Director or Governance & Risk – Closed
We are working with a National, leading Health and Social Care charity with a clear vision and pathway to increased success. We are supporting the executive hire for a Director of Governance, Risk Management and Compliance. These 3 main areas will assure this organisation reliably achieves objectives, addresses uncertainty and acts with integrity.
The Role.
The Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance will be instrumental in leading, cascading and managing the appropriateness of these activities. Ensuring and contributing to the successful delivery of the company’s’ strategic aims and objectives. This is a pivotal role focussed on the good of the organisation and its essential the applicant can align and adhere to a value-based hiring, onboarding and performance focus.
This role will ensure that the management and oversight of the systems and processes in place are achieved through the operation and direction. You will work with the Board and its committees, ensuring statutory and regulatory compliance is maintained and partner with other Executive colleagues to deliver business benefits through effective and value adding activities.
This role can be offered as remote but will require travel to the North of England a couple of times per year. This person is required to be located within the UK.
A key part of this role is to ensure the “Company Secretary” function within the charity if carried out as required by the board and that they requirements of the Charity Commission are also satisfied. You will need to have supported this function in your previous position and be able to demonstrate your knowledge of the requirements, deliverable alongside attention to details.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
Functional Leadership
- Lead, develop and maintain a corporate governance, risk and compliance function to ensure organization meets all its statutory and regulatory responsibilities and business requirements.
- Lead and manage the corporate governance, risk and compliance function to ensure recruitment, training and development of high performing, capable team of experts and support resources.
- Lead budgeting and financial reporting for the function on both pay/non-pay costs.
- Line management and development of direct reports and wider team to ensure they have the capacity and capability to translate and contribute to the achievement of the organisation strategic objectives through the Corporate Services remit, embedding more efficient and effective delivery and joined up working.
Governance
- Responsible for implementing and developing the organisations Governance framework and process, maintaining best practice governance, accountability levels and assurance reporting across the organisation.
- Responsible for ensuring that Charities governance documents are fit for purpose and up to date.
- Responsible for ensuring compliance to all legislative and regulatory requirements, owning and updating return register, ensuring all submissions occur appropriately and timely, and alerting and reporting on any exceptions.
- Responsible as lead on all governance related matters for the charity especially governance related incident management, investigation process and regulator response.
- Responsible for ensuring the Board and Committee is effectively administered, reported and recorded.
Risk Management
- Responsible for developing and managing an effective risk management strategy, process, and controls in line with best practice. Owning the Business Assurance Framework and risk register process and ensuring its use and adoption across the business.
- Proactively identifying and put process in place to manage strategic and operational risks. Working closely with the Board, Executive team, and Senior Leadership Team to develop plans to mitigate or eliminate risks using the Board Assurance Framework as an effective tool to facilitate this.
Compliance & Audit
- Responsible for developing strategic and regulatory compliance framework and implementing a programme of works to establish robust processes and controls are in place to provide compliance assurance across the organisation.
- Responsible for auditing compliance to the framework and reporting compliance, assurance and exceptions via Executive Assurance and Board cycle. Recommend and implement effective changes to compliance frameworks or process as required.
- Responsible for managing company policies and procedures process. Ensuring appropriate process is in place for ensuring compliance with policy/process ownership and updating. Undertake necessary audit work to provide assurance of compliance to policies and procedures.
- Responsible for investigating corporate and operational compliance issues and providing reports.
- Leading on recruitment and selection process as necessary ensuring compliance.
Skills and Experience Required
· Experience of operating as senior leader.
· Working with Boards and/or Executive teams for at least 3 years.
· Working with Boards and/or Executive teams for at least 3 years
· Able to contribute to formulating strategies and plans of action to achieve objectives.
· Extensive practical knowledge and experience of Risk Management process, tools and techniques to effectively manage and report on risks.
· Experience in divisional / cross team working and the development of “joined up” working for the organisational benefit and performance.
· Experience of Corporate Governance principles and structures
· Experience of operating in a compliance and audit focused environment
· Experience of company secretarial working at a senior level
· Ideally educated to Degree level.
· Qualified member of GRC (ICSA) or similar professional organisation.
The charity is offering a competitive salary based on direct experience and benefits aligned to a senior position. There is the opportunity to work flexibly to 37.5 hours per week.