Deputy Company Secretary
Location: Hybrid working at our office in Wimbledon
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Competitive
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Deputy Company Secretary to join our Legal & Company Secretary team here at Domestic & General. The Deputy Company Secretary plays a key leadership role within the Group Secretariat function, ensuring effective corporate governance, statutory compliance and board support across a complex international organisation.
The role is responsible for the day-to-day management of company secretarial activities across the Group, supporting high standards of governance while enabling effective decision-making at Board and executive level. The role acts as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders on governance matters, supports corporate transactions and organisational change, and helps ensure the Group maintains a robust governance framework aligned to business objectives.
The role acts as the principal governance adviser to the General Counsel & Company Secretary, influencing governance strategy across the UK, US and European markets whilst supporting effective Board, Executive Committee and investor decision-making.
What you’ll be doing:
- Shapes and leads the Group's governance operating model across multiple markets, ensuring governance frameworks support business strategy, growth, acquisitions and regulatory requirements.
- Provide expert advice to Boards, Committees and senior stakeholders on corporate governance, entity management and governance best practice.
- Manage the governance framework across the Group, including delegated authorities, governance policies, board calendars and governance records.
- Deliver end-to-end support for Board and Committee meetings, ensuring effective administration, action tracking and decision-making processes.
- Lead governance workstreams associated with corporate transactions, acquisitions, restructures and strategic projects.
- Ensure compliance with statutory obligations across legal entities and maintain appropriate corporate records and regulatory filings.
- Oversee sustainability and governance reporting requirements, supporting the delivery of internal, investor and regulatory reporting obligations.
- Develop strong relationships with investors, regulators, external advisers and service providers, ensuring effective management of governance requirements.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of governance processes, controls and ways of working.
- Provide leadership, coaching and oversight to the Company Secretarial Assistants.
- Leads governance activity across a complex international group operating multiple regulated and non-regulated entities across the UK, Europe and US.
- Directly influences Board, Executive Committee and investor decision-making through governance advice, reporting and oversight.
- Shapes governance frameworks and operating models that underpin business growth, acquisitions, regulatory compliance and organisational effectiveness.
- Acts as the organisation's senior governance specialist, balancing diverse regulatory, shareholder and stakeholder requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
- Plays a critical role in maintaining organisational integrity, governance effectiveness and stakeholder confidence.
What you'll bring:
- Proven experience in a Company Secretariat, Corporate Governance or related governance role.
- Strong knowledge of corporate governance frameworks, board and committee governance, and statutory compliance.
- Experience supporting Boards, Committees and senior executives within a complex organisation.
- Proven ability to advise and influence senior stakeholders on governance best practice.
- Experience managing legal entities, corporate records and regulatory filings.
- Exposure to corporate transactions, including acquisitions, restructures and strategic projects.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships across executives, investors, regulators and external advisers.
- Experience operating within a regulated and/or international business environment.
- Excellent organisational, communication and attention-to-detail skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and develop junior team members.
- Professional governance qualification (CGI or equivalent) desirable.
We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include:
- Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
- 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
- Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
- Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
- Attractive company pension scheme
- Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
- Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services:
- Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
- Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand-new vehicles
- Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
- Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000
- Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes
- OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help.
- Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
- Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
- Employee discounts – with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers
Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.
Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.
At Domestic & General, we are proud of our 100-year legacy and excited about our future growth plans. We are expanding our horizons, entering new markets and territories internationally and we need your expertise to help us on the journey.
