Company Secretary Support
London

As a Company Secretary Support in BBUK (Barclays Bank UK), your role assisting the BBUK Company Secretary and Deputy Company Secretary with their duties in relation to the Board and Board Committees. You will liaise with the BBUK Board Support Assistant’s, Executive Committee members’ offices and the relevant Directors to plan and execute Board meetings. You will also help to ensure the effective operation of the Board and Board Committees in accordance with law and regulation, including corporate governance matters and external reporting.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

What will you be doing?
• Assisting the BBUK Company Secretary and Deputy Company Secretary in providing company secretarial and corporate governance support to BBUK
• Providing non-routine company secretarial and corporate governance assistance to BBUK’s regulated subsidiaries
• Helping other members of the BCS team, as and when required, and work closely on ad-hoc projects relating to department-wide deliverables and transformation initiatives
• Ensuring the effective operation of the BBUK Board and Board Committees in accordance with law and regulation
• Ensuring the efficient administration of BBUK Board Committee meetings, through: forward planning, agenda setting, reviewing and providing feedback on meeting papers etc
• Helping to develop best practice for BBUK Board and Board Committee meeting support, and maintaining relevant guidance and process notes
• Preparing, reviewing, and maintaining Board corporate governance documentation (such as the Board Charter of Expectations, Matters Reserved to the Board and Terms of Reference)
• Helping the BBUK Deputy Company Secretary in managing Director appointments (including regulatory applications) and conflicts of interest

What we’re looking for:
• Qualified Chartered Governance Professional, Chartered Secretary or a UK-qualified lawyer
• Demonstrated company secretarial, legal, governance and/or control and risk experience, ideally gained within a UK listed company and complexity or a reputable legal firm
• Able to prioritise competing demands, and to operate under pressure in a fast-moving environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills alongside high-level of attention to detail and accuracy

Skills that will help you in the role:
• Knowledge of corporate governance principles and practices preferable
• Knowledge of relevant legal and regulatory requirements, in particular the UK Companies Act 1985 and 2006 (and related legislation), preferable
• Excellent IT skills and proficient user of Diligent Boardbooks (or similar), Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word
• Utmost discretion when handling confidential and/or sensitive material

Where will you be working?
In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.

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