Company Secretary
About Griffin
Hi, we’re Griffin! We’re the bank for companies who want to build and launch financial products.
Our context
We're rapidly heading towards a future where most of us access financial services through technology companies rather than high street banks. All sorts of companies are now embedding financial products into their apps and user journeys so that their customers can seamlessly make payments, manage expenses, take out loans, save, invest, and do more.
The problem is that companies are still dependent on legacy banking infrastructure if they want to offer regulated financial products. They need to either partner directly with an incumbent bank and/or stitch together middleware from various Banking as a Service (BaaS) providers. This process is slow, expensive, and complex and makes it very hard for companies to get new financial products off the ground.
At Griffin, we want to change this.
Our purpose
We want to make it easy for companies to bring finance to their customers at the point of greatest relevance. So, we built a bank.
But not just any bank! Griffin is a technology platform and a bank: fully regulated, API-first, developer-centric, and purpose-built to serve innovative fintechs and brands who want to build and embed financial products.
Our culture
Our culture is our most important asset, and one of the ways we safeguard it is by being extremely intentional about hiring the right people. We won't hire people who don’t seem like a strong fit for our core values, even if they're otherwise extremely qualified.
We also believe that smart, motivated, conscientious people thrive in high-trust, high-autonomy environments. That’s why we’re transparent by default, and we encourage open discussion and challenge across all levels of the organisation. We’re also remote-first, asynchronous, and fully flexible - because you're the expert on how and when you do your best work.
The Team
Our Risk and Compliance team keeps Griffin compliant, protected and moving quickly and like most of the company, we are growing fast. Governance sits at the heart of what we do: we take it seriously, build it properly, and treat it as a foundation for everything else. This role sits at the centre of that and you'll be the person who makes things happen.
The Opportunity
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 also have the opportunity to support the legal team with paralegal work (contracts negotiation, NDAs, legal research, and more).
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, 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.
To Do This You’ll Own
The full board and committee cycle (scheduling, papers, minutes, and action tracking) across the Board, BAC, BRC, P&G, Exco, and internal committees.
Griffin's governance framework and delegated authorities, ensuring they are up to date and stay current as we grow
Preparing and managing regulatory submissions and notifications to the FCA and PRA, including controller forms and ad hoc regulatory notifications.
Act as a key point of contact for board members, helping information flow smoothly and deadlines being met.
The end-to-end share options scheme and shareholder relations (cap table management, share transfers, AGMs)
Companies House and statutory filings including director appointments and resignations, confirmation statements and changes to articles.
Support contract reviews, NDA sign-offs, and legal research as a smaller part of the role.
Your background
To ensure this, we're looking for people who have:
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 (you can find out more here about how we write )
Ideally, you would also have
Legal or paralegal background, particularly in Commercial contracts
Experience in a startup or scale-up environment
We expect you to shape this role
This description reflects what we need today. How you achieve these outcomes, where you focus your energy, how this role evolves—that's for you to define as you learn what our customers need and where our technical gaps are.
What can we offer you?
We are an early stage startup and we're working hard to expand our benefits package. We're planning to add to this list in the future.
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.
As a bank, we’re committed to maintaining the highest standards of security. This means that the successful candidate will need to complete background screening, and our offer will be conditional upon satisfactory review of these checks. This would include verification of right to work, criminal record, credit history, social media and professional reference checks
How do I apply?
Are we your next move? Apply via the link below, if there's a match our Talent team will reach out to schedule an initial conversation and talk you through what happens next.
We’re remote-first
We have a small London office in Moorgate, but we are comfortable hiring people to work from anywhere in the UK. About a third of the company is based within occasional commuting distance of London, the rest are full-time remote.
Under representation
Our goal is for Griffin to proportionally represent the diversity of the working population in society. We’re working to ensure that Griffin is a supportive, empowering and inclusive environment for every member of our team — whatever your combination of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical ability, nationality, neurodiversity, and religious beliefs. If you’re part of a group that is under-represented in fintech, we’d love to hear from you.