Senior Governance Manager

HSBC Holdings plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Contributory pension scheme

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Governance Manager to partner with the GCOO leadership, set strategic priorities, and drive performance and cultural change in a high‑performing, agile organisation.

You will deliver executive writing services for papers, strategy documents, investor meetings and regulatory responses, coordinating across multi‑department functions globally and providing guidance to ensure high‑quality briefing notes and governance papers.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting senior executives, preferably in a COO, CAO, Chief of Staff or business-management role.
• Knowledge of corporate-governance requirements for banks, together with a sound understanding of policies, procedures and control frame
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience of writing OpCo and Board level papers

Responsibilities

• Working with the GCOO and other senior stakeholders to set the strategic priorities and policies of the function
• Providing operational management support for the execution of the GCOO strategy and liaison between the GCOO senior leadership team, multi departmental functions and key stakeholders globally
• Proactively assimilating and understanding a wide range of topics and writing succinct and accurate summaries, in short turnaround times
• Writing sensitive and time critical briefing notes for the GCOO Quality assuring a range of papers across GCOO functions, providing feedback and guidance to ensure all GCOO-sponsored papers are of a high quality and consistent standard
• Providing expert guidance on paper writing to the GCOO chief of staff and governance community

Job description

If you're looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential - whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or an exciting new direction, we offer opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further. We're one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with a network that covers more than 50 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions. We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Governance Manager.

The Senior Governance Manager reports to and will directly support the Governance Director for GCOO in the execution of the following duties:

• Providing strategic partnership with the GCOO senior leadership team to drive performance and cultural change required of a high performing and agile organisation
• Proactively identifying collaboration opportunities and tools, and adopting new ways of working to achieve the highest efficiency, quality standards and productivity across GCOO
• Providing executive writing services for a variety of papers, including GCOO reports, strategy papers, investor meetings and regulatory responses

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you'll have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package.

• private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

In this role you will:

• Working with the GCOO and other senior stakeholders to set the strategic priorities and policies of the function
• Providing operational management support for the execution of the GCOO strategy and liaison between the GCOO senior leadership team, multi departmental functions and key stakeholders globally
• Proactively assimilating and understanding a wide range of topics and writing succinct and accurate summaries, in short turnaround times
• Writing sensitive and time critical briefing notes for the GCOO Quality assuring a range of papers across GCOO functions, providing feedback and guidance to ensure all GCOO-sponsored papers are of a high quality and consistent standard
• Providing expert guidance on paper writing to the GCOO chief of staff and governance community

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Experience supporting senior executives, preferably in a COO, CAO, Chief of Staff or business-management role
• Knowledge of corporate-governance requirements for banks, together with a sound understanding of policies, procedures and control frame
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience of writing OpCo and Board level papers

Opening up a world of opportunity.

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