Governance & Reporting Manager

Closing Date
2025-02-21
Job Title: Governance & Reporting Manager

Location: Durrington/Falmer/Flexible

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: circa £70,000 depending on skills and experience

The Environment & Innovation team is at the forefront of Southern Water's drive to enhance and protect the environment. Deploying the latest innovative solutions and working in partnership with our customers and stakeholders, the team takes a holistic approach to managing water quality and flow across the region. Currently delivering a £50million portfolio which rapidly expands to over £2 billion over next 10 years. This is a fast-paced team that is now expanding to continue to deliver a larger programme of sustainable and innovative solutions.

A brand-new position has been created to join our Environment & Innovation team as a Governance Reporting Manager.

Job Overview

The Portfolio Management team provides the central 'hub' for the projects and programmes in the Environment & Innovation directorate. The Governance & Reporting Manager will ensure the directorate operates with the highest standards of governance, compliance and reporting.

• Responsible for documenting, implementing and improving Environment & Innovation agile governance.
• Preparation and analysis of performance reporting for stakeholder reporting and governance boards.
• Identify performance trends early and any variation from budget, recommending corrective actions to the Director / Executive Team.
• Responsible for internal audit, assurance and quality control approach.
• Accountable for ensuring SW governance is adhered to when appropriate, including presenting at governance boards.
• Carry out any other duties appropriate to this post including deputising for Head of Portfolio Management when needed.

About You

• Significant demonstrable experience of shaping, scoping and delivering Governance and Reporting in regulated industry.
• Strong experience in setting, development, configuration and management of governance & assurance processes.
• Strong experience in implementing effective reporting with analysis for complex data set which can simplified for a wide audience.
• Ability to engage with Executive Leadership through management of the governance process.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.
• Extensive experience with working across a complex project and Programme delivery cycle.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to consistently work with tight deadlines and deliver results.
• Leadership skills and experience of managing a team.

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington/Falmer offices (or within our region) and home. We are offering a salary of circa £70,000 as well as other benefits including:

• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme

Join our Environment & Innovation team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that 'normal' office hours aren't possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support - because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That's why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you'll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

Privacy Statement:
Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.

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