Senior Director, Regulatory & Asset Assurance

Aqua Consultants Ltd; England; Vor Ort; GBP 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Aqua Consultants Ltd seeks an Associate Director to lead and deliver high-impact advisory assurance projects across regulation, risk and asset management. You will guide governance reviews, stakeholder engagement, and independent regulatory submissions, ensuring timely, compliant outcomes.

The role demands strong leadership, excellent communication, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations for senior leadership and regulators.

Qualifikationen

• Relevant professional experience in assurance, internal audit, compliance, risk, or regulatory reporting.
• Internal audit methodologies, risk-based assurance, or second-line assurance.
• Understanding of asset management in utilities or infrastructure (desirable).
• Data lineage, data quality testing, and control evaluation.
• Experience in the water sector during an AMP cycle or business plan preparation (desirable).
• Delivery of assurance over capital programmes or major projects (desirable).
• Data assurance experience for regulatory submissions (desirable).
• Understanding of strategic planning, asset management, or regulatory frameworks (desirable).
• Ability to apply best practice and develop innovative solutions to complex challenges.
• Skilled in building and maintaining excellent stakeholder relationships.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and trends.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deliver to time, cost, and quality standards.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to simplify complex concepts.
• Experience preparing reports, business cases, and presentations for senior audiences.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of project delivery principles.
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring and supporting team development.

Aufgaben

• Assurance process development – maintain and enhance Aqua’s approach to delivering assurance commissions.
• Risk, Controls & Governance - evaluate governance frameworks.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Insight - build relationships and present findings to senior leadership and regulators.
• Regulatory & Reporting Assurance - provide independent assurance on regulator submissions.
• Asset Management Assurance - deliver assurance over asset lifecycle and ISO 55001 compliance.
• Capital Programme & Project Assurance - provide assurance across feasibility, design and delivery stages.

Kenntnisse

Assurance

Internal audit

Risk

Regulatory reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Data lineage

Data quality testing

Analytics

Leadership

Communication

Project delivery

Problem solving

Jobbeschreibung

Aqua Consultants Ltd seeks an Associate Director to lead and deliver high-impact advisory assurance projects across regulation, risk and asset management. You will guide governance reviews, stakeholder engagement, and independent regulatory submissions, ensuring timely, compliant outcomes.

The role demands strong leadership, excellent communication, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations for senior leadership and regulators.