Senior Assistant Company Secretary (12 Month FTC)

London/Cardiff/UK Remote We're open to applicants across different levels of experience Benefits Hear from the team

Monzo is a digital, mobile-only bank, which has its head office in London. Originally operating through a mobile app and pre-paid debit card, Monzo gained a full banking licence in the UK in 2017, enabling it to offer current accounts. Monzo's mission is to Make Money work for Everyone whose growth has accelerated rapidly with significant revenue and customer growth across UK consumers and SMEs making it the seventh largest bank in the UK by customer numbers. Customers are trusting increasing amounts of their money to Monzo and the company is committed to maintaining high levels of transparency, prudence and governance, while continuing to innovate its products and services for the benefit of customers. With a focus on solving customer needs, Monzo is committed to providing financial solutions for customers that are relevant, competitive, user-friendly and transparent, both directly and through a series of carefully selected partners. Monzo is currently looking to accelerate its international expansion plans in the EU and the US.

Our Board Governance team

We're looking for an experienced Senior Assistant Company Secretary to cover a period of caregiver leave. This role will report directly to the MBL Company Secretary within Monzo Group's Company secretarial and governance team. You will act as Secretary to the Board and the Group Remuneration Committee and will have the opportunity to work on a range of corporate secretarial matters in a fast-paced innovative fintech group.

You'll play a key role by

• Leading the end-to-end process for the Group and UK Bank Boards and Group Remuneration Committee, including internal and chair agenda preparation, paper requests, preparing chair reports, attendance at meetings, minute-taking, managing conflicts of interest, maintaining the conflict of interest register, communicating action items, and maintaining the action tracker and decision log.
• Assisting with the US Board, including agenda preparation, paper requests, virtual attendance at meetings and minute-taking.
• Assisting the Company Secretary in the continuous review and development of Monzo's corporate governance framework, policies, and procedures to ensure they align with best practice.
• Providing expert advice and guidance on corporate governance matters to directors, senior management, and colleagues across the business.
• Leading on or provide company secretarial support for a range of ad-hoc projects, which may include corporate transactions, restructurings, or the implementation of new legislation and regulations.

We'd love to hear from you if

• You have acted as Secretary to a Board, ideally of a bank, and have experience drafting minutes, preparing agenda and working with Chairs.
• You have the ability to quickly pivot and adjust to new situations, keeping pace with a constantly evolving business environment.
• You are an ICSA-qualified company secretary or equivalent with post-qualification experience in a governance or company secretary role, with financial services experience ideally, but not essential.
• You excel in communication, with a proven ability to write clearly and concisely, and simplify complex information for varied audiences.
• You have strong knowledge of corporate governance principles and applicable financial regulations.
• You are detail-focused with a track record of producing high-quality work.
• You are comfortable operating at all levels of the organisation, including the Board and Executive Committee.

What's in it for you

We're open to candidates across different levels of experience

This role can be based in our London office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London)

We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team.

£1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences.

We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup.

Plus lots more! Read our full list of benefits .

The application journey has 3 key steps

• Initial Call
• Role Specific Interview
• Behavioural Interview

This process should take around 2-3 weeks - your schedule is really important to us, so we promise to be as flexible as possible!

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