Governance and Compliance Analyst in Reading

A leading, highly regulated organisation operating within a complex technology-driven environment is seeking to appoint a Governance & Compliance Analyst. This organisation is recognised for its scale, innovation, and commitment to robust governance frameworks within a dynamic and evolving regulatory landscape.

You will join a well-established Strategic Governance function that plays a critical role in enabling safe, compliant, and forward-looking operations across the technology estate.

As a Governance & Compliance Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in embedding and enhancing governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) practices across the full technology lifecycle. Working closely with Technology, Risk, Security, and Operational teams, you will:

• Support governance and assurance activities across key areas, including technology lifecycle management, vulnerability management, asset governance, and change management.
• Contribute to regulatory compliance activity aligned to telecoms and security requirements (e.g. Ofcom, Telecoms Security Act, ISO frameworks).
• Translate strategic governance objectives into practical, measurable controls and processes.
• Provide insight and reporting to support senior leadership and executive decision-making.
• Engage across the business to ensure risk and compliance accountability is embedded within first-line teams.
• Support transformation programmes and GRC maturity initiatives, ensuring governance keeps pace with change.
• Maintain and enhance asset management and configuration data governance frameworks.

This role acts as a critical bridge between strategic governance direction and operational execution, ensuring the business operates in a controlled and compliant manner.

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Proven experience within Governance, Risk & Compliance / Assurance in a regulated environment (e.g. telecoms, financial services, utilities).
• A strong understanding of regulatory frameworks and operational risk, ideally including experience with ISO standards, SOX, or industry-specific regulation.
• Experience supporting technology or transformation environments, with exposure to lifecycle governance or IT risk.
• The ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders, translating complex risk issues into clear, commercial insight.
• Demonstrable experience in stakeholder management across cross-functional teams.
• Experience contributing to senior-level reporting and governance forums.
• A qualification or background in risk, audit, information security, or a related discipline.

What you'll get in return:

• Hybrid working, up to 3 days from home.
• Competitive rates of pay.
• The opportunity to work in a high-impact governance role within a large-scale, regulated technology environment.
• Exposure to enterprise-wide risk and compliance frameworks, alongside senior leadership.
• Involvement in significant transformation and change programmes.
• A collaborative and forward-thinking culture with strong investment in governance maturity.

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