Head of Governance, reporting and Controls Improvement

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments Asset Management and Life work together to provide access to balanced long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is owning it now and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The role: Head of Controls Transformation & Governance

Asset Management 1st Line Risk

We are seeking a highly capable leader to drive the governance reporting and control enhancement agenda across our Asset Management business. Sitting at the centre of the 1st Line Risk function and reporting directly to the Chief Controls Officer for Asset Management this role acts as a critical strategic partner - helping shape influence and elevate the control environment across a complex global organisation.

This is a pivotal hire within the management team. The individual will operate as a trusted adviser senior operator and thought leader working closely with executives frontoffice leadership central functions and the Group Risk community to deliver a resilient wellgoverned and sustainably embedded control environment.

Role Overview

You will lead the governance and reporting for Asset Managements 1st Line Risk team ensuring transparency quality and consistency of insight across committees forums and boards. Alongside this you will colead the 3year Control Enhancement Programme shaping its delivery ensuring momentum across workstreams and enhancing how controls operate day to day across our business.

You will have significant exposure to senior stakeholders complex decision-making forums and broad organisational priorities - offering a unique platform to influence the evolution of risk management in Asset Management.

As a central point for many of the firms most material risk topics this role provides direct visibility of Board and Executive priorities. While we are seeking someone with proven Asset Management experience the role offers a panoramic view across the business and the Lines of Defence shaping how risks are governed and managed at an enterprise level.

Key Responsibilities

Governance & Reporting Leadership

• Own and oversee all 1st Line Risk reporting submissions to committees forums and boards ensuring highquality insight accuracy and timely delivery.
• Shape and manage the forward reporting agenda in partnership with senior stakeholders.
• Lead the monthly Control Environment reporting cycle across Asset Management ensuring robust oversight clear insight and effective communication of trends risks and required actions.
• Partner with Group and 2nd Line Risk colleagues to validate metrics and support the annual Control Environment assessment.
• Oversee the risk and controls agenda across support functions through existing MI and close liaison with risk leads
• Present monthly Control Environment insights to executives and senior leadership providing supporting analysis and recommendations.

Controls & Assurance Oversight

• Lead the annual Key Controls Assessment cycle ensuring clear planning strong execution and effective escalation where required.
• Oversee progress tracking issue management and reporting for control testing activities working closely with 2nd Line and Business Risk Partners.
• Strengthen the consistency quality and sustainability of controls across the Asset Management business.

Control Enhancement Programme

• Colead with the Chief Controls Officer the delivery of the Asset Management Control Enhancement Programme - one of the organisations most significant multiyear transformation initiatives.
• Work with programme and workstream leads to monitor delivery resolve issues escalate barriers and maintain programme momentum.
• Shape and deliver regular programme reporting to senior governance forums and boards.
• Represent the 1st Line Risk function at programme working groups project boards and stakeholder engagements.

Strategic Planning & Leadership Engagement

• Partner with the Chief Controls Officer on key leadership activities including townhalls offsites and broader team initiatives.
• Help shape team direction ways of working and a culture of continuous improvement of the 1st Line Risk function.
• Act as a senior voice culture carrier and rolemodel across the team.

What You Will Bring

• Strong communicator with the confidence and presence to engage senior stakeholders and articulate complex issues clearly.
• Ability to build trusted relationships across functions - including senior executives front office operations technology and control partners.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to synthesise information and provide practical outcomeoriented recommendations.
• A mindset oriented towards continuous improvement high standards and disciplined execution.
• Prior experience within an asset management organisation is essential.
• Experience in risk management controls operations or frontoffice environments is helpful but not required.
• Comfortable operating in complex environments balancing multiple priorities and influencing without direct authority.

Recruiter: Sarah Hawkins

What we offer:

At M&G were committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18% with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.

• Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy to balance your work and personal commitments.

• Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity adoption surrogacy and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.

• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering visit Life at M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender ethnicity age sexual orientation nationality disability or long term condition we are looking to attract promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions disabilities or neuro-divergent conditions.

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