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Form of work
SalaryCirca £50,000? per annum
Full time/37 hrs a week/permanent?
Location: ?Huntingdon & Home Working?
Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role offers you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your based location would be Lancaster House in Huntingdon ?
Refreshingly different careers?
We have an exciting new opportunity for an Assistant Company Secretary to join our team!
You would be required to support the Deputy Company Secretary in providing a first-class company secretarial function to the business. Attending and minuting Executive Team meetings and non-regulatory Group companies' board meetings and deputising for the Deputy Company Secretary in their absence. ?
As a valued employee you'll be entitled to:
-Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
-Personal private health care
-Annual bonus scheme
-26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
-Life Cover at 8x your salary
-Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary
-Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
-Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme
-Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks
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What you'll be doing:
As our new Assistant Company Secretary, you'll provide excellent company secretarial support to the executive committees of both the water company and of the group's commercial business by attending and minuting meetings and carrying out the necessary follow-up actions. In addition, you will assume a wide range of other responsibilities such as drafting Board papers and transactional minutes, responding to investor, auditor and Know Your Customer ("KYC") queries, and assisting with the preparation of the annual report and accounts.
You'll be responsible for ensuring Diligent Entities is kept up to date in respect of all companies across the Group, for making all filings with Companies House as well as liaising with Jersey company administrators.?
What does it take to be successful?
The successful candidate will be CGI qualified / part qualified, and have an excellent working knowledge of the Companies Act 2006 and the UK Corporate Governance Code. Candidates with recent experience of working in a listed company environment are preferred. You'll also:
- Have a proven track record of attending and minuting meetings
- Ideally be proficient in using Diligent Entities however, experience of other Company Secretarial software will also be considered
- Have strong organisational skills with the ability to work under pressure and to tight timelines
- Have excellent interpersonal skills
- Hold a superb eye for detail and accuracy
- Have excellent written and oral communication skills
- Have sound administrative skills
- Have the ability to respond effectively in a wide variety of situations, and be able to work effectively with diverse groups of people at all levels within an organisation?
Inclusion at Anglian Water:
Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community's Race at Work charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer and we play a leading part in the Women's Utility Network. ?
Closing date: ?24/03/2024?
