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Governance Assistant
Agency: Havas Media
About the Role
We’re looking for a Governance Assistant to join our collaborative and fast-paced Governance team within Havas Media. This is a fantastic entry-level opportunity for someone looking to build experience in a broad, business-facing role within a global media organisation.
The Governance team plays a key role in keeping the business running smoothly behind the scenes, ensuring processes, systems and controls are working effectively. You’ll gain exposure to a wide range of areas across finance, operations and compliance, with full training provided.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Governance Assistant, you will support across a variety of areas, including:
- Maintaining and updating master data across clients, suppliers, systems and users
- Managing and supporting the contract database
- Assisting with external client audits (e.g., large client reviews)
- Supporting financial risk and credit insurance processes
- Contributing to internal governance audits and compliance checks
- Providing systems and financial support to the wider business
- Supporting data migrations and system integration for new acquisitions
- Ensuring group financial processes and internal controls are followed
This is a role with a lot of variety—you’ll be working across different tasks and systems while gaining a strong understanding of how the business operates.
What We’re Looking For
We’re open to different backgrounds, but the ideal candidate will have:
- Some experience in a finance, admin, or office-based role (even 6–12 months is valuable)
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- A proactive, “can-do” attitude
- Good Excel skills (basic to intermediate)
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
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Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who is:
- Curious and keen to learn
- Reliable with a strong work ethic
- Interested in understanding how things work, not just completing tasks
Why Join Havas?
- Be part of a supportive, close-knit team
- Gain exposure to multiple areas of the business
- Learn on the job with hands-on training and development
- Hybrid working environment
- Opportunity to grow your career within a global organisation
Contract Type: Permanent
Commitment to Equality
Here at Havas across the group, we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.
If you don’t find a suitable opening on our Career Site, don’t worry! You can still send your resumé to us. Please visit Consider Me for Future Openings.
About Us
Founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, with more than 23,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people.
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