Assistant Company Secretary - London, United Kingdom - Nationwide Building Society

Nationwide Building Society
Nationwide Building Society
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Contract Type:
Permanent

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Ref: R00AOR03437

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Closing Date:25 January 2024

We in Secretariat think that good governance is the foundation of decision making.

We are the Society's centre of excellence for corporate governance and support our Board of Directors and our senior management to provide a comprehensive secretariat service.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible.

More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working.

We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

This role requires you to travel to our offices in either Swindon or London 2 days a week


What you'll be doing:


  • To assist the Society Secretary in delivering a professional and 'best in class' service, advising on a broad range of matters to support the Board and Executive in meeting their duties, compliance obligations and objectives.
  • To provide a full company secretarial service to the Society Board, Committees and subsidiary undertakings including advising on and implementing appropriate governance standards
  • To ensure that best practice standards of corporate governance are consistently applied and maintained across the Society

About you:


  • Professionally qualified Chartered Secretary and Governance Professional (ACG or above) or equivalent qualification eg solicitor, chartered accountant or working towards such qualification within a reasonable timeframe.
  • Practical knowledge and experience of company law, corporate governance and secretarial practice gained in financial services
  • Knowledge of regulatory requirements applicable to listed companies
  • Minute taking experience at Board or ExCo level
  • Knowledge of shareholder/member relations and helping to deliver AGM's is desirable
  • Good relationship building skills and ability to influence at a senior level
  • Excellent communication skills both oral and written tailored to the audience
  • Appropriate IT skills; working knowledge of board portal software and standard business software including Outlook, Word and Excel.
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Say it straight
  • This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It's also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
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Push for better
  • This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
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Get it done
  • This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the endtoend outcome.

The extras you'll get:

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

  • A personal pension
  • if you put in 7% of your salary, we'll top up by a further 16%
  • Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
  • Life assurance worth 8x your salary
  • A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme


  • Gympass

  • Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
  • Access to an annual performance related bonus
  • Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
  • 30 days holiday, pro rata
  • Status car allowance
  • Individual healthcare cover

What makes us different:

Nationwide is the world's largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK's population. We've got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we're not a bank.


As a building society, we're owned by our members - that's our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us.

It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose - Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.

When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself.

You'll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match.

You'll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach more and more people in the UK.

We want everyone in the UK to know that they don't have to bank with a bank. They can choose a modern mutual instead.


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