About the role
Your new company 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.
Your new role
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 frameworksThis role acts as a critical bridge between strategic governance direction and operational execution, ensuring the business operates in a controlled and compliant manner.
What you'll need to succeed 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 disciplineWhat 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 maturityWhat you need to do now
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Benefits
£400 to £500 per day
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