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About the Role

This role is crucial for ensuring Barclays Group's adherence to statutory and regulatory corporate governance requirements and industry standards. It facilitates communication between the board of directors and key stakeholders for regulated and/or significant Barclays Group legal entities. This is an excellent role for an experienced company secretarial or governance professional looking to develop their career in a complex, regulated and transforming business. As a Barclaycard Payments Assistant Company Secretary VP, you would work closely with directors, senior executives and advisers, play an important part in shaping proportionate and effective governance arrangements, and have the support, training and resources of a market-leading organisation behind you to help you maximise your potential.

Responsibilities

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.
Provide support, advice, and guidance on company law, appropriate regulations, internal policies, and best practices in corporate governance to the Barclays Group and Directors on their fiduciary duties and other legal or regulatory obligations.
Create and review corporate governance documents, including charters, terms of reference, matters reserved for the board, policies, and procedures in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Maintain compliance with corporate governance requirements, best practices, and industry standards across the Barclays Group governance practices.
Assist on project work, such as corporate reorganisations, liquidations, mergers, formations, and the signing of subsidiary financial accounts.
Maintain the company’s statutory registers, other registers (e.g., conflict of interest registers), and data fields required for adherence to Barclays Group policies and standards.
Support stakeholders with their ongoing compliance with the Group Policy on Legal Entities and Directors.
Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change.
Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management, on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
Collaborate with other areas of work for business-aligned support to stay updated on business activity and strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
Define problems and develop innovative solutions through in-depth analysis with interpretative thinking.
Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes.
Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

Requirements

Substantial company secretarial or corporate governance experience, gained in a complex corporate group, regulated business, or professional services environment.
Strong working knowledge of UK company law and corporate governance requirements, including the Companies Act 2006 and the operation of subsidiary boards and committees.
Practical experience of planning and supporting board and senior executive meetings, including agenda development, board paper management, minute-taking, action tracking, and post-meeting governance.
Experience maintaining statutory registers and entity records and coordinating formal statutory and regulatory filings.
Strong written drafting skills, with the ability to produce accurate minutes, resolutions, governance documents, and concise advice for senior stakeholders.
Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage recurring governance cycles and competing deadlines with limited supervision.
Confidence and credibility in dealing with Chairs, non-executive directors, senior executives, regulators, advisers, and other senior stakeholders.
High standards of judgement, discretion, accuracy, and attention to detail.
Experience in financial services, payments, electronic money, fintech, or another regulated sector.
Experience supporting an FCA-regulated entity and/or an Irish regulated financial services entity.
Experience coordinating governance across UK, Irish, and Jersey companies and working with local counsel or corporate services providers.
Experience supporting corporate transformation, carve-out, legal entity reorganisation, or the establishment of standalone governance arrangements.
Experience with entity management systems, board portals, and governance workflow or records-management tools.
Demonstrate leadership behaviours: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
Be a subject matter expert within own discipline and guide technical direction.
Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments.
Identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
Train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists.
Provide information affecting long-term profits, organisational risks, and strategic decisions.
Demonstrate the Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship.
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.

Skills

Company secretarial
Corporate governance
UK company law
Board and committee evaluations
Agenda preparation
Board paper management
Minute-taking
Company law
Corporate governance best practices
Fiduciary duties
Statutory registers
Conflict of interest registers
Risk management
Control strengthening
Analytical thought
Interpretative thinking
Problem-solving
Research
Relationship building
Partnership building
Influencing
Negotiating
Chartered Governance Professional qualification
Payments
Electronic money
Fintech
FCA-regulated entity support
Irish regulated financial services entity support
Entity management systems
Board portals
Governance workflow tools
Records-management tools
Risk and controls
Change and transformation
Business acumen
Strategic thinking
Digital and technology

Location

London
Northampton

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Vice President

Education Level

Chartered Governance Professional qualification or progress towards an equivalent company secretarial or governance qualification

About the Company

The Barclaycard Payments Company Secretariat supports the boards, executive forums, and legal entities at the heart of the governance and transformation of Barclaycard Payments acceptance business.
The team helps ensure that directors and senior executives receive the information, advice, and governance support they need to make effective decisions, while overseeing statutory, regulatory, and corporate governance requirements across the relevant UK, Irish, and Jersey entities.