Data Asset Manager

Help us build a trusted understanding of one of the UK's most important public data assets.

As Companies House continues its transformation journey, we're growing our Data Management team and are opening up new opportunities to develop and expand with 3 new roles as Data Asset Manager. Our focus is to understand, govern and improve the data that underpins our services. As Data Asset Manager you'll work across business and technology teams to uncover how data is created, used and managed, helping to build the foundations for trusted, accessible and well-governed data across the organisation.

About the role

Data is at the heart of everything we do at Companies House, and as we expand our teams we are looking for professionals bringing a detailed and creative outlook to help us build a trusted understanding of the data that supports our services, operations and strategic decision-making.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us in developing capability at a time of significant transformation. Come and play a key role in helping the organisation understand where data comes from, how it flows through systems, who owns it and how it should be managed.

Why choose Companies House?

At Companies House we take a proactive approach to wellbeing by promoting a welcoming culture, healthy work life balance and supporting colleagues to be their best in work because we know people are the key to our success.

Our benefits include

• Flexible working with no core hours (6am – 8pm flexible options)
• 30 days annual leave
• 8 bank holidays & 1 privilege day
• Enrolment into Civil Service Pension scheme average 28.97%

Find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work

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Please note:

• This role can be based out of our Cardiff, Edinburgh of Belfast offices. Due to capacity constraints, we are unable to accept external applications for our Belfast office. However, current employees based in Belfast are eligible to apply
• This role will require Security Clearance which means that candidates must have lived in the UK for 3 out of the last 5 years.
• This role can only be worked in the UK

Working closely with Data Owners, Information Asset Owners, subject matter experts and technical teams, you'll investigate and document critical data assets, helping to improve data quality, governance and organisational understanding.

You'll combine analytical thinking, stakeholder engagement and data management practices to help establish the foundations for effective data governance across Companies House.

As a Data Asset Manager, you will:

• Build and maintain the Companies House data catalogue for priority data assets.
• Create clear and accurate records covering data definitions, ownership, metadata, source systems and lineage.
• Work with business and technical stakeholders to capture, validate and maintain information about key data assets.
• Investigate how data is created, transformed and used across systems and services.
• Use SQL and other analysis techniques to explore data structures, relationships and lineage.
• Identify, document and reconcile business rules that exist across systems, processes and business areas.
• Translate complex technical information into clear, accessible documentation for a range of audiences.
• Support the adoption of data asset management and governance practices across the organisation.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of standards, processes and ways of working within the Data Management team.

What could a typical day look like?

No two days are quite the same. One day you might be collaborating with business and technical teams to understand how critical data is created, used and maintained. The next, you could be using SQL to investigate data quality issues, validating data definitions with subject matter experts, or updating metadata and lineage records to improve transparency and governance. Through your work, you'll help ensure data is accurate, understood and fit for purpose, enabling colleagues to make informed decisions with confidence.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change)

• Closing date: 24th November 23:55
• Sifting: w/c 25th November
• Interview: w/c 9th December

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

What will the process look like?

Application

1. Write a CV. Tell us about your employment history, including any key responsibilities and achievements (please try and keep this to 2 pages)

2. Write a 750 word personal statement where you demonstrate how you meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification for this role:

• How you have investigated, analysed or interpreted data to identify issues, trends or opportunities for improvement.
• How you have documented, maintained or improved information about data assets, including data definitions, metadata, standards or governance controls.
• How you have collaborated with stakeholders to gather, validate and improve information, balancing different perspectives and ensuring data accuracy.

We’re committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as your name and age) from your personal statement.

Aim to make full use of the word count, and look to structure your answer in a clear and defined way that best matches the key elements listed above. We want to find out about you through this process, so give us examples that you have lived and experienced and the impact this has had within the situation.

Please note: In the case of a large number of applications, before conducting a full sift as described above, the panel may conduct a pre-sift assessing all applications against the following Experience : Working with data management, metadata, data governance or related disciplines for data investigation and analysis (prompt 1 above)

Sift

Once the advert has closed, we will sift applications - this involves reading through them all, please bear with us as this can take some time.

We may raise the score required if we receive a high number of applications.

At sift we may choose to take through the highest performing candidates to the next stage. If, after the final stage is completed and roles are unfilled, we will proceed to invite lower scoring candidates to interview.

Interview

Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. Candidates will be invited to attend an online interview which will be conducted using Microsoft Teams.

The interview will be assessing Experience, Behaviours and Technical Skills listed in the advert, and Strengths (not shared before interview).

Activity

During the interview there will be an activity based on the Technical skill. Candidates successfully selected for interview will receive full details when booking their interview.

Offer

All candidates attending interview will receive outcomes and feedback from the panel. All offers will be made in merit order.

In the event of a tied outcome the distinguishing criteria will be Technical Skill:

• Experience using SQL or similar tools to interrogate data

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles.

Sponsorship

Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Companies House holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship, your application may be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment withdrawn.

Pre-Employment Checking

In line with Government guidance, successfully appointed candidates will need to provide documents for our Right to Work checks.

From June 2026, applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). Your personal details (name, National Insurance number, and date of birth) will be checked against the Civil Service Resourcing Extract IFD.

This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued.

If your details appear on this database, you will not be offered employment unless you can demonstrate exceptional circumstances. Companies House, acting on behalf of the vacancy holder, will inform you if your application is refused for this reason.

Please note: You are not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.