Rate and Data Manager

Rate and Data ManagerLocation: Milton Keynes or Basingstoke (Hybrid – 3 days office based)Salary: £60,000 per annumHours – fulltime A highly reputable and innovative organisation within the talent solutions space is seeking a Rate and Data Manager to join their Project Management Office (PMO) team. This company is renowned for transforming how employers, suppliers, and talent interact, managing over £1 billion in spend across their platforms annually.With a strong focus on data integrity, governance, and recruitment-related rate management, this is a key role offering both strategic oversight and hands-on data responsibility. The successful candidate will play a pivotal part in overseeing rate and data accuracy within a large-scale recruitment platform used by public and private sector organisations across the UK and beyond.The Rate and Data Manager will be responsible for managing and maintaining the integrity of rate and recruitment data across internal systems and client platforms. This includes overseeing a team handling complex rate data, such as worker pay rates, supplier margins, vendor-neutral fees, and statutory contributions like employer’s NI and apprenticeship levy.This position is integral to the successful onboarding of new customers, ensuring precise data input and alignment with contractual obligations. The individual will support platform configuration, manage system updates, and coordinate with Product, Strategy, Growth, and Finance teams to ensure consistency and compliance.Duties

• Lead governance and system configuration for rate management across all workstreams.
• Ensure accuracy of pay rates, supplier charges, and margin data in line with commercial agreements.
• Maintain contractual data integrity, including:
  • Statutory rates (NI, holiday pay, apprenticeship levy)
  • Supplier uplifts and negotiated margins
  • Management fees, rebates, tenure discounts, and gainshares
• Manage global rate updates, pay awards, and statutory changes such as minimum wage updates.
• Collaborate on new customer implementations, ensuring accurate rate configuration.
• Manage a team of Change Control Executives to deliver data tickets in line with SLAs.
• Oversee job category management and make adjustments at client request.
• Conduct regular audits to ensure rate data accuracy.
• Lead change governance processes and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide insights and reports on rate data trends and performance.
• Identify risks and drive resolution strategies across the business.

The Candidate

• Proven experience managing complex data sets, ideally within recruitment, vendor-neutral MSP, payroll, or finance environments.
• Demonstrated team leadership and process improvement experience.
• Strong understanding of rate governance and compliance within large-scale recruitment operations.
• Excellent analytical and data management capabilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially Excel).
• Comfortable working with platforms such as Monday.com, Volti4, HubSpot, Prism, and CR.net.
• Familiarity with SQL, XML, or JSON is desirable.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and capable of working independently and collaboratively.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field is advantageous.
• Calm under pressure with a meticulous eye for detail
• Confident, methodical, and data-driven with a passion for operational excellence
• Proactive in identifying and solving system inefficiencies
• Able to build and maintain trusted relationships across departments and client teams

Key Benefits:

• Hybrid working model (minimum 3 days in the Milton Keynes or Basingstoke office)
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Birthday off
• 2 volunteering days per year
• Standard pension scheme (3% employer / 5% employee)
• Private health benefits
• Employee discounts platform
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme