Assistant Company Secretary

Full Time
London, UK
1 month ago

🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking. 

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️

Hear from our team about what it's like working at Monzo ✨

 

📍London | 💰£60,000 - £75,000 base salary (based on experience)➕ stock options  Benefits | Hear from the team ✨ 

Who We’re Looking For

As our team continues to grow and with exciting developments in Monzo’s governance on the horizon, we are looking for a talented, hands-on, and enthusiastic Assistant Company Secretary. Ideally, you are a recently qualified Assistant Company Secretary with a solid understanding of corporate secretarial practice and a strong desire to develop your career in a fast-paced, tech-driven bank.

You will join a small but exceptional company secretarial team, operating in a dynamic environment and supporting a growing business with ambitious plans for expansion both in the UK and overseas. Reporting to and supporting a Senior Company Secretary, you will have direct exposure to the Group Board and Executive Management. This role offers ample opportunities to enhance your company secretarial skill set while contributing to an innovative and forward-thinking organisation.

What You’ll Do

This role is broad, requiring flexibility and a willingness to embrace ambiguity. You will have the opportunity to own and deliver key projects, pushing forward innovative governance enhancement initiatives. You'll be encouraged to get involved with exciting projects and to work collaboratively across many teams both in the UK and overseas.

In addition to offering general support to a Senior Company Secretary, you will be responsible for:

  • drafting agendas; 
  • minuting meetings;
  • preparing and distributing board packs; 
  • producing Companies House filings; 
  • managing the Statutory Registers; 
  • issuing share certificates; 
  • maintaining trackers; and, 
  • supporting the business on KYC requests.

The Knowledge, Experience and Skills You Need

  • You are a recently qualified company secretary (ACIS or equivalent) with a solid understanding of company secretarial practice. 
  • You really want to develop your company secretarial career in financial services.
  • You care about Monzo’s mission of making money work for everyone.
  • You have the ability to quickly pivot and adjust to new situations, keeping pace with a constantly evolving business environment.
  • You have very good communication skills, with the ability to write clearly and concisely.
  • You are detail-focused with a track record of producing high-quality work.

The Interview Process:

Our interview process involves 4 main stages: 

  • Recruiter call (potentially followed by an initial call with a member of the Legal team)
  • First stage role specific interview
  • Second stage interview
  • Coffee chat 

Our average process takes around 2-4 weeks but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process but if you do have any specific questions ahead of this please contact us on business-hiring@monzo.com.

Your compensation package:

💰 £60,000 - £75,000 base salary (based on experience)➕ stock options

📍This role is based in our London office, 2 days per week

⏰ We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team

📚Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences

➕And much more, see our full list of benefits here 

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Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2023 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2023 Gender Pay Gap Report.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply. We don't need full or birth names at application stage 😊