Beaumont Select Ltd
Commercial Governance & Assurance Manager
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Commercial Governance & Assurance Manager | Reading
Fantastic opportunity to join this National Defence organisation in this high impact role at the heart of the Commercial function, influencing enterprise-wide policy, assurance, performance insight, and board-level decision-making whilst leading/coaching and mentoring a dynamic team.
What you will be doing:
- Manage and evolve Commercial governance and assurance framework, ensuring it is proportionate, consistent, and aligned to public procurement regulation and best practice.
- Translate central government policy, defence and nuclear licensing requirements into clear, usable local policy, processes, and templates.
- Quality assure commercial strategies, board papers, and business cases, ensuring completeness, traceability, and a strong value for money narrative, applying the HM Treasury Green Book and 5 Case Model.
- Lead and develop a small team, setting a high standard for professional judgement, assurance quality, and continuous improvement.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, constructively challenging assumptions and influencing decision making across the organisation.
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Experience required:
- Senior level experience in commercial governance, assurance or performance management within a regulated public sector or complex commercial environment.
- Hands on business case assurance experience, able to test strategic need, options, affordability, commercial approach, and enduring performance management.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience working across functions and at senior levels.
- Proven ability to translate policy into clear, usable processes and frameworks that are applied consistently.
- Experience leading or coordinating audit responses and driving improvement from findings.
If you are a senior commercial governance professional who is confident operating close to decision-makers, comfortable with ambiguity, and motivated by improving how organisations govern complex commercial activity, this could be the role for you.
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If you would like to know more about this Assurance Manager opportunity, please call Jane Wallbank on +44 (0)1403 248448
Beaumont Select is a leading Supply Chain & Purchasing Recruitment Agency for permanent and interim staffing solutions. We support a primarily blue-chip client base, in the provision of experienced Supply Chain & Purchasing Professionals; successfully resolving their Purchasing Recruitment demands. We have a proven track record in purchasing recruitment and are a leading purchasing recruitment agency. Complying with the BERR Beaumont Select are an Employment Agency and an Employment Business
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