UK Compliance Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days annual leave

Pension & benefits

Job summary

UK Compliance Manager role based in Glasgow with hybrid working. Lead compliance, governance and assurance across our UK operations. Drive audits, investigations and capability programmes while developing KPIs and reporting for senior leadership.

You will oversee a team of Compliance Advisors, collaborate with regulators and certification bodies, and ensure ongoing adherence to legislative, regulatory and contractual requirements across projects nationwide.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Compliance, Governance, Assurance, Quality Management or Risk Management.
• Experience working within large, complex or heavily regulated industries such as infrastructure, construction, energy, utilities or engineering.
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance, governance frameworks and assurance processes.
• Proven experience leading audits, reviews and compliance programmes.
• Experience managing and developing teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• The ability to challenge constructively and provide independent, objective advice.

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing the Business Unit Compliance Strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and governance requirements.
• Leading compliance governance arrangements and assurance programmes across the UK.
• Monitoring legislative, regulatory and contractual obligations and ensuring effective implementation across operational teams.
• Managing and developing a team of Compliance Advisors.
• Leading audits, inspections, reviews and compliance assurance activities.
• Acting as the key liaison with external auditors, certification bodies, regulators and assurance providers.
• Maintaining oversight of compliance risks and associated control measures.
• Leading investigations into significant compliance breaches and governance concerns.
• Providing expert advice and recommendations to senior leadership teams.
• Developing compliance KPIs, dashboards and performance reporting.
• Analysing trends and identifying opportunities to improve governance, assurance and business performance.
• Embedding lessons learned and driving a culture of continual improvement.
• Delivering compliance awareness, training and capability programmes across the business.

Skills

Compliance governance

Audits & assurance

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

Team leadership

Risk management

Tools

Leadership & strategy

Job description

About the role

At Balfour Beatty, we’re delivering some of the UK’s most important infrastructure and energy projects. We’re looking for an experienced UK Compliance Manager to join our team in Glasgow and lead compliance, governance and assurance activities across our operations nationwide.

Reporting to the UK Head of Quality & Compliance, you’ll play a key role in ensuring our business continues to meet legal, regulatory, contractual and management system requirements, whilst providing independent assurance and driving continual improvement across a diverse portfolio of projects.

This is a hybrid role based from our Glasgow office, with regular travel across operational projects and business locations throughout the UK.

What you’ll be doing

As UK Compliance Manager, you’ll provide strategic leadership and independent oversight of compliance activities across the business.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and implementing the Business Unit Compliance Strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and governance requirements.
• Leading compliance governance arrangements and assurance programmes across the UK.
• Monitoring legislative, regulatory and contractual obligations and ensuring effective implementation across operational teams.
• Managing and developing a team of Compliance Advisors.
• Leading audits, inspections, reviews and compliance assurance activities.
• Acting as the key liaison with external auditors, certification bodies, regulators and assurance providers.
• Maintaining oversight of compliance risks and associated control measures.
• Leading investigations into significant compliance breaches and governance concerns.
• Providing expert advice and recommendations to senior leadership teams.
• Developing compliance KPIs, dashboards and performance reporting.
• Analysing trends and identifying opportunities to improve governance, assurance and business performance.
• Embedding lessons learned and driving a culture of continual improvement.
• Delivering compliance awareness, training and capability programmes across the business.

Who we’re looking for

We’re seeking a highly capable compliance professional with strong leadership skills and the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.

You’ll ideally have:

• Significant experience in Compliance, Governance, Assurance, Quality Management or Risk Management.
• Experience working within large, complex or heavily regulated industries such as infrastructure, construction, energy, utilities or engineering.
• A strong understanding of regulatory compliance, governance frameworks and assurance processes.
• Proven experience leading audits, reviews and compliance programmes.
• Experience managing and developing teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• The ability to challenge constructively and provide independent, objective advice.
• Experience working with regulators, certification bodies and external auditors.
• Lead Auditor qualifications or equivalent experience would be advantageous.
• Relevant professional qualifications or memberships in Compliance, Governance, Quality or Risk disciplines would be desirable.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]