Senior Governance Manager
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Job Location:
Birmingham - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
13 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Senior Governance Manager is responsible for delivering highquality and effective governance support to the Smiths Group plc Board and Committees and to shareholders. The role plays a key part in shaping and maintaining a robust Group governance framework providing clear pragmatic advice on legal listing rule regulatory and compliance obligations and exercising sound professional judgement to identify opportunities for continuous improvement in governance effectiveness across the Group.
Duties:
- Act as a trusted adviser on corporate governance matters supporting effective Board and committee decisionmaking across the Group.
- Influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders including the Board Executive Committee management and external advisers providing clear advice and constructive challenge.
- Ensure compliance with applicable legal listing rule and regulatory requirements maintaining uptodate knowledge of best practice and external developments in governance risk and internal controls.
- Act as Secretary to the Audit & Risk Committee and the Group Disclosure Committee providing advice including on MAR and disclosure obligations and producing highquality Board and committee papers.
- Take ownership of the delivery of the Annual Report including drafting and oversight of the governance sections.
- Develop and manage the registrar strategy and retail shareholder services ensuring highquality delivery and value for money.
- Provide oversight of Executive Share Plans and Sharesave arrangements ensuring robust governance and effective participant engagement.
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation in governance processes across the Group.
- Manage outsourced providers and external spend ensuring effective supplier performance resilience and value through active engagement and RFP processes.
Qualifications :
Technical Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Professionally qualified Chartered Governance professional with strong technical and academic credentials.
- Sound knowledge and practical experience of UK company law listing rules corporate governance and listed company regulatory compliance and risk.
- Highly organised with a structured approach to managing highprofile governance activity.
- Strong judgement and analytical capability able to navigate ambiguity and provide clear pragmatic advice.
- Proven ability to influence and partner senior stakeholders including Non-executive Directors and Executive Committee members.
- Confident communicator with excellent written and verbal skills able to adapt style and produce highquality Boardlevel documentation.
- Selfmotivated resilient and curious with a strong drive to challenge the status quo and deliver continuous improvement.
Additional Information :
Diversity & Inclusion:
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin economic status disability age or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics where we celebrate support and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Detection Smiths Group nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation including but not limited to interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our careers website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin economic status disability age or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics where we celebrate support and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation including but not limited to interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our careers website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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About Company
Smiths Group is a global technology company that delivers solutions for the worlds evolving challenges. With a history spanning over 170 years, we operate across multiple sectors, including healthcare, energy, defense, and manufacturing. Our five divisionsJohn Crane, Smiths Detectio ... View more
