Assistant Company Secretary - 6-month FTC

Assistant Company Secretary - 6-month FTC

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Sainsburys Bank Lochside and Home, Edinburgh, EH12 9DJ
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Sainsbury's Bank
Closing date: 23 December 2024
Requisition ID: 282838

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s Bank. “Bank by name, Sainsbury’s by nature” is the promise line we stand firmly behind, making sure we follow through on this by always offering value, making it easy and being an ally for our customers. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer that champions a diverse and inclusive culture that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.

As part of the wider Sainsbury’s Group, being one of the UK’s most trusted brands, it brings our colleagues a wealth of opportunities to fulfil their potential. Here, you can be part of something bigger and help to create a new approach that puts the customer at the heart of everything we do.

Sainsburys Bank - Assistant Company Secretary

By joining us as Assistant Company Secretary, you will ensure efficient governance, regulatory compliance, and effective Company Secretarial support to the Bank's key committees. You will work closely with the Company Secretary, providing assistance in managing board and committee meetings, maintaining records, and contributing to the Bank's corporate governance framework. With a focus on continuous improvement, you will have the chance to streamline processes and stay up-to-date with corporate governance best practices.

What you'll do

You will be supporting the Company Secretary to ensure efficient governance of Sainsbury's Bank. Your primary responsibilities will include:

1. Ensuring regulatory and statutory compliance.
2. Providing proactive and effective Company Secretarial support to the Bank's Board, Board Sub-Committees, and Executive Committees.
3. Creating, documenting, and maintaining accurate records of papers, presentations, and decisions taken at key Governance committees.
4. Arranging Board and Committee meetings and deputising for the Company Secretary when necessary.
5. Contributing to the improvement and streamlining of the Bank's Corporate Governance framework.
6. Maintaining regulatory and statutory records.
7. Liaising with stakeholders to ensure smooth organisation of key Governance committees.
8. Staying updated with Corporate Governance best practices.
9. Managing the Bank's relationship with external service providers.

Your attention to detail, ability to manage and prioritise workload, and professional approach will contribute to your success in this role.

Who you are

You are a highly experienced professional with a background in company secretarial or legal functions. Your exceptional organisational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage and prioritise your workload ensure the efficient governance of the Bank, maintaining regulatory and statutory compliance. Your proficiency in word processing, note-taking, and secretarial tasks, combined with your knowledge of various software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio, enable you to efficiently create and maintain records, arrange meetings, prepare minutes, and handle the Bank's Annual Report process.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you.

Benefits

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).