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Director of governance, reporting and assurance

Portsmouth
Babcock International
Reporter
Posted: 16 June
The role

Job Title: Director of Governance, Reporting and Assurance

Location: Hybrid, UK

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF

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

As Director of Governance, Reporting and Assurance, you will lead 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, you will be responsible for:

  • 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 of the Director of Governance, Reporting and Assurance:

  • 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 for the Director of Governance, Reporting and Assurance:

  • 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. Further details are available at Babcock

    We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.

    Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

    We call that lifetime engineering.

    Join us and see how far we can go, together.

    We are a disability confident committed employer.

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