Data Cleansing Team Lead

We are AMS. We are a global total workforce solutions firm; we enable organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) is one of our service offerings; we act as an extension of our clients' recruitment team and provide professional interim and temporary resources.

Our client is a well-known building society with headquarters in Swindon; As one of the largest savings and mortgage providers in the UK, 15 million members are at the heart of everything they do. On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Data Cleansing Team Leader for a 7-month contract based in Swindon, hybrid (2 days per week in the office). Purpose of

the Role

The Data Cleansing Team Leader will lead and coordinate a team of Data Cleansing Administrators supporting the People Integration Archiving and Decommissioning Project. In addition to being able to undertake data review and cleansing activity personally, the Team Leader will allocate workloads, monitor progress and quality, manage exceptions and provide concise reporting on delivery.

The role is accountable for coordinating the review, cleansing, reconciliation and evidence of assigned data sources in accordance with agreed retention, privacy and migration controls. Final approval of retention, deletion, legal-hold and data-owner decisions remains with the relevant SME, data owner or governance authority.

The role will provide the operational link between Data Cleansing Administrators, lead SMEs and the project team, ensuring that work remains controlled and on track across the agreed delivery tranches. The Team Leader will coordinate day-to-day delivery; formal line-management responsibility should be confirmed before publication.

As a Data Cleansing Team Lead you will be responsible for: Coordinating team activities, workload allocation, and priorities. Monitoring capacity, progress, and delivery against project timelines. Identifying and escalating resource, capability, and delivery risks.

Supporting onboarding, training, and access requirements. Overseeing data cleansing and ensure compliance with retention, privacy, deletion, and migration rules. Conducting quality checks, resolve data issues, and manage duplicate or conflicting records.

Ensuring legal holds, exceptions, and security controls are maintained. Acting as the first point of escalation and coordinate resolution of operational issues. Maintaining exception, decision, risk, and audit logs. Ensuring complete audit trails, evidence quality, and process compliance.

Coordinating attestations, assurance activities, and stakeholder sign-offs. Supporting migration readiness, reconciliation, business vali...

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