Corporate Governance Trainee

We are seeking a Corporate Governance trainee to join our Corporate Governance Department.

The department is a busy part of the firm providing first class governance and company secretarial services to a large number of its corporate clients and LLPs.

You will be working towards the formal Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme with a view to achieving chartered status. Burgess Hodgson will fund all course fees to completion and upon completion of all modules and fulfilment of the work experience requirement you will be eligible to apply for full status of Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland.

Our sought after 3 – 6 year training programme offers a range of benefits:

• A competitive salary
• Fully funded courses
• Study leave in addition to annual holiday leave.
• Six monthly pay reviews
• Client interaction throughout
• Partner support and exposure
• Firm wide study support “study buddies”
• Internal training and professional updates
• Additional annual leave during the Christmas period
• Regular team sports
• Community charity events
• Local business discount card & gym discounts
• And much more.

Launching your career with Burgess Hodgson gives you a well-rounded introduction to accountancy and business in general, in a challenging, rewarding, and often inspiring environment.

The Role:

Working in our dedicated team, you will help provide a broad range of Compliance duties including but not limited to:

• Maintaining statutory records.
• Preparation and submission to Companies House of Confirmation Statements and other forms.
• Arranging formation of companies and LLPs
• Preparation of minutes.
• Undertaking Companies House and other searches.

The standard hours for this position are 9.00am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday.

Qualifications required:

We accept both school leavers and graduates and look for applicants with a minimum of 120 UCAS points. For graduates, a 2:1 degree (any discipline considered) is required.

As well as committing to the formal qualification and the on-the-job training we are offering, we also require our applicants to have excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and to be able to communicate effectively and confidently with a range of clients, other professionals and colleagues.

Benefits:

• 6 – 12 monthly reviews
• Christmas Bonus
• Staff Recruitment Bonus scheme
• Client introduction commission scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Eye test vouchers
• Annual flu jab
• Cycle to work scheme

Salary:

£21,000 – £25,000 per annum starting salary with 6 monthly reviews whilst training.