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About the Role

The MUFG Corporate Governance team is seeking a Senior Consultant, also known as a Company Secretary, to deliver company secretarial services and corporate governance advice to a diverse client portfolio. This role involves acting as a key point of contact for technical queries and contributing to the business's commercial success, with opportunities to work with new technologies like AI.

Responsibilities

• Deliver company secretarial services and corporate governance advice to a diverse portfolio of clients.
• Ensure service excellence in line with agreed timescales and internal processes.
• Act as a key point of contact for technical queries.
• Proactively contribute to the commercial success of the business.
• Provide timely and expert corporate governance advice and support to a varied portfolio of clients, including complex and high profile listed companies.
• Attend and minute client board and committee meetings.
• Proactively contribute to operational and / or client related improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to or lead internal and external technical initiatives, e.g. training sessions, webinars and articles and share technical knowledge with other team members.
• Actively engage with colleagues within MUFG Corporate Markets, seeking to develop networks and establishing mutually beneficial relationships.
• Develop strong client relationships with intermediaries, third parties and key client contacts so to be seen as the first point of contact.
• Accurately draft, prepare and review relevant documentation.
• Provide accurate and timely data and advise and support junior colleagues.

Requirements

• To be CGI qualified (ACG – Associate of the Chartered Governance Institute).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
• Strong client facing and relationship management skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail, with excellent organisational and project management skills.
• Demonstrable company secretarial experience in the UK, including extensive knowledge of UK company law, the UK Listing Rules and best practice.
• Capability of operating in the Board Room, with excellent minute taking skills and extensive experience in drafting accurate and comprehensive minutes.
• Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced environment, balancing conflicting deadlines.
• Commercial awareness and a desire to work within a professional services environment, with a broad understanding of this model, preferably with experience of working within such an environment.
• Ability to integrate into a dynamic team, working in a collaborative manner and taking a client lead role, whilst supporting colleagues when necessary.
• Experience of working in other jurisdictions.
• A Degree or Masters in Law, Governance, Business or Finance.
• Experience of client relationship management, timesheet entry systems and Board portals.
• Candidates must have the relevant work rights to be considered for an opportunity at MUFG Pension & Market Services.
• Successful applicants will be required to complete background screening prior to commencement of employment.

Skills

• Company secretarial services
• Corporate governance advisory
• AI technology
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• Relationship building
• Client facing skills
• Relationship management
• Attention to detail
• Organisational skills
• Project management
• UK company law
• UK Listing Rules
• Boardroom operations
• Minute taking
• Drafting minutes
• Commercial awareness
• Professional services environment
• Team collaboration
• Client lead role
• Technical initiatives
• Training sessions
• Webinars
• Article writing
• Technical knowledge sharing
• Networking
• Documentation drafting
• Documentation preparation
• Documentation review
• Data accuracy
• Data timeliness
• Advising junior colleagues
• Supporting junior colleagues

Location

• Leeds
• London

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• CGI qualified (ACG – Associate of the Chartered Governance Institute)
• Degree or Masters in Law, Governance, Business or Finance

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 (Employee Assistance Programme; Discounts on retail and socialising; Travel and technology; cycle2work scheme; Gym and fitness subscriptions; Car Salary Sacrifice scheme).
• Appreciate programme: Employee recognition programme.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Medical insurance.
• Life Assurance.
• Paid Maternity, Paternity, Adoption Leave, Shared Parental Leave.

About the Company

• MUFG Pension & Market Services is a global, digitally enabled business that empowers a brighter future by connecting millions of people with their assets – safely, securely and responsibly.
• Through our two businesses MUFG Retirement Solutions and MUFG Corporate Markets, we partner with a diversified portfolio of global clients to provide robust, efficient and scalable services, purpose-built solutions and modern technology platforms that deliver world class outcomes and experiences.
• A member of MUFG, a global financial group, we help manage regulatory complexity, improve data management and connect people with their assets, through exceptional user experience that leverages the expertise of our people combined with scalable technology, digital connectivity and data insights.
• Our MUFG Corporate Markets division provides clients with a comprehensive corporate market offering that connects issuers to their stakeholders.
• Our uniquely integrated range of corporate markets capabilities includes shareholder management and analytics, stakeholder engagement, share and unit registry, employee share plans, and digital and print communications.
• We also offer company secretarial support, as well as various specialist offerings such as insolvency solutions.
• We operate in twelve countries throughout Australasia, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, United Kingdom and Europe.
• Our teams combine a wealth of industry experience with a rigorous focus on client management to deliver a premium service underpinned by market leading digital technology provided by our Technology division.
• MUFG Pension & Market Services is building a dynamic, client focused, caring and inclusive culture that is built on the foundations of an entrepreneurial spirit, effective risk management, empathy and trust, and underpinned by its core values.
• We are an inclusive employer whose people work collaboratively.
• We encourage, support and value the various talents and perspectives of our people and promote a flexible and blended work environment where our people can thrive and their wellbeing is supported.
• We know that diversity drives better client outcomes, continuous improvement, and growth.
• Be part of the MUFG Pension & Market Services journey and together we will achieve our full potential.

Equal Opportunity

• We treat all individuals fairly and equitably and do not discriminate on the basis of diverse characteristics including, but not limited to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, cultural background, physical abilities/disabilities, religious or political belief, marital or family status or carers responsibilities.