Senior Company Secretary – Financial Services

Milton Keynes / London | £Competitive

We have been instructed by a leading financial services organisation to appoint a Senior Company Secretary to join its UK Corporate Governance Office.

This is a high-profile role providing internal and corporate governance advice to the business, with responsibility for supporting governance best practice across the Group and acting as a key liaison between the Group’s international and UK governance functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide corporate and internal governance advice to the business, including on the Listing Rules, DTRs, MAR and UK Corporate Governance Code.
• Act as Secretary and adviser to one or more Board-level Committees, building effective relationships with senior management and Executive and Non-Executive Board members.
• Lead the Corporate Governance Office contribution to the annual report and financial statements programme for the ring-fenced bank and holding company.
• Deputise for the Head of Corporate and Internal Governance.
• Lead corporate governance aspects of new business initiatives, projects and legislative or regulatory developments.
• Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments and ensure policies remain up to date.
• Line manage and develop members of the Internal Governance Team.
• Oversee the consistent application of governance workflow and meeting management systems across the business.

What we’re looking for

Skills & Experience

• At least 7 years’ experience working as a Company Secretary within a listed or financial services business.
• Strong practical knowledge of corporate governance, including the Companies Act 2006, UK Corporate Governance Code, PRA/FCA governance requirements and Listing Rules.
• Experience working effectively within a busy corporate governance or secretariat function.
• Experience working in a regulated environment, ideally financial services.
• CGI Affiliate, Associate or Fellow membership, or equivalent.
• Strong written communication and attention to detail, with excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Line management experience, with the ability to mentor and develop junior team members.

Personal Attributes

• Strong stakeholder management and diplomacy skills, with confidence engaging at senior and Board level.
• Positive, collaborative and able to build effective relationships across the organisation.
• Pragmatic and able to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines.

Why this role

An opportunity to join a high-profile Corporate Governance Office in a senior position, providing strategic and technical governance advice across a major financial services organisation. The role offers broad exposure to Board-level governance, regulatory developments, senior stakeholders and significant business and governance projects.

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