Company Secretarial Assistant

Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, aiming to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone and create value for our shareholders.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

We’re recruiting for a Company Secretarial Assistant to join us. This role is responsible for supporting the team in providing a full governance and company secretarial service to Legal & General Group Plc and its subsidiary companies and committees. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to progress their company secretarial career and gain experience at a FTSE 100 company, offering a wide range of exposure across the Group, including a portfolio of Boards/Committees and exposure to senior stakeholders.

What you'll be doing:

• Providing company secretarial assistance to the chartered company secretaries within the function ensuring that all entities remain fully compliant with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and where relevant, compliance with all aspects of the UK Corporate Governance Code, regulatory requirements and the FCA’s Listing, Disclosure and Transparency Rules
• Assisting with the arrangements and logistics of a portfolio of Group and subsidiary Board and Committee meetings including, but not limited to: -
  • Supporting the Secretaries of a number of senior Board and Committee meetings Board/Committee meeting administration and logistics including site visits
  • Drafting, and timely distribution, of agendas, action logs, board paper reminders and Board and Committee packs
  • Managing the updating of the corporate forward planner for the Board and Committees and ensuring all activities are initiated and completed in a timely manner 
• Assisting with governance projects to continually improve the governance standards across the Group e.g. constitutional document updates, legal entity rationalisation projects, reviews of subsidiary governance frameworks and regular verification of Diligent Entities and statutory records
• Helping on all Board/entity related matters. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Assisting with the appointment, induction process and on-going training for directors
  • Assisting with the production of the Annual Report and preparation for the Annual General Meeting
  • Assisting with co-ordinating the year end process for subsidiary entities which includes the preparation and approval of year end accounts, conflicts of interest reviews and verification of Annual Report content
  • Arranging for approval of contracts, drafting associated resolutions and maintaining records for subsidiary Boards

Who we're looking for:

• Experience of the core fundamentals of a Company Secretarial role, including minute writing
• Knowledge of the Companies Act 2006 and UK Corporate Governance Code
• Requirement to complete the Chartered Governance Institute’s qualifying scheme or studying towards qualification
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail
• A high degree of personal and professional integrity 

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes  
• Generous pension contribution  
• Life assurance   
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only) 
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday 
• Competitive family leave 
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice 
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online   
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.