Compliance Specialist, Multiverse
HESA
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1-5 days a week in office
Upskilling platform for AI and Tech adoption
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Upskilling platform for AI and Tech adoption
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
1-5 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To provide equitable access to economic opportunity, for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- If you're detail-driven, thrive in fast-moving environments, and want your work to contribute to meaningful social impact, we’d love to hear from you
- Knowledge of HE administration (HESA, HE data sets) and reporting requirements
- Experience working within a systems-related role within a HEI or similar environment. Desirable to have a working knowledge of using Unit-E or similar
- Proven project management experience
- Hold strong IT skills, including data analysis and report writing, enabling you to drive informed decision-making
- An understanding of the business issues affecting a HEI, including its responsibilities under the Freedom of Information and Data Protection Legislation
- Desirable to possess knowledge of Apprenticeships and funded learning regulations
- Demonstratable strong communication skills with proven experience in building effective stakeholder relationships at all levels
- Ability to hold cross-functional stakeholders to account on improvement projects
- Forward planning, usually to meet known short to medium-term deadlines. This role will involve frequent interaction with others, where initiative to resolve problems and queries will be required
- Strong eye for detail in data
What the job involves
- As our HESA Compliance Specialist, you’ll play a vital role in delivering our statutory higher education reporting, taking ownership of all HESA returns and driving high standards in data accuracy, regulatory compliance, and strategic insight
- You’ll collaborate with external regulatory bodies, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), and internal teams to uphold data integrity—while also helping shape how we scale responsibly as we expand globally
- Drive timely, high-quality submissions by partnering with our Compliance Operations Manager to deliver all Higher Education (HE) returns—like Data Futures, Provider Profile, and Graduate Outcomes—in line with regulatory standards
- Take full ownership of our HESA reporting cycle, leading the process from start to finish and ensuring seamless execution and compliance
- Champion data integrity by auditing and validating submissions, applying internal quality controls, and making sure everything aligns with HESA’s data rules
- Track and influence progress on regulatory actions—monitoring how we’re addressing requirements from HESA and the Office for Students (OfS)
- Be our external voice by developing trusted relationships with key stakeholders like HESA, student record system providers, and other HEIs—sharing learnings, aligning on timelines, and supporting knowledge transfer
- Lead the way on student record systems, particularly supporting the implementation of UNIT-E. You’ll help guide the rollout across the business, drive ongoing efficiencies, and continuously review effectiveness to support smart, scalable change
- Share your expertise in student record systems, advising colleagues and supporting users across the organisation as we embed new ways of working
- Collaborate cross-functionally with our Data & Insights team to ensure data accuracy and consistency across all reporting
- Lend your skills to other areas of compliance too—supporting tasks related to our apprenticeship provision as needed
- Play a key role in change management, helping steer critical projects that align with our growth and compliance ambitions—ensuring changes land well across teams and systems
Salary benchmarks
Our take
In today's tech-driven workplace, skills like digital marketing, software engineering, product design, and data analysis are pivotal. Traditional pathways to acquiring these skills are evolving, with coding schools like Makers Academy challenging the necessity of a formal Computer Science degree.
Recognizing the need for inclusive pathways, apprenticeships have gained prominence, spurred by government mandates like the 2016 levy. Multiverse (formerly WhiteHat) exemplifies this shift, offering opportunities for all to reskill and thrive in the tech industry.
Embracing a mission of accessibility and innovation, Multiverse's recent strategic moves, including acquiring Californian AI firm, Searchlight and attracting top-tier talent, underscores its commitment to excellence. Partnering with industry giants like Google and Facebook, Multiverse is driving transformative change, democratizing access to tech education.
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Meet the team
70 people
Gary, Chief Learning Officer
Our mission
Unlocking economic opportunity and potential for individuals and orgs by closing skill gaps through measured, applied, guided and equitable learning.Company
Employee endorsements
Opportunities to learn
"Whether that's the content in the course you are teaching of which you're developing a deeper understanding, weekly CPD (continuous professional..."
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2022
$220m
SERIES D
Sep 2021
$130m
SERIES C
Total funding: $414m
Company benefits
- Quarterly M-Powered Days to refresh and recharge
- End of Year Company Shut Down
- A focus on wellbeing with access to Spill therapy support, an Employee Assistance Programme and an internal Wellbeing working group.
- 45 days of work from abroad per year
- Free access to Wellhub's Starter, Basic and Bronze plans (free gym + more)
- 27 days holiday, plus 1 life event day and 2 volunteer days
- Full Medical Insurance coverage through Bupa, and your medical history is disregarded.
- Life Insurance coverage through AIG. This benefit pays out 3x your base salary to your beneficiaries.
- Our Cycle to Work scheme enables bike ownership with up to 42% savings
- Tech scheme: you can purchase new electronics, including accessories, up to £1,000, and spread the cost through 12 interest-free monthly repayments.
- Workplace Nursery benefit is provided by Enjoy Benefits and is there to help employees with the cost of childcare at a nursery setting.
Company values
- We believe in equality of opportunity
- We treat others as we want to be treated
- We adopt an owner mentality
- Development is at our core
- We make decisions based on facts and logic
- We don’t take ourselves too seriously
Company HQ
Paddington, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Euan Blair
(CEO)Prior to founding Multiverse, Euan was the UK CEO of Sarina Russo Group, an employment and training provider with more than 1,500 staff worldwide and a turnover exceeding £100 million.
People progressing
Peppa is VP of Go-To-Market, UK&I. She joined Multiverse as an Account Executive in the Go To Market Team and was promoted to Regional Director within 7 months, then progressed to Area Vice President.
People breakdown
13%
11%
6%
68%
2%
Asian
Black or African American
Multiracial / Multiethnic
White
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Last updated on 10 September 2024
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Multiverse
Serena Vaughan (Career Mobility Lead)
- We want to be a leader in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), so we’re working hard to drive the change we want to see in the world, inside Multiverse.
- Everything we do in the DEI space is undertaken with the goal of being representative of the geographies in which we operate – and our apprentice community. Gender diversity has been a long-term challenge for the tech world. We're proud that 55% of our UK Team identify as women, this increases to 64% of our Global Leadership Team (director level and above). We're also proud of our thriving LGBTQQIAAP community, comprising 11% of our UK Team.
- We're committed to improving the diversity of our workforce, at all levels. We continue to invest in early talent through our in-house apprenticeship scheme – something we know is a fantastic route into our organization for exceptional talent from a diversity of backgrounds.
- Last year we identified improving the diversity of our Global Leadership Team (director level+) internally as an area of focus. Steps that we took included introducing robust DEI monitoring processes, rolling out Inclusive Recruitment Training to all staff involved in the hiring, and launching our first internal, Global Leadership Accelerator program.
- We’re proud that in the last 12 months, the representation of colleagues from ethnic minority backgrounds at director+ levels, globally, has increased from 6% to 19%. This is good progress but we still have work to do and are committed to building a leadership team that is representative of our colleagues and of the communities we serve.
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