Assurance Governance and Enablement Manager

Location: Newbury, United Kingdom, as the primary location, with other sites considered. Hybrid working requires office attendance 2–3 days per week and at least 8 days per month.

Company

hirify.globalThree is building and operating a UK telecommunications network and supporting digital infrastructure across the country.

What you will do

• Support the day-to-day assurance model and ensure consistent execution across all areas.
• Track control execution, coverage, risks, gaps, dependencies, issues, and delivery milestones.
• Coordinate recovery and remediation plans with clear ownership and timely delivery.
• Coordinate Assurance Pods, Transformation, Finance Operations, and other stakeholders without direct authority.
• Produce governance packs, dashboards, leadership reporting, and regular updates on assurance performance and progress against strategy.
• Drive consistency and continuous improvement in assurance processes, controls, reporting, governance frameworks, and ways of working; challenge and escalate off-track execution.
• Act as deputy to the Assurance Enablement Manager when required.

Requirements

• Strong experience in assurance, risk, controls, or finance operations, with a good understanding of governance frameworks.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage and track multiple complex activities simultaneously.
• Confidence working cross-functionally and aligning teams and stakeholders without direct authority.
• Clear and confident communication skills, including structured reporting and engagement with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to maintain both detailed and end-to-end oversight.
• Ability to challenge teams and hold them accountable for meeting high standards.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments and bring structure to ambiguity.
• Proactive, solutions-focused approach with strong ownership, accountability, and focus on delivery and results.
• Motivation to develop into a broader assurance leadership role.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with flexibility to coordinate office expectations with the line manager and team.
• Basic salary, bonus, hirify.global benefits, up to 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, and paid charity-work time.
• Benefits including discounts, vouchers, pension plan, learning tools, and parental leave policies.
• Employment offers are subject to criminal background (DBS) and financial checks due to Financial Conduct Authority regulation.
• Reasonable adjustments and accessibility support are available during recruitment.