Assistant Secretary| S3 | Legal and Corporate Governance | Milton Keynes

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

This role is offered on a hybrid basis which can be discussed with the recruitment team during the hiring process.

Join our community.

At Santander we’re driven by our purpose - to help people and businesses prosper. We help our customers at the moments that matter most and champion businesses to help them to grow sustainably. That’s why we’re building a community to be a digital bank with a human touch and deliver an outstanding customer experience living our values of Simple, Personal and Fair.

In this high-profile role as Assistant Secretary, you’ll be a part of the UK Corporate Governance Office and will provide high quality governance support to subsidiary boards and management committees.

You’ll be implementing senior management directives in regulatory and statutory compliance and ensuring governance best practice throughout the Santander UK group. You’ll play a critical role in maintaining high standards, systems and procedures which will be constantly reviewed and improved upon.

The difference you’ll make.

• Running of a major subsidiary board (including board committees) or management committee, including all preparation, taking minutes of meetings, and distributing actions.
• Taking responsibility for your own portfolio of subsidiary legal entities.
• Contributing to the annual report and financial statements programme.
• Providing specialist advice on statutory compliance and governance best practice, internal governance requirements and new business and legislative developments/projects.
• Leading Santander UK’s legal entity optimisation programme on behalf of the Corporate Governance Office.
• Being responsible for ad hoc governance-related project work.

What you’ll bring.

• To be an Associate or Fellow of the CGI.
• Strong technical Company Act and corporate transaction knowledge and experience.

It would also be nice for you to have.

• Experience of working in a regulated environment, ideally financial services.
• Practical knowledge of risk management principles and experience maintaining corporate secretarial related risk control self-assessments and business continuity plans.
• Experience supporting pensions related governance bodies.
• Ability to mentor and develop more junior team members.

What else you need to know.

• The role is based in Milton Keynes; however, we have a flexible approach to working and you’ll have flexibility to work from home or other Santander Head Office locations including London.

Everyday Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

In addition to your salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• £6,000 car allowance per year
• Company funded individual private medical insurance.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
• Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans.

What to do next

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at resourcing@santander.co.uk or call 0870 414 9080.