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4 weeks ago


Dublin, Ireland Barclays Full time

Join us at Barclays as an Assistant Company Secretary.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the European Corporate Secretariat providing professional corporate governance and support services to the BE Board and its Committees and ensure that Barclays Europe, its European branches and subsidiaries are managed effectively and in accordance with Barclays Group Standards and Policies.

The Candidate will support the Deputy Company Secretary and collaborate with other team members across areas of shared responsibility, sharing best practice, with a view to providing seamless support to Barclays’ non-executive Directors and key internal and external stakeholders.

To be successful as an Assistant Company Secretary, you should have the following:

- A qualification as a Company Secretary from the Chartered Governance Institute, or a legal or accountancy qualification with a desire to qualify as a Company Secretary.
- Experience working in a regulated bank, European bank, authorised Insurance undertaking or large Legal/Audit/Professional Services firm.
- PLC experience is advantageous but not essential.
- Versatile and adaptable, able to manage competing priorities and responsibilities.
- Senior stakeholder management skills, including dealing with ExCo or board members.
- Confident and influential communicator, able to engage with high-profile clients.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Purpose of the role

To play a crucial role in ensuring the Barclays Group’s adherence to statutory and regulatory corporate governance requirements and industry standards, facilitating communication between the board of directors and other key stakeholders for regulated and/or significant Barclays Group legal entities.

Accountabilities

- Act as Company Secretary to regulated or significant legal entities, including liaison with the Chairman and senior executives, assisting with board succession and board and committee evaluations, agenda preparation, board paper management, attending and minuting board meetings where required.
- Provision of support, advice and guidance to the Barclays Group on company law and appropriate regulations, its own policies and best practice in corporate governance and to the Directors on their fiduciary duties and other legal or regulatory obligations.
- Creation and review of corporate governance documents, including charters, terms of reference, matters reserved for the board, policies, and procedures in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Maintenance of compliance with corporate governance requirements, best practices and industry standards across the Barclays Group governance practices.
- Assistance on project work, for instance corporate re-organisations, liquidations, mergers and formations and the signing of subsidiary financial accounts.
- Maintenance of the company’s statutory registers, other registers such as conflict of interest registers, and data fields required for adherence to Barclays Group policies and standards.
- Stakeholders support with their ongoing compliance with the Group Policy on Legal Entities and Directors.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

- To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
- OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
- Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
- Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
- Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
- Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practices (in other areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively.
- Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
- Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

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