Senior Assistant Company Secretary

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Assistant Company Secretary to join our busy FTSE 250 secretariat team.

The role will be working as part of the company secretarial team, which sits within the wider Taylor Wimpey legal team, to ensure the company, its directors and employees comply with applicable laws and regulations and maintains its high standards of corporate governance. The department acts as a point of communication between the board of directors, company shareholders, and senior leadership team, meaning the ability to deal with a variety of stakeholders at all levels is key.

The Senior Assistant Company Secretary assists the Deputy Company Secretary in the day‑to‑day delivery of company secretarial services and support to the plc Board of Directors and the wider Taylor Wimpey Group.

Corporate governance

• Draft governance papers for Board and Committee meetings and review those prepared by the Company Secretariat Assistant (CSA)
• Act as secretary to, attend and minute the Remuneration Committee, Nomination and Governance Committee and Disclosure Committee meetings

plc matters

• Project manage the production of the Company Secretariat sections of the Annual Report and Accounts; including assigning drafting responsibilities, ensuring the appropriate reviews have taken place and publication of the Annual Report and Accounts. Draft sections of the plc Annual Report and Accounts; and review other sections of the Annual Report and Accounts drafted by the CoSec team
• Assist with preparations for the Annual General Meeting
• Assist the GGCCS with the induction of new Non-Executive Directors, including the development and implementation of bespoke induction programmes
• Manage the Executive Share Plans (Performance Share Plan, Executive Incentive Scheme) and liaise with the Reward team on the Medium Term Incentive Plan and Restricted Stock Units
• Manage the external service provider for TW Employee Benefit Trust (Apex)
• Manage the Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) share movements (e.g., share exercises, transfers, DRIP shares), dividends to EBT participants and monitor availability of shares for future share awards and exercises
• Prepare and release RNS announcements as necessary in respect of the above
• Oversee and work with the CSA on the all employee share plans and annual bonus shares process
• Liaise with share scheme administrators and Tax team on the annual HMRC share scheme returns

Subsidiary management

• Act as Director or Company Secretary of a variety of subsidiaries and JVs within the Group, ensuring accounts are prepared and filed
• Liaise with Legal and Finance teams to maintain list of subsidiaries and management companies
• Work closely with external auditors on their audit of the plc and its subsidiaries, ensuring responsibilities as Secretary are fully met

Departmental matters

• Assist the Deputy Company Secretary with other work streams and projects as required
• Assist with the delivery of the Deputy Company Secretary’s responsibilities in their absence (cover/continuity/disaster planning)
• Support with the development of the CSA and Trainee Company Secretariat Assistant

• Qualification under the Chartered Governance Institute
• Experience working in a listed plc CoSec team
  Executive and All‑employee share scheme experience
• Organised approach to ensure statutory and regulatory obligations are met in a timely fashion across a large number of Group entities
• Effective management, communication and service development skills, to manage external service providers
• Good communication skills and ability to work with other TW Departments and external service providers

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it's about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company‑funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions. We also offer our discounted…