Governance Lead

Overview

A dynamic organization specializing in payment and financial services is seeking a Governance Lead to join their 2LoD Risk & Compliance team. This role focuses on maintaining and continuously improving the governance framework to ensure effective decision-making, clear accountability, and robust governance processes across the organization. The Governance Lead will report to the Director, Risk & Compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own and coordinate the governance calendar, ensuring effective operation of Senior Management, the Board of Directors, committees, and governance forums.
• Support preparation, organization, and execution of Board meetings, committees, and other governance forums, including agenda planning, material coordination, minute-taking, and follow-up tracking.
• Maintain and improve the governance framework, ensuring clear decision-making authorities, escalation paths, and accountability structures.
• Manage governance documentation architecture, including policies, committee charters, terms of reference, decision logs, and corporate records, ensuring they are version-controlled and accessible.
• Coordinate governance reporting and material preparation for Senior Management, Board members, auditors, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Monitor governance actions, decisions, and remediation activities to ensure timely follow-up and clear ownership.
• Support annual review and maintenance of governance-related policies, frameworks, committee structures, and documentation.
• Coordinate governance-related regulatory deliverables and support regulatory examinations, audits, and information requests.
• Assist the Director, Risk & Compliance in maintaining governance oversight across key regulatory domains such as risk management, compliance, outsourcing, operational resilience, financial crime prevention, and safeguarding.
• Promote a strong governance culture by raising awareness of governance responsibilities and supporting stakeholders in understanding governance requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Law, Finance, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in corporate governance, company secretarial, risk management, compliance, internal audit, financial services regulation, or related functions.
• Strong understanding of governance frameworks and board governance practices within regulated financial institutions, fintechs, payment institutions, e-money institutions, banks, or other regulated environments.
• Experience supporting Boards of Directors, senior management committees, or executive governance forums.
• Proven ability to draft high-quality Board materials, committee papers, governance documentation, minutes, and executive-level reporting.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple governance processes and competing priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of engaging effectively with senior executives, Board members, auditors, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and ability to maintain high standards of documentation and governance administration.
• Familiarity with financial services regulatory frameworks, including governance expectations applicable to payment institutions, e-money institutions, and fintech companies, is highly advantageous.

Location

This role is based within an organization operating across multiple markets, with a focus on regulated financial services and payment institutions.

Compensation & Benefits

Details regarding compensation and benefits are not specified in the job description.