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Board & Governance Reporting Manager

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About the Role Our Investment Function is seeking a governance professional to join our Investment Office as a Board Governance Reporting Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting governance, oversight and decision-making across the Investment Directorate. Working closely with senior leaders, committee members and governance forums, you'll help ensure that Board, Executive and Committee reporting is delivered to the highest standard, providing clear, timely and insightful information that supports effective business decisions. As a central point of coordination for governance activities, you'll drive consistency across reporting, committee management and governance processes. You'll use your governance expertise and analytical skills to identify emerging themes, challenge reporting where appropriate and provide valuable insights that strengthen governance outcomes, organisational effectiveness and regulatory compliance. This role offers significant exposure to senior partners across the business and would suit someone who enjoys working in a highly visible environment where quality, judgement and attention to detail are critical. What You'll Be Doing Key responsibilities will include: Coordinating reporting for the PLC Board, Group Executive Committee, Group Risk Committee and other governance forums. Overseeing the production and quality assurance of Board, Committee and Executive reporting to ensure outputs are clear, concise and decision-focused. Providing challenge and guidance to collaborators to ensure reporting effectively articulates key risks, decisions, issues and required outcomes. Consolidating information from multiple stakeholders to provide effective oversight of strategic, operational and risk-related matters. Managing committee calendars, forward planners, agendas and supporting papers. Supporting governance forums by ensuring governance requirements and best practice standards are consistently maintained. Monitoring, recording and tracking decisions, actions and matters arising, ensuring appropriate escalation where required. Developing and maintaining governance management information, dashboards and performance indicators. Producing governance reporting and insights that highlight key decisions, risks, actions, emerging themes and areas requiring management attention. Analysing governance trends, committee effectiveness and reporting quality to identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Supporting policy governance activities and helping maintain governance frameworks, standards and procedures. Leading committee effectiveness reviews and driving improvements to governance processes, reporting quality and stakeholder experience. About You You'll have a strong understanding of governance frameworks, reporting standards, and established committee approaches within a regulated environment. Be comfortable working with senior leaders and governance forums, building credibility through your expertise, professionalism and ability to provide constructive challenge. You'll enjoy analysing complex information, identifying key themes and translating findings into concise, executive-level insights that support informed decision-making. You'll bring exceptional written communication skills, strong judgement and a proactive approach to problem solving. Most importantly, you'll enjoy building effective relationships across the business and helping to drive high standards of governance, accountability and continuous improvement. Essential Criteria Significant experience supporting Board, Executive and Committee governance within a regulated financial services environment. Strong understanding of corporate governance principles, governance frameworks and committee best practice. Experience producing Board papers, Executive Committee papers, governance reporting and management information. Strong analytical skills and the ability to identify themes, risks, trends and key insights from multiple information sources. Experience managing governance forums, committee processes and action tracking. Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience engaging senior executives and committee members. Desirable Criteria Company Secretariat experience. Professional governance qualifications or relevant governance accreditation. Experience conducting governance or committee effectiveness reviews. Experience developing governance dashboards, management information and reporting frameworks. Knowledge of FCA and PRA governance expectations within financial services. Experience leading governance improvement initiatives and process enhancements. Understanding of risk governance and regulatory reporting requirements. Special Requirements This role requires regular engagement with senior stakeholders, governance forums and executive committees. The successful candidate will need to balance attention to detail with the ability to see the bigger picture, ensuring governance processes remain effective whilst supporting sound decision-making and continuous improvement across the Investment Directorate.

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