Manager Distribution Governance and Excellence (Contract)

We're partnering with a financial services client to hire a Manager - Distribution Governance and Excellence to own how they onboard and govern insurance distribution partners (brokers, FAs, banks). It's a hands-on control-function role for someone who values structure, clean documentation, and keeping multiple workstreams on track.

This is a 8 month contract role.

What you'll do

• Run end-to-end distributor due diligence - assess submissions, flag risks and gaps, and keep audit-ready records.
• Support contracting and agreement execution, maintaining a clear tracker of status and next steps.
• Coordinate sign-offs with Compliance, Legal, Risk, and Financial Crime.
• Plan and run governance meetings: prepare packs, take minutes, and drive actions to closure.
• Report on onboarding, contracting, and governance progress, and improve the templates and trackers behind it.

What we're looking for

• Experience in insurance distribution, partner governance, third-party risk, or a related compliance/control function.
• Strong due diligence and documentation discipline with sharp attention to detail.
• Proven stakeholder management across internal teams and external partners.
• Clear written communication - decks, minutes, action-oriented summaries.
• Highly organised, comfortable juggling deadlines and dependencies.

Contracting/Legal exposure and experience preparing materials for senior committees are a plus.

Interested Apply with your CV - all applications are treated in strict confidence.