Reporting to our Head of Compliance, you'll own our company secretarial function end to end, creating structure, clarity, and confidence at Board level.
You’ll be a trusted point of contact for the Board, our iNEDs, and senior stakeholders across the business and operating at the heart of decision-making and helping shape how we scale.
You will have taken full ownership of the board and committee cycle. Papers go out on time, minutes are turned around promptly, and actions are tracked and closed without anyone having to chase you.
You will be the go to person for the share options scheme, built strong relationships with our external advisers, and created systems that scale as Griffin grows.
Beyond that, senior leadership are spending less time on governance administration because you have made the process seamless. The Board and iNEDs know who you are and trust you to keep things moving. You are a go-to person for governance questions across the business.

Relevant experience in a company secretarial, assistant company secretary, or governance support role within a bank or regulated financial services environment.
A big passion for all things governance and are fully qualified company secretary or working towards full qualification or another appropriate legal / accounting qualification
Hands-on experience supporting board or committee operations (scheduling, papers, minutes, action tracking) and working familiarity with SM&CR and its requirements for a regulated firm
Highly organised and detail-oriented, with the confidence to communicate with senior stakeholders, board members, and regulators.
Experience with share option scheme administration (Ledgy or similar)
Proactive and comfortable taking ownership in a fast-moving environment
A love of writing
we have a major amount of written documentation that you will be contributing to, and we place a high degree of importance on clarity and readability

Remote-first flexibility: Work from anywhere in the UK
Work from abroad: Up to 20 days a year
Time off: 25 days’ holiday, bank holidays and a winter break (we shut down between Christmas and New Year)
Share options: Own a part of what we’re building together
Pension: Auto-enrolment into our Penfold scheme
Insurance: Private medical with Bupa (including family cover) and life insurance with AIG
Wellbeing: 1:1 coaching and therapy session available through Oliva
Family leave: Enhanced parental leave with up to 6 months on full pay after two years’ service
AI tools: Everyone has a Claude subscription on us and access to other premium tools
Your setup: We’ll support you in creating a comfortable and effective WFH environment

Company Secretary

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