Company Secretarial Assistant

5 months ago


London, United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority Full time

Company Secretarial Assistant - Corporate Governance

**Salary**: National ranging from £42,500 to £48,000 and London from £45,500 to £50,000
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The Central Secretariat sits at the heart of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). It is part of the FCA’s Corporate Governance Division, led by the Company Secretary.

Corporate Governance Division comprises the following functions:
- Central Secretariat-
- Consumer Panel Secretariat-
- Decision-Making Committees Secretariat (DMCS)-
- Practitioner Panels SecretariatOur stakeholders include the FCA Chief Executive and Chair, executive directors, FCA and PSR staff, Boards and committees, and the independent panels.

We support them by:
- Facilitating efficient and effective governance;-
- Managing relationships with the wider FCA and PSR-
- Undertaking analysis and providing technical advice; and-
- Ensuring that decisions and inputs are recorded and considered or acted uponWhat you will be doing

The role will suit a talented and ambitious individual who wants to develop their company secretarial and governance skills and experience.

They will be secretary to one or more of the FCA’s executive committees, and/or the FCA or PSR Board, or committees and will work closely with the Company Secretary, Secretariat Managers, the Deputy Company Secretary, Assistant Company Secretaries, Executive and Non-Executive Directors to prepare for meetings and ensure that the committees are able to make reasonable, risk-based and outcome-focused decisions. In addition, they will be involved on a rotational basis in broader governance and compliance tasks within the secretariat and division, managing changing priorities and working collaboratively with team members and stakeholders.

The key responsibilities of the post-holder will be:
- In consultation with an Assistant Company Secretary, acting as secretary of one or more of the FCA’s executive committees and/or the FCA and PSR Boards and committees, and other groups as appropriate, including oversight of the administrative management:- Compilation of agendas and circulation of papers-
- Review of papers, providing expert advice on drafting and approach preparation of minutes-
- Maintenance of forward agendas, and ensuring meetings run effectively-
- Assisting in preparing sections of the Annual Reports (including parts of the Directors’ Report and the Corporate Governance Statement) and ensuring that these are compliant with the Companies Act, Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and other legal and governance requirements-
- Reviewing and keeping up to date (as required) the governance documents of the FCA and the PSRWhat you will get from the role- Exposure to Executive Directors, FCA/PSR Board members, senior management, leadership and decision-making processes. You will quickly learn about how decisions are made that affect the full range of our stakeholders-
- Insight into the most important, high profile and topical issues for the FCA-
- Interesting and varied work covering a wide range of projects and topics that span the whole of the FCA, developing a wide range of transferrable skills-
- Autonomy to lead on the one or more committees/Boards (supported by senior associates), having the opportunity to use your judgement daily- Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:
25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays-
- Private healthcare with Bupa-
- A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age - up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)-
- Life assurance of eight times your basic salary-
- Income protectionWe support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.

The skills and experience you’ll have

Minimum
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- minimum_
- criteria for a role._- Minute taking skills/experience-
- Previous experience of providing professional support to executive committees, Boards, or senior managementEssential- Previous experience working in a role that required use of judgement to make decisions autonomously, knowing when to escalate-
- Strong communication skills, including communicating confidently and credibly, both orally and in writing-
- Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively as part of a team-
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including evidence of the ability to interact with senior stakeholders in a professional and credible way-
- Proven ability to work calmly under



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