Assistant Company Secretary

Hargreaves Lansdown; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment platform, Hargreaves Lansdown, is seeking an Assistant Company Secretary to enhance its governance and company secretarial services. The successful candidate will work closely with the Head of Secretariat and various stakeholders to ensure effective decision-making and compliance with statutory regulations while fostering a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Enhanced parental leave

Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution

Private medical insurance

Health screening programme

Variety of travel to work schemes

Inhouse barista and deli

Two paid volunteering days per year

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services and liaising with stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Companies Act and UK Corporate Governance Code.
• Excellent IT and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Secretariat in governance services.
• Liaise with Committee Chairs and stakeholders for decision making.
• Assist with the collation and production of Committee papers.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Education

Chartered Governance Institute qualification

Job description

Excited to grow your career?

Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you!

About the role

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) are now recruiting for an Assistant Company Secretary to join the team. The Assistant Company Secretary will support the Head of Secretariat in providing the full range of company secretarial and governance services to the Group.

The role will focus on:
• Governance and management of allocated committees.
• Working with Committee Chairs, members and other stakeholders to support the embedding of HL’s governance framework.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be supporting the wider team in delivering a full company secretarial and governance service to the Group, including subsidiaries. This will include:

• Close liaison with Chairs, Board / Committee members and business partners on all aspects of effective decision making
• Assisting with assessing technical and soft skills training needs for Board / Committee members and looking for ways to collaborate with the business to enhance the governance journey
• Assisting with the collation, production and distribution of Committee papers– looking for ways in which to proactively improve the service offered by the Secretariat team to provide a best-in-class service to its stakeholders
• Involvement with the production, approval and filing of the subsidiary company Annual Report and Accounts
• Ensuring appropriate controls are in place and actively managed particularly with regards to compliance with UK Market Abuse Regulations (MAR) and Personal Account Dealing
• Maintaining UK statutory company records, making filings to Companies House ensuring all information held is correct and filings are made in a timely manner
• Maintaining Company Secretariat records using electronic filing systems including Diligent Entities
• Preparing minutes of subsidiary company Board and Committee meetings to a consistently high quality as required

About you

• Experience of working within financial services and liaising with stakeholders of all levels
• Fully qualified via the Chartered Governance Institute
• Knowledge of Companies Act, UK Listing Rules and UK Corporate Governance Code and working with Companies House and the Financial Conduct Authority
• Excellent IT, written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of supporting Committees / Boards and taking minutes
• Ability to work in a team or alone and effectively collaborating throughout the business, plus the ability to self-manage competing workloads & effectively prioritise, ensuring time critical approvals are actioned within the required timescales
• Problem solving skills – with the ability to use own experience to develop pragmatic solutions and resolve complex issues
• Regularly looking to continually improve own, and wider team’s performance, actively promoting change and continuous improvement.
• A willingness to learn as well as contribute – be able to provide constructive challenge and be open to challenge – responding positively
• Proactive and positive, a positive team member who looks for how to develop team and self – actively seeking out how to add value

Interview process

This will be a two-stage interview process, including competency and behavioural based questions and an assessment.

Working Schedule

The role is based in our Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time , 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office, however for this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern.

Why us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus * and annual pay review
• 25 days * holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday **
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patient care
• Health screening programme
• Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness provider s and w ellness c oach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• T wo paid volunteering days per year

* dependant on role level

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.