Overview:

Our award winning Corporate Governance team, a part of MUFG Corporate Markets, a division of MUFG Pension & Market Services, is one of the largest company secretarial providers in the UK and well-known for its expertise in corporate governance advisory services and company secretarial administration.  

The Assistant Consultant role, provides you with an opportunity to work closely with experienced governance professionals in the delivery of a broad range of tasks, including meeting support, statutory and regulatory compliance and corporate governance best practice advice to clients, including London-listed public companies.  

Or you could be ready for the next step into the Consultant role, where you'll manage a varied portfolio of clients, including high-profile listed companies, providing end to end support, covering Board facing responsibilities, statutory and regulatory compliance, governance and best practice advice.

In our Corporate Governance team, we know you as an Assistant Consultant or a Consultant, but you may know the roles as a Company Secretarial Assistant, Company Secretarial Trainee, becoming a Company Secretary.

The professional development of our team members and ensuring they have the knowledge to deliver to our varied client base, is at the heart of what we do.  We have a supportive team culture that helps identify learning opportunities and encourages improvement.  You'll work towards the Chartered Secretary / Governance Professional qualification by receiving relevant work experience and having the opportunity to complete your professional studies, if required.

The Assistant Consultant and Consultant roles are based on a hybrid basis from either our stunning new central London office, or our fantastic city centre office in Leeds.  You'll need to be within a commutable distance of one of the offices to enable you to spend valuable face to face time with your colleagues each week

You'll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in MUFG Pension & Market Services.  You'll be joining a network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple teams and countries.  There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we'll provide the support you need to do just that.

Benefits:

26 days annual leave, plus a wellbeing day, a volunteer day, bank holidays and the opportunity to buy up to 5 days' extra each year

Health, wellbeing and lifestyle rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.  Everything from: Employee Assistance Programme; Discounts on retail and socialising; Travel and technology; cycle2work scheme; A host of gym and fitness subscriptions; Car Salary Sacrifice scheme

Appreciate programme: Employee recognition programme

Company Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Medical Insurance 

Paid Maternity, Paternity, Adoption Leave, Shared Parental Leave

What you need:

As with any role, we want to find the right person and we want to make sure you know it's the right role for you too.  This means you'll really need the following skills:

•    A demonstrable, comprehensive understanding of and commitment to the company secretarial profession and corporate governance, with an understanding of the basic principles of UK company law, regulation and best practice

•    The drive and desire to work within a dynamic, fast-paced team environment

•    Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, clients and colleagues at all levels, preferably gained in a client or customer facing environment

•    A creative approach to problem solving, with an innate ability to remain calm under pressure and in changing circumstances

•    Meticulous attention to detail, with excellent organisational and project management skills

•    A proactive and flexible approach to your workload with the ability to plan, organise and handle conflicting deadlines

•    A recognised degree or Masters, preferably in Law, Governance, Business or Finance at a 2:1 or above, or for our Consultant role, a CGI (Chartered Governance Institute) qualified or part-qualified Company Secretary, with demonstrable experience working in a Company Secretary role, ideally within a professional services environment or a desire to be part of one

•    Excellent Microsoft Office skills

It would be nice to have:

•    Commercial and business awareness, with experience within or an understanding of a professional services environment and the drive and desire to contribute to a growing business

Day to Day, your key responsibilities will be to:

•    Carry out your Assistant Consultant / Consultant duties in a professional manner, in accordance with the policies, procedures, legal and regulatory expectations, drawing on the support of the team when required

•    Develop and maintain an understanding of any relevant legal and regulatory requirements whilst undertaking all required technical training to apply to the job role

•    Ensure the quality and accuracy of the work you produce

•    Effectively build and manage work relationships with colleagues and engage with clients and intermediaries

As your career grows as a Consultant, you will:

•    Provide full support to private and listed company Boards and Committees as a Consultant, which will include attendance at meetings in a minute taking and advisory capacity

•    Ensure compliance with all Stock Exchange requirements, including listing, statutory and regulatory requirements, Stock Market announcements and compliance with Market Abuse Regulations (MAR)

•    Maintain corporate registers, Director details and records for client entities from a regulatory, statutory governance reporting requirements perspective

•    Prepare, coordinate and release regulatory announcements on behalf of client companies using a range of RIS portals

•    Draft and review the non-financial section of Annual Reports and Accounts, preparing and filing relevant statutory submissions and returns on behalf of clients

The above list of key accountabilities is not an exhaustive list and may change from time-to-time based on business needs