Monmouthshire Building Society: Non-Executive Director

Non-Executive Director - Monmouthshire Building Society

Location: Newport, South Wales

Salary: Competitive Fees

Closing Date: Thursday 19 April 2018

Monmouthshire Building Society is a mutual mortgage and savings business of £1bn assets, 64,000 members and 180 colleagues. The Society operates through a network of branch and agency offices covering the M4 corridor from Chepstow in the east, to Swansea in the west. The Society has consistently delivered strong profits, increasing its capital base and lending capacity, and has a strong footprint and reputation in its heartland of South Wales and the Borders.

The Society is recruiting for a Non-Executive Director to join our Board. Candidates should have a breadth of experience within financial services, a sound understanding of corporate governance and exercise of decision making and judgement at a senior level. Commercial and operational experience would be advantageous and experience in or an affinity with South Wales and the West is desirable.

Candidates should have the ability to work as an effective member of the Board, building strong relationships and making a valuable contribution with objectivity and independence. In addition they should be colleague and customer focused and possess a high level of strategic planning and analytical skills.

This demanding role requires a commitment of upwards of 35 days per year for which fees will be paid at an appropriate level.

Interviews will be held during May 2018.

Monmouthshire Building Society values the diversity that all sections of the community can bring to our Society, we welcome applications from everyone who shares our values.

As a financial services organisation regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority our colleagues must be honest, financially sound and maintain high levels of competence and capability in their role. Therefore our pre-appointment checks for this role include an adverse credit check and a standard level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.