Governance Risk and Compliance Manager

Amoria Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Amoria Group in Manchester is seeking a Governance, Risk & Compliance Manager to own the Group GRC framework and strengthen risk management as the business evolves. You’ll drive governance across operational and commercial risk, data protection, data governance, regulatory change and assurance, partnering with senior leaders and teams.

It’s a broad, practical role focused on turning regulatory requirements into effective controls and processes while maintaining a proportionate approach to risk.

Qualifications

• Strong governance, risk or compliance background.
• Experience developing and embedding governance frameworks.
• Good understanding of UK GDPR, data protection and privacy governance.
• Experience of assurance, auditing or control testing.
• Ability to turn complex requirements into practical business processes and controls.
• Experience producing risk and compliance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own and continually develop the Group Governance and Risk Management frameworks.
• Manage the Group risk register and work with business leaders to identify and mitigate risks.
• Develop a risk-based assurance programme and conduct control testing.
• Lead Data Protection and Data Governance frameworks with the DPO.
• Own Data Governance Framework including data ownership and quality standards.
• Coordinate regulatory horizon scanning and quarterly impact assessments.
• Work with Security to govern information security risk, policies and controls.
• Own the governance calendar and ensure audits, policy reviews, and training happen on schedule.
• Develop annual training with Business Transformation and L&D across Data Protection, Information Security, Governance and Risk Management.
• Lead governance and compliance projects including regulatory change and new governance technology.
• Drive placement governance and operational controls across the function.
• Create meaningful risk and compliance dashboards for Executive Leadership and the Board.

Skills

Governance

Risk management

Compliance

Data protection

Data governance

Regulatory change

Assurance

Information security governance

Stakeholder management

Reporting

Analytical skills

Training development

Job description

Manchester | Hybrid – 3 days per week in the office
£60,000–£70,000

We’re looking for a Governance, Risk & Compliance Manager to take ownership of our Group governance, risk and compliance framework and help us continue to strengthen how we manage risk as the business evolves.

This is a broad role with the opportunity to shape how governance operates across the organisation. You’ll work across operational and commercial risk, compliance, data protection, data governance, regulatory change and assurance, partnering with senior leaders and teams across the Group.

It’s not a traditional Legal or CyberGRC role; we’re looking for someone who can take regulatory and governance requirements and turn them into practical frameworks, controls and ways of working that protect the business without creating unnecessary complexity.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be responsible for the Group’s Governance, Risk & Compliance framework, with a varied remit including:

• Owning and continually developing our Group Governance and Risk Management frameworks.
• Managing the Group risk register, working with business leaders to identify, assess and mitigate operational, commercial, regulatory, technology and data risks.
• Developing a risk-based assurance programme and carrying out control testing to make sure key controls are working effectively in practice.
• Acting as the Group Data Protection and Data Governance Lead, owning the operational privacy framework and working closely with our DPO.
• Owning our Data Governance Framework, including master data governance, data ownership, data quality standards and controls.
• Coordinating regulatory horizon scanning and producing quarterly impact assessments so upcoming regulatory changes are understood and acted on.
• Working with our Security function to provide governance and oversight of information security risk, policies and controls.
• Owning the Group governance calendar, ensuring audits, policy reviews, risk reviews, mandatory training and other key governance activities happen when they should.
• Working with Business Transformation and L&D to develop annual training across areas such as Data Protection, Information Security, Governance and Risk Management.
• Leading governance and compliance projects, including regulatory change, due diligence and implementation of new governance technology.
• Leading our Governance & Compliance function and continuing to improve our approach to placement compliance and operational controls.
• Developing meaningful risk and compliance dashboards and providing regular reporting and insight to Executive Leadership and the Board.

The role builds on the assurance, regulatory change, reporting and compliance responsibilities already established within the function.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone with a strong governance, risk or compliance background who is comfortable working across a broad remit and can apply good governance in a practical commercial environment.

• Strong experience within governance, risk, compliance, operational risk or a related discipline.
• Experience developing and embedding governance, risk or compliance frameworks.
• Good understanding of UK GDPR, data protection and privacy governance.
• Experience of assurance, auditing or control testing.
• Strong understanding of operational and commercial risk management.
• Experience managing risk registers, remediation actions and compliance reporting.
• Good understanding of information security governance.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and providing constructive challenge.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn complex requirements into practical business processes and controls.
• Experience producing risk and compliance reporting.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Experience within recruitment, staffing or professional services would be particularly useful, especially an understanding of the operational, contractual and compliance risks associated with recruitment businesses.

Experience of data governance, master data management, ISO 27001/ISMS, Cyber Essentials or regulatory change would also be advantageous, but we wouldn’t expect someone to already be an expert across every part of the remit.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a developing GRC function rather than inherit a narrow compliance role.

You’ll have the scope to shape our governance and risk frameworks, develop our approach to assurance and control testing, strengthen data and privacy governance and influence how risk is managed across the Group.

You’ll work closely with Legal, Technology, Security, Data, Finance and operational teams, with regular exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to lead cross-functional projects that have a genuine impact on how the business operates.

Amoria Group is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants, regardless of background or protected characteristics.