Business Assurance Manager

Southern Water; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the water sector is seeking a Business Assurance Manager to oversee regulatory compliance and assurance programs. The role involves managing a team, developing strategies, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders. The company offers a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and a range of benefits aimed at supporting employee well-being and career development.

Benefits

Generous pension up to 11% company contribution

25 days annual leave

Life assurance equal to 4x salary

Health Cash Plan

Full funded eye tests

Two paid volunteering days a year

Occupational health service

Discounts with over 800 popular retailers

Digital GP service

Study support for job-related qualifications

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and implementing systematic ways of working.
• Ability to apply statistical and analytical tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage regulatory reporting assurance and oversee compliance.
• Lead the delivery of non-financial assurance programmes.
• Interface with external auditors and manage internal teams.

Skills

Monitoring

Control

Process Improvement

Analytical Skills

Education

Relevant degree or professional qualifications

Tools

GRC systems

ISO management system standards

Job description

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Business Assurance Manager

Apply locations Worthing FALMER time type Full time posted on Posted 4 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: May 30, 2025 (16 days left to apply) job requisition id JR5865

Closing Date

2025-05-30

Job Title: Business Assurance Manager

Location: Durrington, West Sussex (2-3 days a week)

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £50-55k dependent on skills and experience

There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!

Job Overview

Within the Compliance and Assurance team, you will be managing people and delivery as part of a wide programme of works of regulatory reporting assurance, providing oversight and ensuring Southern Water meets its non-financial obligations and Business Plan priorities.

As one of four collaborating Managers, you will share the lead, planning and delivery of non-financial programmes of assurance, utilising internal and external resources.

• Lead the delivery of part of the non-financial assurance programme. This work will include key areas of work including regulatory delivery plans. This to include managing the delivery supported by both internal and externally sourced resources.
• Lead the definition and implementation of strategy, policy, key processes, procedures and controls in relation to regulatory assurance taking account of risk and in collaboration with other internal governance teams such as Internal Audit and Risk and Control.
• Act as the interface for external assurers in relation to regulatory delivery plans, including supporting the procurement process, planning and defining the scope of external audits, facilitating the audit process, ensuring quality outputs and, liaising with internal teams to drive appropriate management action in response.
• Manage the team of Compliance and Assurance partners to support internal delivery of the regulatory assurance programme.

About You

• You will have a strong monitoring, control and process improvement focus, to further develop our modern compliance framework, ethical business practice and assurance of regulatory performance reporting.
• Knowledge of and experience in developing, implementing and driving adoption of systematic ways of working, such as process management, ISO management system standards, GRC systems etc.
• Relevant degree / professional qualifications and or demonstrable relevant experience in a process, system, risk and controls role and sector experience (desirable).
• Able to apply appropriate statistical and analytical tools to gain insights and communicate complex findings in a clear and concise manner.
• Understanding and experience of working in a risk and assurance management framework.
• Previous experience of leading and developing a team.

Package

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington office and home. We are offering a salary of between £50-55,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme

Join our Compliance & Assurance team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

If this role isn’t quite what you’re looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite.com)

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

Privacy Statement:

Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.

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Interested in the role?

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications so if you are interested in the position please do send your application over today to ensure consideration.

Every Body Welcome

We value diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to facilitate your participation in the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to showcase their skills and experience.

We succeed together

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

• Company and performance-related bonus
• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
• Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
• Health benefits through a Cash Plan
• Two paid community volunteering days a year
• 25 days annual holiday
• Occupational health service
• Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options

Need flexibility in your work?

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role? #LI-Hybrid