required to complete pre-employment checks, including a criminal records check, two references, ID and Right to Work verification, and education confirmation. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion, selection for employment is based solely on an individual’s skills, qualifications, and experience relevant to the role.
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Role: Statutory Data Returns Manager Location: Hybrid Salary: Upto 55K Who You Are You are an experienced, analytical data professional with expertise in statutory returns, data quality and compliance, and the ability to lead teams and manage complex datasets.
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Working Hours & Flexibility- 40 hours per week - Flexible hybrid schedule: 3 days in the office and 2 days remote. Compliance Statement
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Compliance Statement Successful applicants will be required to complete pre-employment checks, including a criminal records check, two references, ID and Right to Work verification, and education confirmation. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion, selection for employment is based solely on an individual’s skills, qualifications, and experience relevant to the role.