Governance Assistant

Location: Edinburgh, Bristol, Chester, Leeds or Cardiff, United Kingdom. Hybrid working requires at least two days per week, or 40% of working time, at an office site.

Salary: £36,224–£38,130 per year. The job description also lists a salary of £35,340.

Company

hirify.global is a major UK banking group serving 26 million customers and investing in people, data and technology to transform financial services.

What you will do

• Support the Head of Governance and Shareholder Services and the wider Corporate Governance function.
• Administer Workday procedures and support resourcing, supplier administration, recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, and employee and contractor records.
• Coordinate Board, Committee, governance forum, and team meetings, including agendas, meeting packs, minutes, logistics, and follow-up actions.
• Manage governance, operational, and shareholder communications, including mailbox triage, drafting messages, routing, and issue resolution.
• Maintain Powers of Attorney and SharePoint records, support shareholding disclosure activity, and assist with governance documentation.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding, approvals, purchase orders, invoices, payments, expenses, process improvement, data analysis, and automation initiatives.

Requirements

• Relevant experience in a Company Secretarial or corporate governance environment, ideally within a listed company or similarly regulated setting.
• Strong communication, drafting, organisation, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Proficiency with the full Microsoft Office suite.
• Ability to support governance administration, records coordination, documentation reviews, and analytical work.
• Ability to work in a hybrid pattern with regular attendance at one of the listed UK office sites.

Nice to have

• ICSA part-qualified or working towards qualification.
• Relevant legal background.

Culture & Benefits

• Supportive and collaborative environment focused on development and capability building.
• Annual performance-related bonus.
• Share schemes, including free shares.
• 24 days’ holiday plus bank holidays.
• Adaptable lifestyle benefits, wellbeing initiatives, and generous parental leave policies.