Senior Assistant Company Secretary

Job Description

Provide a full governance and company secretarial service to the Group. This includes:

• Board and Committee management: manage the end-to-end process for a Board and several Committees, and executive-level meetings, including setting agendas, circulating high-quality papers via the board portal, attending meetings, and producing accurate, concise minutes and action points.
• Entity governance and compliance: monitor changes in the legislative and regulatory landscape, advising the Board and senior management on the impact of new requirements and best practices.
• Statutory filings and records: oversee the accurate maintenance of statutory registers and records, ensuring all filings at Companies House and other regulatory bodies are submitted promptly and accurately.
• Stakeholder management: build and maintain strong, effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including executives, non-executive directors, auditors, and regulators.
• Broader activities: deliver initiatives that will impact the wider Group e.g. corporate transactions.
• Process enhancement: establish, embed and continuously improve company secretarial and cross team processes.

Qualifications

• Qualified chartered secretary (ACG or FCG) or lawyer with 7+ years' experience, including significant time at a senior level within a bank or other financial services organisation
• Solid understanding of financial services regulations
• Excellent understanding of the Companies Act
• Experience of senior level stakeholder engagement and management, specifically non-executive directors
• Ability to navigate difficult issues and multiple stakeholders, advising the business on key risks, and developing solutions
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Detail-oriented, and able to produce high-quality work
• Excellent communication, influencing and analytical skills
• Experience providing governance services for a subsidiary entity within a multinational group