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Governance and Enterprise Risk Lead

Gloucester Business Park, Gloucester, Atlantic Quay, Glasgow, Hybrid, 2/3 days in office. 

Are you a business governance professional, with a flair for influencing negotiation and shaping business strategies? We're seeking an individual with a passion for navigating complexity, driving change, and ensuring adherence to governance standards.
 

Do you want to be part of building one of the largest and complex projects in Europe, help generate low carbon electricity, and secure the decommissioning our nuclear plants? Do you want to help Britain achieve net zero?

Opportunity…

• We, in the Business and Commercial Function of Nuclear Services, are empowering the Nuclear Services mission, through strategic business arrangements and insights.
• We are currently recruiting for a Governance and Enterprise Risk Lead, to ensure the integrity of the reporting process and compliance with key business processes, while also managing the organisation’s enterprise risk profile. As the lead, you will champion governance best practices and foster a risk-aware culture, to enable effective decision-making by Nuclear Services. 
• The team comprises finance, supply chain, business planning, governance, and work management.
• We are responsible for Nuclear Services business and commercial frameworks, processes and tools. We provide insights to enable risk informed business decisions. This is to facilitate the successful operation of Nuclear Services as a service provider to our Client Licensees.  
• We continually develop the business processes and associated infrastructure to enable our evolving business needs.
   

Pay, benefits and culture…

Alongside a competitive salary starting from £50,000, depending on experience, we offer a competitive benefits package, including a company pension scheme, a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle, and the potential to earn bonus.  
 

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself.  We’re committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.  We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.
  

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.   
 

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed. 

What you’ll be doing…

• Develop and maintain a robust governance framework to support accurate and timely reporting across all levels of the organisation.
• Lead the preparation of reports for executive management and the board (when necessary),ensuring they reflect the company's performance and strategic direction.
• Collaborate with various departments to gather and analyse data, providing insights and recommendations for process improvements.
• Manage cross-functional projects related to governance and compliance, driving initiatives to successful completion.
• Develop and maintain the organisation’s quality management system.
• Facilitate training and development programs to promote a culture of compliance and governance best practices.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external audits, ensuring all documentation and processes meet audit standards.
• Implement and oversee an enterprise risk management program to identify, assess, and mitigate risks across the organisation.
• Develop and maintain risk management policies and procedures to ensure that risks are managed in accordance with the organisation's risk appetite.
• Conduct risk assessments and provide strategic direction on risk mitigation strategies.

Who you are…

• A formal qualification in Business Management, Finance, Law, or a related field.
• Experience in governance, risk management, or compliance roles, preferably within a similar-sized organisation.
• Proficiency in corporate governance principles and practices.
• Proficiency in risk management principles and practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly, confidently, and concisely.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficiency in analysing data and reports to identify trends, risk, and opportunities.
• Ability to proactively identify and resolve issues before they escalate.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing business environment and needs, and conflicting priorities.
• Meticulousness in reviewing reports and ensuring accuracy.
   

You may also have any of the following:
 

• Professional certification e.g. CIA, CRMA etc.
• Proficiency in governance software and reporting tools, and risk management systems.

Join us and together we can help Britain achieve Net Zero.

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.