Company Secretary

Are you looking for a fresh challenge? We have an opportunity for a company secretary to join the team that has a passion for governance.

**What you’ll be doing**:
Day to day you will provide company secretarial services and advice to the companies and directors within the ELL Group.
- Overall coordination of Board & Committee activity, to include:

- Managing the Board & Committee meeting diaries
- Ensuring the Matters Reserved for the Board & Committee Terms of Reference remain fit for purpose
- Agenda setting, liaison with report authors, meeting pack collation and distribution
- Drafting reports for the Board and/or Committees as required
- Accurate minute taking
- Drafting written resolutions/following offline approval processes, as required
- Coordinating General Meetings as required
- Facilitating good information flows within the Companies within the Group, and between the Boards & Committees
- Monitoring changes in relevant legislation and regulation (horizon-scanning) and take action accordingly
- Supporting the Chair with facilitating induction and assist with professional development of directors as required
- Facilitating evaluation of Board effectiveness (in consultation with the Chair) through either internal or external assessment
- **Maintain systems that ensure that the Companies within the ELL Group comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements by**:
Ensuring statutory records, registers, and governance documentation are accurately maintained and effectively documented (to include electronic and paper filing systems)

Submitting statutory & regulatory filings within required timeframes

Assisting the CFO with drafting commentary for the Annual Accounts as required

Ensuring that the company policies within the Group are approved by the relevant authorising body, with a clear audit trail maintained

Ensuring that the Company Secretariat risk register and associated controls remain up to date and relevant

Other activities commensurate with the role

**What You’ll Need**:
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Preferably ICSA/CGIUKI qualified or at least 5+ years in a Company Secretariat team in a comparable environment

Good understanding of the Companies Act 2006, UK Corporate Governance Code and applicable law and regulations

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- Excellent communication skills, written and oral, and the ability to communicate with people at all levels in an organisation.
- Comfortable with working and liaising with all levels of seniority and ability to engage, influence and challenge constructively across all levels, particularly at Board and ExCo level.
- Able to work under own initiative.
- Ability to prioritise, multi-task and work under pressure to tight deadlines.
- Rigorous attention to detail.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times.
- Can absorb and process large amounts of information.
- Can remain calm under pressure.
- Strong team player who is also self-motivated.

**Rewards**:
Salary is competitive alongside a head office bonus scheme and this role can be remote based or part-time with occasional travel. This is supported by an extensive range of benefits:

- Private Healthcare for you and your partner
- Life Insurance
- Excellent company pension 3% employee to 8% employer contribution
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (you can even buy and sell holiday days if needed)
- 3 Charity Days
- Cycle to Work vouchers
- Retail Discounts
- Techsave scheme

At Everyday Loans employee satisfaction is key and we are committed to being a great place to work. Everyday Loans has an active Employee Forum, dedicated Mental Health First Aiders, an Employee Assistance Programme and Social and Charity Committees.
- Department- Finance & Accountancy- Locations- Bourne End, Head Office- Remote status- Hybrid Remote**About Everyday Loans**:
Everyday Loans offers unsecured personal loans to UK customers through its network of branches across the UK. We meet customers face-to-face to help people with their financial requirements, offering unsecured loans to homeowners and tenants. We offer personal loans from £1,000 to £15,000. Everyday Loans is trading style of Everyday Lending Limited. Everyday Lending Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
- Founded in 2006- Co-workers 500+