Company Secretary Bank of Ireland UK PLC

What is the opportunity?

This is a fantastic opportunity to take up a senior company secretary and governance professional role in a high performing financial services organisation, working with a team of diverse and experienced individuals across Ireland and the UK.

The UK Company Secretary provides full company secretary support to the Board and Committees of BOI (UK) Plc and its subsidiary companies. The BOI UK Company Secretary will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the company's statutory and regulatory obligations as they relate to the company secretary role.

The UK Company Secretary attends the UK Executive Committee (ExCo) and is classified as a Material Risk Taker under criteria 1-15.

In this role you will:

• Leading the Bank Of Ireland UK Company Secretarial function in the provision of timely and accurate information and advice to the Board and its Committees and ensuring compliance with related statutory and regulatory obligations.
• Advising and supporting the Chair and the Board on good corporate governance practices.
• Acting as a conduit between they Board and senior management (ExCo), providing expert advice to the business in terms of Board-level governance.
• Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of legal and governance developments and practices and providing advice to Senior Leadership on their responsibilities and the implications for them of any changes which arise.
• Leading, coaching, motivating and developing a professional team to establish and maintain the highest secretarial and governance standards, expertise, and service to key partners.

Essential Qualifications

Relevant professional qualification (Chartered Secretary, Legal, Accounting). Relevant professional experience is crucial.

What will make you stand out?

• Significant experience in a senior role in a company secretary's office in a regulated financial service organisation.
• Strong discernment underpinned by knowledge of corporate governance, current secretarial practices and corporate law.
• Excellent planning, organisational and analytical skills with the ability to translate complex concepts into a meaningful picture.
• Excellent communication skills (presentation and written).
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills with the ability to work credibly at executive and board level.
• The ability to meet challenging objectives and deadlines.
• Broad understanding of Retail Banking e.g. Risk, Regulatory, Communications, Strategy and Product areas is a bonus

More about the team

The Group Secretary and Corporate Governance Team provides a full range of company secretarial, compliance and advisory services to Bank of Ireland Group and all its subsidiaries. The UK Company Secretary team is a small team based in the UK that provides direct company secretarial support and governance advice to the UK Board.

Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 26 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.

Your wellbeing is important to us; we have an employee assistance program and WebDoctor, along with other fantastic supports. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

Flexible working matching promise

We know how important flexible working arrangements are to our colleagues, and we promise to try to match your current flexible working arrangement in this new role (all existing working arrangements considered!)

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Key Competencies

• One Group, one team - Leader
• Agile - Leader
• Manage Risk - Leader
• Accountable - Leader
• Customer Focused - Leader

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email.

Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.