Assistant Company Secretary London, England
Job description
Legal
London, GB
Posted on March 30, 2023
The Opportunity
Shawbrook is a new type of specialist financial services company, combining the relentless focus on customer service and innovation you would expect from a fintech with the expertise and certainty of a bank. Shawbrook is driven by a purpose to solve complex problems that unlock opportunity for its rapidly growing customer base of over 300,000 UK consumers and businesses.
Our success would not have been possible without our Team. Our people differentiate us from the competition through their deep sector knowledge, they are the life force of our business.
Join Shawbrook because you:
- Want to help us deepen our industry sector knowledge, combining technology alongside the best banking brains.
- Want to build a bank for the future and be part of our digital transformation journey that will enable customers & businesses to thrive.
- Want to continue to grow professionally. We encourage you to grow and be the best version of yourself.
- Care about sustainability? We want to be better for our people, environment, and society.
- Bring passion and enjoyment to your work. You’ll work hard but you’ll have fun too.
The Role & Responsibilities
To proactively support the business by providing high quality Company Secretarial support and advice to the various business areas and functions.
- Assist the Secretariat in the provision of a comprehensive company secretarial and governance service, advising senior stakeholders, directors, committee members and functional leads on a wide range of company law, regulatory and governance issues.
- Monitor changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and help ensure that the Group remains compliant with applicable laws/regulations.
- Assist in reviewing, negotiating, and approving for execution documentation such as powers of attorney and letters of representation.
- Maintain and update project insider and authorised signatory lists as required.
- Act as Company Secretary to one or more of the Board’s Committees, taking responsibility for the production, quality control, collation and circulation of Board and Committee papers, for attending and minutes Committee meetings, allocating actions and working with executives to discharge those actions.
- Draft or procure accurate minutes of Board and executive-level Committees, noting that the minutes are regularly scrutinised by the Bank’s regulators. Provide succinct summaries as speaking notes for Committee Chairs reporting to the Board.
- Assisting in initiatives around enhancing the quality of the Board/Committee materials and educating the producers of materials in how to write and deliver quality reports.
- Assist with ad hoc M&A and other transactions and special projects from time to time.
- Ability to write concise and accurate minutes.
- Miscellaneous company secretarial tasks as required from time to time.
The Person
- Qualified Company Secretary (The Governance Institute).
- Post qualified experience preferably from the financial services sector.
- Independent, self-starter with positive attitude: “Can do” approach.
- Meticulous accuracy and high attention to detail in every aspect of work; a sense of personal responsibility and pride in one’s work.
- High level of confidentiality with the ability to develop and maintain successful relationships with individuals at all levels.
- Confidence in dealing with senior management.
Reward
Your Wellbeing - We take your health and well-being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind. These include:
- Market leading family friendly policies such as access to our Maternity, Adoption and Paternity policies from Day 1 of your employment
- Free access to Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
- Free access to Peppy digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment becoming a parent or menopause
- EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) - Offering you support on a wide range of subjects including financial concerns, mental wellbeing and more general queries around family, work, housing, and health
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounts on gym membership
- Contributory pension scheme & death in service
Your Lifestyle - It’s important you strike the right balance between your work and personal life. We provide benefits to support you when at work and when you’re enjoying your leisure time.
- Minimum of 25 days holiday per year
- Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
- Discounts on gym membership nationwide
- Access to discounts on a range of high street and online brands
- Community support and charitable giving
Your Contribution - We’re focused on rewarding those that go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.
- Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your contribution to our success
- Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme focused on recognising our role models and thanking our colleagues for a job well done
