Governance jobs in United Kingdom

Salary Birmingham:“Base salary: £41,092pa to c.£48,344pa depending on skills and experience.

Salary London:“Base salary: £44,380pa to c.£52,212pa depending on skills and experience.

In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top of base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

The Reporting and Governance Manager is responsible for ensuring Government Functional Standard 013 requirements are met and documented including the management of the Fraud Risk Assessment and assurance programme together with internal management reporting.

About the Role

• Management of the Fraud Risk Assessment (FRA) programme including completion and maintenance of detailed, thematic and enterprise assessments, together with initial fraud impact assessments.
• Undertaking fraud measurement exercises.
• Drafting of the Counter Fraud Strategy based on findings of FRA programme.
• Working with the Proactive Fraud Manager to incorporate data driven fraud insights into the FRA programme and operational controls.
• Liaison with risk management leads within the supply chain to ensure effective management of current and emerging risks.
• Management of and ensuring compliance with Government Functional Standard 013.
• Creation and maintenance of fraud related policies (including Gifts and Hospitality and Whistleblowing etc) and ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and best practise.
• Internal reporting to senior management and committees
• Design and delivery of counter fraud training to HS2 staff.

Skills:

• Fraud Risk Assessment, Measurement and Assurance
  • Expertise in managing a complex FRA programme including key competencies contained within the Government Counter Fraud Professional Standards and Guidance relating to:
    • Risk assessment skills
    • Risk management and knowledge
    • Business knowledge
    • Counter fraud knowledge
    • Communication and facilitation skills
  • Ability to develop and implement comprehensive fraud risk models and metrics.
• Governance and Reporting
  • Strong understanding of corporate governance and regulatory requirements related to fraud risk management, including Government Functional Standard 013.
  • Ability to create detailed, transparent fraud risk reports for senior leadership and relevant stakeholders.
  • Ability to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory standards regarding fraud risk.
• Policy Development
  • Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure policies reflect evolving fraud risks and industry standards, and translate these policies into processes that run smoothly in a matrix environment
• Stakeholder Management
  • Ability to effectively engage and manage internal and external stakeholders, including senior executives, regulatory bodies, and third-party vendors.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex fraud risk concepts to non-expert stakeholders.
• Training
  • Ability to create and maintain training programmes for team members and wider company employees.

• Comprehensive knowledge of FRAs (including IFIA’s, detailed, thematic and enterprise) and preferably a member of the Government Counter Fraud Profession, Fraud Risk Assessment discipline.
• Knowledge of relevant Regulations and legislation, including fraud-related legislation (e.g., Fraud Act 2006, Bribery Act 2010, and ECCTA 2023).

• Substantial experience in managing a FRA programme preferably in relation to construction projects, including completing and maintaining detailed, thematic and enterprise level FRAs.
• Experience in coordinating the ongoing assurance of fraud risks, managing various stakeholders and reporting progress to seniors.
• Experience of senior level reporting and working within corporate governance and risk, preferably how they relate to fraud risk oversight.
• Experience of working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with regulatory and organisational standards.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant.Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.

• Job Identification 250643
• Job Category Governance
• Posting Date 11/24/2025, 07:04 PM
• Apply Before 12/03/2025, 05:00 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 2 Snowhill, Birmingham, B4 6GA, GB
• Permanent or Fixed Term Contract Permanent