Head of Credit Data & Reporting

Homes England; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model (50/50)

33 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Job summary

Homes England is seeking an experienced Head of Credit Data & Reporting to lead data governance, reporting, and strategic data initiatives. You will work with senior stakeholders to shape the future of credit data management and ensure trusted, compliant reporting across the organisation.

You will drive data quality, governance, and insightful reporting, balancing regulatory demands with business needs, while guiding teams and external partners toward continuous improvement and robust data

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading data, reporting, governance, or credit risk activities.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; translate data into action.
• Experience delivering accurate reporting to support strategic decisions.
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with Power BI and MS data platforms.
• Proven ability to lead and motivate high‑performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of a clear vision for credit data and reporting.
• Oversee governance, reporting transformation, and data quality improvements.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align data initiatives with business goals.
• Balance regulatory requirements with business needs while ensuring data security.

Skills

Data governance

Credit risk

Data reporting

Stakeholder management

Power BI

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft data platforms

Job description

Closing Date: 26th October

Interviews expected to take place week commencing 2nd November

12 month Fixed Term Contract/Internal Secondment

About the role.

Working within the Portfolio & Business Oversight function, the Head of Credit Data & Reporting will play a critical role in ensuring the integrity, quality, security, and effective use of data that underpins business decision-making and regulatory reporting. You will be joining an experienced and highly skilled team committed to delivering trusted data, robust governance, and meaningful insight that supports transparency, accountability, and positive customer outcomes.

The successful candidate will work closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation, leading the development of a clear future vision for credit data and reporting while ensuring the effective management of resources, governance, and reporting activities. This role is central to embedding best practice in data stewardship, improving data quality, and delivering accurate, timely, and assured reporting that supports operational, strategic, and board-level decision-making.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of credit data management and reporting within a growing national organisation with a strong social purpose. Working with key stakeholders, data specialists, and external partners, you will champion a "one version of the truth" approach to data management, ensuring data is secure, compliant, and accessible to those who need it while maintaining the highest standards of governance and customer data protection.

The role will lead and support the design and delivery of strategic initiatives focused on data governance, reporting transformation, data quality improvement, and operational excellence. There are a number of exciting and high-impact opportunities to drive innovation through the use of data, analytics, automation, and continuous improvement, balancing day-to-day delivery with the implementation of long-term solutions that enhance how customer data is managed, analysed, and used across the organisation.

This position offers the opportunity to influence future ways of working, lead high-performing teams, and deliver meaningful change through data, insight, and effective governance.

About you.

You are an experienced leader with a passion for using data to drive better decisions, improve outcomes, and deliver meaningful business insight. You bring a strong combination of strategic thinking, analytical expertise, and people leadership, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable information for a wide range of stakeholders.

You have experience leading data, reporting, governance, or credit-related functions within a complex organisation, ensuring that data is accurate, secure, accessible, and trusted. You understand the importance of robust governance and compliance frameworks and can confidently balance regulatory requirements with business needs.

An effective collaborator, you build strong relationships across teams and are comfortable influencing senior stakeholders, providing assurance through high-quality reporting, and helping shape future ways of working. You have a track record of delivering improvements through insight, innovation, and continuous learning, while creating an environment where colleagues can thrive and perform at their best.

We're interested in people who can bring:

• Significant experience leading data, reporting, governance, or credit risk activities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and communicate it clearly.
• Experience delivering accurate and insightful reporting that supports strategic decision-making.
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality management, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• An understanding of reporting and analytical tools such as Power BI, along with broader Microsoft and data platforms.
• Experience leading, developing, and motivating high-performing teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge constructively.
• A commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and delivering positive outcomes through data.

Most importantly, you'll be someone who values collaboration, inclusion, and integrity, and who is motivated by using data and insight to make a real difference.

Who are we?

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

What we offer.

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.

Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Homes England equality, diversity and inclusion reports - GOV.UK

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.

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