Assistant Company Secretary

Job Title: Assistant Company Secretary
Business Unit: Group Commercial, Joint Ventures
Salary: Starting from £27,000 - £34,000
Location: Remote working / Hybrid - requirement to travel to London on occasion.
Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months

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As the VMUTM Assistant Company Secretary you will support the Company Secretary in providing full company secretarial and corporate governance support to the VMUTM Board and Board Committees. You will also help support the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), in conjunction with other members of his team, in maintaining high standards of corporate governance across the executive management governance framework.

Virgin Money Unit Trust Managers Limited (VMUTM) is a joint venture between Virgin Money Holdings (UK) PLC (Virgin Money) and Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (ASI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Life Aberdeen plc. VMUTM provides investments and pensions propositions combining Virgin Money's brand, scale and retail distribution expertise with ASI's market-leading investment solutions and asset management technology.

Here's some tasks you'll be doing;

• Support the Company Secretary with coordination and administration of the VMUTM Board, Board Committee and Executive-level committee meetings (and as necessary ad-hoc working sessions as agreed with the Board Chair and CEO)
• Advise on and provide input to the drafting of Board and Board Committee papers and Board and shareholder resolutions (including the circulation and execution thereof) pertaining to corporate governance matters
• Provide quality assurance on all Board and Board Committee material including on Board and Board Committee MI, maintaining templates and guidance notes as necessary, arranging and conducting training and providing feedback to ensure continuous improvement
• Provide input to key governance and reporting documents including the Annual Report and Accounts and relevant regulatory reporting
• Support the Company Secretary on corporate governance projects including providing advice and coordinating the set-up and maintenance of any confidentiality arrangements
• Respond to enquiries, including from the company's auditor and shareholders, in relation to Board, Board Committee and shareholder approved matters
• Keep up to date on developments in company law, corporate governance best practice and relevant regulation and make recommendations to the Company Secretary on the action necessary in relation to the company's corporate governance framework

To be successful you'll need to bring;

• You must be a Chartered Secretary (or have substantially completed a Chartered Secretary qualification) or hold a relevant legal qualification.
• Good technical knowledge of company secretarial practice in a private limited company ideally gained within asset management or wider financial services.
• A strong team player but also confident working under own initiative and managing own workload.
• Can demonstrate a flexible and adaptive approach to work and the skills and abilities to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Can deal confidently with demanding situations and time critical tasks, deputising for the Company Secretary from time to time
• Highly organised, able to juggle numerous priorities and keep to deadlines
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrates an investigative and intuitive mindset to problem solve and find solutions

We'd love you to have;

• Good understanding and practical application of company secretarial practices and corporate governance best practice
• Good knowledge of the Companies Act and the legal responsibilities of directors and private limited companies in the UK and of corporate governance best practice
• Knowledge of asset management regulation and broader financial services regulation

We really need you to have the skills and experience listed in the 'To be successful you'll need to bring' section above, but the rest is just our wish list, so please don't let that put you off applying, we'd love to hear from you!

RED HOT Rewards

• 38.5 days annual leave for all colleagues (including bank holidays and pro rata if part-time)

• Five extra paid well-being days per year

• 20 weeks paid, gender neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt

• Option to receive up to a 13% pension contribution

• Six months sick leave and six months half pay

• A digital-first colleague experience

• Ability to work anywhere in the UK

And the great news is, all these benefits are available to colleagues from day one!

Inclusion at Virgin Money

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do here at Virgin Money. It's good for you, it's good for us and it's amazing for our customers. We know that great minds don't think alike, so we rely on your diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs and backgrounds to be the best we can possibly be. Got any questions about this or need some support with your application? We'd love to hear from you so get in touch with our careers team at .

Point to note…

At the minute, depending on which team you are joining, lots of us are working from home. This is something that may change over time, and if so, we will come together in one of our hub locations, giving you the chance to meet your new colleagues in person. We will of course, make sure you have the IT equipment to access our systems and to interact digitally with your new team and colleagues, but we thought it best to let you know this in advance, so you can make sure you are set up to work safely and productively. If you have any questions on this let us know!

Now the legal bit…

If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing 3 years' worth of satisfactory references.