Governance and Assurance Lead

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 6,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.

We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.

Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.

To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all.

Assystem Energy & Infrastructure are recruiting for a Governance and Assurance Lead to work at our customer's site in Derby on a contract basis.

The Governance & Assurance Lead reports to the Governance & Assurance Manager sitting within the Customer and Commercial organisation and is responsible for developing and implementing assurance strategies to ensure transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement in our organisational practices.

• Job title: Governance and Assurance Lead

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Governance

• Ownership and improvements to the Operating Model.
• Develop, implement, and improve governance policies and procedures.
• Monitor and report on governance practices and performance.
• Conduct regular reviews of governance frameworks and recommend improvements.

Assurance

• Develop and implement assurance plans and programs across Portfolio, Programmes and Project Control accounts (P3M) as a 2nd Line of Defence.
• Conduct internal audits and assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of controls.
• Identify and mitigate risks to the organization's operations.
• Ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial and operational information.
• Coordinate with external auditors and regulatory bodies.
• Conducting 2nd Line of Portfolio assurance across the RRSL business.
• Carrying out assurance activities on Oracle Primavera P6 plans.
• Production and delivery of the Total Assurance Plan.

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and internal standards.
• Develop and implement compliance programs and initiatives.
• Monitor and report on compliance activities and performance.
• Conduct compliance audits and assessments.
• Provide training and support to employees on compliance matters.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with stakeholders to influence, ensure understanding, and gain support of governance and assurance activities.
• Provide regular updates to the board and senior management on governance and assurance matters.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external auditors, regulators, and other stakeholders.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Be experienced in a project, programme and/or portfolio delivery roles.
• Be experienced in Oracle Primavera P6.
• Have experience in Assurance and/or Auditing functions.
• Have a good understanding of Project Controls.
• Hold or be working toward membership/accreditation of an externally recognised Project Management professional body (e.g. APM, PMI).

Security clearance

This role requires the successful candidate to hold a minimum of a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance.

Due to the nature of work this role will be delivering and for the protection of certain assets, the successful candidate has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non-ITAR country.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people's ability to dare are the only things that matter! Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.