Birmingham - PLC Assistant Secretary

Leading financial services plc seeks to recruit an Assistant Secretary to join its stable and supportive team. A full job description is available on request. This team does not have a high turnover, so stability and a good team fit will be important to them. This role would suit a candidate who is ideally already CGI qualified, with a minimum of 2-3 years previous financial services experience.

The role will be offered on a hybrid basis, requiring the candidate to work 3 days in the Birmingham offices and the other two days could be from home. There would be occasional trips to London (c.3 times a year) for certain Board Meetings.

This is a visible role, and will require someone with a high degree of tact and discretion due to the level of work involved. You will support on a range of governance issues, largely Board, NED and meeting support, plus Annual Report and Accounts work, acting as named company secretary for a number of subsidiaries, and building strong relationships and engagement with stakeholders nationally and internationally as well as other duties.

Experience and skillset required;

• Qualified company secretary or lawyer with minimum 2-3 years’ experience in a fast paced, large and complex organisation.
• Financial services / UK regulatory experience is desirable but not essential.
• Strong knowledge of corporate governance principles, including driving high quality governance standards.
• Experience of ensuring applicable governance standards are met.
• Strong inter-personal, organisational, process management and verbal/ written skills.
• Proven ability to work well with all levels of management, handle confidential and sensitive information, work independently, under pressure and handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to think laterally to solve problems and drive continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to work well in a challenging and frequently changing environment.
• Ability to see and understand the bigger picture as well as have a keen eye for detail.