Corporate Secretary

About the role

Who we are:

Triodos Bank is an award-winning organisation and one of Europe’s leading sustainable banks, whose mission is to make money work for positive social, environmental, and cultural change. We offer a wide range of banking services for people who want to use their money consciously – from current accounts through to investments and savings. We only finance companies, organisations and projects that benefit people and the environment.

Our mission is -

• To help create a society that promotes people’s quality of life and that has human dignity at its core.
• To enable individuals, institutions, and businesses to use money more consciously in ways that benefit people and the environment and promote sustainable development.
• To offer our customers sustainable financial products and high-quality service

We’re a certified B Corporation, meaning that we are part of a community of businesses driving the shift to a new kind of economy, that is better for workers, better for communities and better for the environment.

The Opportunity:

We are excited to be recruiting for a Corporate Secretary to join us at Bristol head office on a permanent fulltime basis.

The Corporate Secretary is responsible for the provision of Corporate secretarial services to Triodos Bank UK (TBUK).

In this role you will provide logistical and professional support to the UK Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the effective operation of the Board and the Executive Committee, including advising on and implementation best practice governance principles and the effective engagement between the UK subsidiary and the corporate group.

The Corporate Secretary manages the internal policy framework and process across the UK business and ensures a robust approach to delegations.

You will also have responsibility for project management and coordination of the Annual and Interim reports for TBUK, compliance of the narrative sections and drafting the Corporate secretarial inputs.

This opportunity offers hybrid working, typically this will require you to work 2-3 days in our Bristol office per week, with a choice of working from home on the other days (following an initial training and induction period).

This role is designated as a Certification Regime role within the Senior Managers and Certification Regime under the category “Significant Management” because the role has a high level of responsibility and autonomy of action within the authority delegated to it.

What we are looking for:

To be successful in this role you will be highly experienced in all aspects of Corporate secretarial work, preferably with experience of working in a highly regulated sector with knowledge of Financial Services regulatory requirements being a distinct advantage.

A thorough knowledge of Corporate secretarial practice, corporate and financial services law/legal obligations and the regulatory focus on Corporate Governance and Effective Boards is required.

Practical experience of managing projects and delivering change to the business and the ability to manage relationships at all levels of the business to influence the achievement of good board outcomes is needed for this opportunity.

Being qualified as a Chartered Secretary or Governance Professional , Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), lawyer or relevant professional qualification is desirable for this role.

Triodos Bank is proud of its culture, ethos, and ability to make a positive change in society. It is therefore important that candidates evidence a strong commitment to Triodos Bank’s core values of sustainability and transparency, as well as the personal qualities to live these values.

What we offer

In return for your hard work and expertise, you will receive a competitive full time equivalent salary of £70,000 - £80,000 depending on experience, plus access to our extensive benefits package, where most of our benefits are non-contributory.

Our benefits include:

• Non-contributory pension scheme from your first day of 8% in year 1 and 10% from year 2 onwards
• Life Assurance (worth 4 times basic pay)
• Income Protection - 75% of basic pay after 13 weeks sick and following six months service
• Private Medical Insurance with optional enhanced or HCP family coverage
• A Health Cash Plan
• Vitality Leave – After each 5 years of service, you will be able to take a sabbatical of up to 3 months. This benefit is then available after every 7 years of service thereafter.
• 27 days (Full Time Equivalent) annual leave plus bank holidays per annum increasing to 30 days after 2 years’ service
• A buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 5 days (Full Time Equivalent) up to maximum of 35 days total annual leave
• 5 days fully paid carers leave
• A wellbeing allowance of £200 a year
• 1 Wellbeing Day
• Free yoga classes
• Co-worker retail discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Colleague recognition voucher scheme

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and would therefore welcome applications for candidates from underrepresented and neurodiverse backgrounds. We value that receiving applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds is key in supporting our inclusive organisation to grow. We don’t want to miss out on candidates who feel they don’t exactly match the job description requirements, so if this is a role that sounds interesting to you, and you feel you could add value to the role please do apply. You could be exactly what we need!

Triodos reserve the right to close the vacancy once sufficient applications are received, so please do apply asap if this opportunity is of interest to you.

Closing Date: 03/02/2025

Location

Bristol

Date added

20 January 2025