Company Secretarial Intern
We are Lightsource bp – and we’re on a mission to become a global leader in onshore renewables, anchored by our proven track record in solar development.
For over a decade we’ve been actively working to diversify the way our world is powered with sustainable and responsible renewable power. We work to safely deliver affordable, reliable, large-scale onshore renewable and energy storage solutions to help the world decarbonise.
Our growing business is constantly innovating and investing to help drive the energy transition. Our people and projects are focused on supporting long-term sustainable growth and energy security.
Lightsource bp (LSbp) was fully acquired by bp in 2024.
Internship Programme
We have an exciting opportunity for an intern to join our Company Secretarial team within our Legal Corporate department, responsible for the group’s corporate governance arrangements, ranging from subsidiary governance across our multi-jurisdictional portfolio, arranging and minuting the group’s investment decision making and ensuring the board, stakeholders’ and wider group’s compliance with applicable law and market practices.
This role provides an exciting opportunity for a budding company secretary or lawyer to gain experience within a dynamic and changing business in a high growth industry.
Based in London, our internship program starts on the 2nd June 2025 and will end on August 22nd 2025.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Work closely with the Company Secretarial and Finance teams to design, implement and facilitate the UK annual accounts approval process
- Assist in maintaining and enhancing the entity management system (GEMS) for legal and governance records
- Assist in preparing and submitting annual compliance requirements (including confirmation statements in the UK)
- Assist with the preparation and maintenance of statutory registers and records of our legal entities
- Help manage shareholder and director changes, including drafting resolutions and updating internal records and GEMS
- Liaise with various stakeholders within Lightsource bp including Legal, Finance and Treasury teams
- Engage with external parties including Companies House and our auditors
- Conduct research on corporate governance best practices and regulatory developments
Why you’ll make a great member of the team
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for preparing reports and tracking data
- Ability to conduct legal and regulatory research using reliable sources
- Basic understanding of board meetings and corporate resolutions would be an advantage but is not required
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- A proactive mindset and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
Why you’ll want to work for us
Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow; a place where your ideas and opinions matter.
Be you
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.
Be responsible
Our culture is driven by our core values. From operating safely to ensuring our solar projects are responsible and promote biodiversity.
Be recognized
Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension and other local benefits.
Be inspired
Beyond your day-to-day working life at Lightsource bp, there’s a variety of initiatives that will contribute to your own personal development. Initiatives to get involved with including our charitable causes, supporting our solar honey project or our sustainability initiatives.
Our Core Values
Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low carbon energy projects. Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do.
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