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Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.

We have a fabulous new opportunity for a Company Secretarial Assistant to join our Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Ethics & Compliance, and Secretariat Function (LRECS). LRECS focusses on providing a diverse and inclusive environment with a strong emphasis on wellbeing and delivering opportunities for growth and personal development.

In this role you will provide company secretarial support to the Secretariat function which has primary responsibility within Centrica for corporate governance, share scheme compliance and UK statutory compliance. 

Location: We work flexibly in line with our Flexible First working arrangements believing that empowered colleagues are happier and more productive. The successful candidate will, however, need to be comfortable commuting to our Windsor office on a weekly basis and to our other locations as may be needed.

What will you do?

The primary area of accountability is in relation to UK statutory company administration.  However, other accountabilities include providing support to the Centrica plc Board and Committees from time to time and liaising with the Company’s share registrars to ensure that Centrica’s share register is managed efficiently and effectively. You will also be involved with the following:

• Maintaining the Diligent database and undertaking Companies House filings. 
• Preparation of documents to ensure continued compliance with applicable legislation
• and regulation.
• Drafting, circulating and filing of minutes for subsidiary companies (e.g., appointment/resignation of directors).
• Preparation and release of Stock Exchange Announcements.
• Providing support in relation to the preparation of the Centrica plc Annual Report.
• Assisting with the arrangements for the Centrica plc Annual General Meeting.
• Providing support for the subsidiary statutory accounts process.
• Preparing corporate information in support of project tenders.
• Recording all communications received from shareholders, liaising with Centrica’s share Registrars and drafting responses as appropriate.

Who are we looking for?

• ICSA qualified/nearly qualified – you must be able to commit to finishing or completing an ICSA Qualification if not yet complete.
• Demonstrable company secretarial experience gained within the Secretariat of a UK listed company.
• Confidentiality, conscientiousness and integrity.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Highly organised with the ability to multitask.

We are proud to be recognised as a disability-confident employer. Our customers come from a variety of different backgrounds, and so do we. We hire great people from all walks of life, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. We will continue championing inclusivity while investing in our local communities to create a better, more sustainable world for everyone. We are incredibly proud to have been recognised by The Times for being one of the Top 50 Employers for Women.

Our people are the beating heart of our business. We are incredibly proud of our commitment to being FlexFirst. From childcare to furry friends, we listened to our people and understood that they work best when they are comfortable and have a flexible working model that suits their individual needs. We embrace the opportunity to give our colleagues a choice to work from anywhere whilst still ensuring they can connect and engage with their teams through office days, employee networks and virtual events.

We have tailored our well-being & benefits package around our employees as follows;

• Competitive salary and bonus potential
• Employee Energy Allowance at 15% of the government price cap
• Pension scheme
• Company Funded Healthcare Plan
• 25 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 additional days
• Excellent range of flexible benefits, including technology vouchers, electric car lease scheme & travel insurance

We are committed to creating a cleaner and greener future. And we’re making big changes to help us get there. That means cutting customers' emissions and our own to reach net zero. And because our people are the beating heart of our business, we will continue to champion inclusivity, develop future skills and invest in our local communities to create a better world for everyone. As part of our reforestation project with WeForest, for every new employee that joins our family, we plant trees in underprivileged areas in Tanzania to offer farming and wildlife economy opportunities for locals.

At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.