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Data Manager / Data Projects Lead
City of London
£400 - £550
+ Data Management & Governance
ContractCity of London, London
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DATA MANAGER / DATA PROJECTS LEAD
£400 – £550 PER DAY INSIDE IR35
2-3 DAYS PER WEEK IN THE OFFICE (LONDON)
6 MONTH CONTRACT
THE COMPANY:
A large, well-established organisation with a strong strategic focus on data and AI. While the business is sizeable, the data function itself is relatively lean, offering the successful Data Manager / Data Projects Lead the opportunity to have real ownership, visibility, and impact across multiple workstreams.
THE ROLE:
As a Data Manager / Data Projects Lead, your responsibilities will include:
- Lead and coordinate four key organisation-wide data projects
- Spend 50% of the time on data literacy initiatives and 50% on wider data projects
- Own and drive the organisation’s data literacy agenda, improving data confidence and capability
- Assess project demand and understand current vs. target-state delivery
- Audit priorities across existing data infrastructure and strategy
- Support prioritisation and alignment across multiple data workstreams
- Work closely with senior stakeholders
- Act as a coordinating lead for data activities (without direct line management)
- Gather requirements and ensure alignment with the data team
- Roll up sleeves to create materials, presentations, and supporting content
- Translate data problems into clear, engaging outputs (including AI-supported presentations where relevant)
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Proven experience leading or coordinating data literacy, data enablement, or data change initiatives
- Strong grounding in data governance, analytics, visualisation, and storytelling
- Experience working in large organisations with small data teams (or consultancy backgrounds)
- Ability to assess project demand, define priorities, and align teams to delivery plans
- Strong stakeholder management skills, particularly with HR, data, and senior business leaders
- Experience working with tools such as Excel and Power BI
- Confident operating in a supervisory / coordinating role across multiple workstreams
- Comfortable creating content and materials, not just directing others
- A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset
HOW TO APPLY:
Please register your interest by sending your CV to Mojola Coker via the apply link on this page.

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Senior Collections Analytics Manager
London
£110000 - £130000
+ Risk Analytics
PermanentLondon
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SENIOR COLLECTIONS STRATEGY MANAGER
£110-135,000
LONDON
THE COMPANY
This role is with a leading FinTech brand in the UK. This role offers the unique opportunity to take an individual contributor role at a senior level in the business, driving collections strategies and recoveries processes whilst working with junior analysts when required. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to take a step-up in a fast-paced, successful business.
THE ROLE
- Ownership of the entire collections and recoveries part of the business
- Developing collections strategies to enhance business performance and improve customer outcomes
- Leading policies for affordability, arrears management and wider debt provisioning
- Leading debt sale processes and working closely with stakeholders and senior members of the business
- Wider ad hoc project work as required
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Essential to have had experience in the collections space within consumer lending
- Essential to have experience developing collection strategies
- Essential to have had prior experience in debt sale processes and wider debt provisioning
- A background in SQL/SAS/Python coding – not essential to currently use these
- Strong communication skills
SALARY AND BENEFITS
- Up to £135,000 base salary
- Competitive bonus scheme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Flexible holiday scheme
- Hybrid work model
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your CV to Rosie Walsh through the ‘Apply’ link

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Technical Data Analyst (Python, SQL, Databricks)
Leicester
£40000 - £50000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLeicester, Leicestershire
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TTECHNICAL DATA ANALYST
Up to £50,000 + BENEFITS
HYBRID – Leicestershire
I am looking for a Technical Data Analyst to join a finance-focused data team. You’ll be at the heart of turning data into insights across four business-critical finance areas, helping shape decision-making and drive self-service analytics.
THE COMPANY:
This business is moving toward a modern Gold Standard Medallion Architecture, with a focus on empowering teams through self-service analytics and scalable reporting. The data team is central to how finance operates, and your dashboards will have real visibility and impact across the business.
THE ROLE:
A Technical Data Analyst will need to:
- Data exploration, validation, and transformation
- Analysis, automation, data profiling, and automation
- Build Power BI dashboards where required
- Drive the adoption of self-service analytics and reduce reliance on ad hoc queries
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
A successful Technical Data Analyst will have the following:
- SQL experience (end-to-end dashboard development)
- Python experience
- Data Bricks
- Excellent communication skills for stakeholder engagement and requirements gathering
THE BENEFITS:
You will receive a salary of up to £50,000, depending on experience. On top of this, there are excellent benefits and the chance to be part of a transformational data journey.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please register your interest by sending your CV to Molly Bird via the apply link on this page.

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Data Manager (Governance)
London
£400 - £550
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
ContractLondon
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Data Manager (Governance)
Location: Coventry / Slough / London (London preferred) – 3 days per week onsite
Contract: 6 months | IR35: Inside
Rate: £400-£550pd
Start: ASAP (max 2 weeks’ notice)
Overview
Senior, hands-on data leadership role focused on delivery, prioritisation, and execution across a small data function. The remit spans data literacy and data integrity, ensuring data is fit for purpose and the business is equipped to use it effectively.
Role Focus
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50% Data Literacy – owning and delivering organisation-wide data literacy programmes.
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50% of projects such as Data Integrity – supporting asset data and data quality initiatives, driving practical business value.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead and prioritise multiple data workstreams.
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Own delivery approach and execution against an existing data plan.
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Manage and support a small data team (including Power BI / Excel reporting).
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Design and deliver data literacy content, training, and materials.
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Coordinate data integrity initiatives and manage delivery partners.
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Act as a strong communicator and storyteller with senior stakeholders.
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Use AI tools where helpful (no prior experience required).
Requirements
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Experience leading data literacy / enablement programmes.
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Strong understanding of data governance, reporting, and analytics.
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Proven delivery of data quality or data integrity initiatives.
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Confident leader with strong stakeholder and communication skills.
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Comfortable operating hands-on in a small, agile team.
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Industry background open.

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Analytics Engineering Manager
London
£90000 - £100000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Analytics Engineering Manager:
Location: United Kingdom (Remote/Hybrid) Permanent Role
The Role
We’re looking for an Analytics Engineering Manager to lead our clients analytics engineering function and shape how data is modelled, governed, and used across the business. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and hands-on delivery, working closely with product, engineering, and commercial teams in a digital advertising environment.
You’ll own the analytics engineering roadmap, ensure high-quality data delivery, and build scalable, trusted data foundations that support reporting, performance measurement, and decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Analytics Engineering team, owning delivery and prioritisation
- Design and evolve ELT pipelines, data models, and warehouse architecture
- Ensure reliability and consistency of advertising performance data (impressions, clicks, engagement, delivery)
- Partner cross-functionally to translate business needs into technical solutions
- Define and enforce data quality, testing, documentation, and governance standards
- Drive automation, observability, and continuous improvement
- Remain hands-on with critical data modelling and pipeline work
What We’re Looking For
- 6+ years’ experience in analytics or data engineering, including team leadership
- Expert SQL and strong Python skills
- Experience with dbt (or similar) and cloud data warehouses (e.g. BigQuery)
- Strong understanding of digital advertising data and measurement
- Proven ability to own roadmaps, deliver at pace, and communicate with senior stakeholders
The client is looking to move quickly, if you are interested in the role please apply. To follow up please email or message me on LinkedIn.

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Senior Manager- Collections and Recoveries
London
£90000 - £135000
+ Risk Analytics
PermanentLondon
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SENIOR MANAGER- COLLECTIONS AND RECOVERIES
LONDON- HYBRID
UP TO £135,000
This is a senior role with significant strategic and regulatory exposure, focused on building and evolving collections and recoveries frameworks for a regulated UK financial services business.
THE ROLE
- Developing and owning collections and recoveries strategies, including policy implementation and controls
- Managing relationships with debt collection agencies, including debt sale strategy, pricing, and contractual changes
- Leading on customer forbearance approaches and monitoring default trends
- Ensuring fair customer treatment in line with FCA expectations and UK regulations
- Acting as a key contact for regulatory communication, including engagement with the FCA
- Supporting the business’s transition from BNPL into broader cash management product
- This is a Certified role, requiring confidence operating in a regulated environment.
REQUIREMENTS
- Extensvie experience in collections and recoveries strategy
- Strong experience working with debt collection agencies and debt sale processes
- Backgorund in SQL
- In-depth knowledge of UK regulations, including experience engaging with the FCA
- Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management capability
HOW TO APPLY
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Research Manager – Analytics
London
£45000 - £60000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentLondon
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Research Manager, Analytics (4 days in office, Fridays WFH)
Up to £60,000, London
Series A-B B2B Research Tech Startup (~50 people)
We’re partnered with a fast-growing research technology startup using AI to transform how organisations understand people. The business combines advanced analytics with modern research methods to deliver deeper insights, faster and at significantly lower cost than traditional research approaches.
As the company launches a new AI-driven product, they’re hiring a Research Manager to take ownership of analytics and modelling across client research projects.
The Role
This is a hands-on role focused on pushing the boundaries of quantitative analytics within research. You’ll lead complex modelling work, set best practice for analytics, and independently deliver end-to-end research projects.
Key Responsibilities
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Own analytics workstreams across major research projects
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Deliver advanced analysis including segmentation, factor reduction and regression modelling
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Set standards and best practice for analytics and segmentation
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Automate repeat analytical tasks for trackers and long-running projects
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Run end-to-end research projects (primarily quant; some qual/mixed methods)
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Contribute to proposals and RFPs
About You
Essential
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3+ years’ experience in analytics and/or research using survey data
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Hands-on experience with regression, factor analysis and segmentation techniques
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Strong data wrangling, cleaning and weighting skills
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Proficiency in R or Python for analysis and visualisation
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Curious, exploratory approach to finding insight in data
Nice to have
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Experience with Bayesian as well as frequentist methods
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Understanding of the full market research project lifecycle
Interview Process
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Screening questions
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Talent interview
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Hiring Manager interview
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In-person task (with opportunity to meet Founder & C-suite)
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Senior Account Manager
Bristol
£32000 - £42000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentBristol
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Senior Account Manager (x2)
CRM / Data-Led Marketing Agency
Bristol (Hybrid – 3 days in office)
£34,000 – £42,000
We’re partnering with a well-established CRM and data-led marketing agency with around 30 years’ experience delivering work for major UK consumer and financial services brands. Following a recent international acquisition, the agency is continuing to grow and is now hiring two Senior Account Managers to support key client accounts from its Bristol office.
Both roles sit within the same client services team, reporting into Senior Account Directors. The core responsibilities are consistent across both positions, with variation depending on the client portfolio.
The Role
As a Senior Account Manager, you’ll be a day-to-day client contact, working closely with Account Directors to deliver against briefs, manage stakeholders, and keep work moving at pace.
You’ll sit at the heart of delivery – coordinating teams across strategy, creative, and development – while also contributing strategic thinking and identifying opportunities to grow the account.
There are two openings:
Role 1 – Large Consumer Brand (New Account Win)
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Supporting a Senior Account Director on a recently won, high-profile account
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Strong delivery focus due to limited project management support
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Managing a broad range of client stakeholders
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Exposure to creative, development and strategic work (less campaign-heavy)
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Opportunity to grow with the account as it scales
Role 2 – Financial Services Brand
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Supporting an Account Director across a well-established FS account
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More strategy-led, with a strong focus on CRM execution across email and DM
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Acting as the consistent day-to-day presence for the client
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Working closely with internal execution teams to ensure high-quality delivery
Key Responsibilities
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Act as a main point of contact for clients on day-to-day activity
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Support Account Directors in delivering CRM and data-led programmes
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Manage briefs, timelines and internal stakeholders
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Contribute to CRM and customer strategy discussions
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Ensure work is delivered to a high standard and on time
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Build strong, trusted client relationships
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Identify opportunities to add value within existing accounts
About You
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Currently a Senior Account Manager, or a strong Account Manager ready to step up
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Experience in digital, CRM, or data-led marketing (pure CRM experience not essential)
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Exposure to working with large, well-known brands
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Comfortable in a fast-paced agency environment
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Organised, proactive and confident with clients
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Personable and collaborative – someone clients and teams enjoy working with
Location & Package
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Bristol (office is a 5-minute walk from Temple Meads)
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Hybrid working – 3 days per week in the office
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Salary range: £34,000 – £42,000
Interview Process
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Culture-focused screening interview
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Competency-based interview with senior leadership
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Task presentation to panel
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