At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead governance strategies and frameworks to enhance decision-making across a global organisation.
- Company: Join Babcock, a leader in creating a safe and secure world.
- Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, pension scheme, health benefits, and volunteering days.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with opportunities for professional growth and an inclusive culture.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving accountability and performance at the executive level.
- Qualifications: Extensive senior leadership experience in governance and reporting; relevant qualifications preferred.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
Location: Hybrid, UK
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Drive Clarity, Confidence And Accountability at The Heart of a Global Organisation
At Babcock, we are working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as Director of Governance, Reporting and Assurance at one of our UK sites including London, Warrington, Bristol, Devonport, Leicester, Rosyth.
The role involves leading the strategy, frameworks and systems that ensure robust governance, effective oversight and high-quality insight across the organisation. Your work will directly support Senior Leaders, Executives and the Board with clear, evidence-based intelligence to enable confident, informed decision making. You will influence Executive and Board level thinking by delivering clear, evidence based insights that drive accountability and strengthen performance. This role offers the opportunity to lead enterprise wide frameworks and systems, enhancing transparency and enabling smarter, faster decision making across a complex international environment.
Day to day responsibilities:
- Leading the design and delivery of governance, assurance, and reporting frameworks across the organisation
- Driving risk based assurance programmes to evaluate system effectiveness and regulatory compliance
- Developing high quality management information, dashboards, and reporting for Executive and Board stakeholders
- Establishing policies, standards, and systems that enable strong accountability and consistent decision making
- Engaging with Regulators and Auditors, ensuring audit readiness and delivering robust, evidence based insights
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office and days working from home.
Essential experience:
- Extensive senior leadership experience within governance, reporting, and assurance in complex, regulated organisations
- Proven track record delivering enterprise wide governance frameworks and executive level reporting
- Strong experience leading risk based assurance programmes and driving measurable business improvement
- Deep understanding of enterprise risk management and internal control frameworks
- Experience engaging with regulators and auditors, including audit preparation and inspection readiness
Qualifications:
- Degree level education or equivalent professional experience
- Relevant professional qualifications or memberships (such as Institute of Internal Auditors, Institute of Risk Management, or Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) are desirable
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.
What we offer:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
Disability statement:
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 29/06/2026
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At Babcock, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a supportive and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee well-being and professional growth. With competitive salaries, generous holiday allowances, and unique benefits like 'Be Kind Day' for volunteering, we empower our employees to make a meaningful impact while enjoying a balanced work-life dynamic in a hybrid setting across various UK locations. Join us to lead governance and assurance initiatives that drive accountability and performance in a global organisation dedicated to creating a safe and secure world.