Company Secretary

A permanent Company Secretary role has arisen working for a Global Asset Manager based in Central London. You will have strong company secretarial experience and be responsible for providing company secretarial services to the various boards, committees and the business. You must have a good understanding of how to apply Company law, the UK Corporate Governance Code and have some practical experience of working in a financial services regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• To support the delivery of the strategic and operational objectives of the Corporate Secretariat function
• Provide support to the Company Secretary in respect of corporate governance and statutory, regulatory and governmental requirements as well as best practice requirements and standards
• Maintain positive professional working relationships with the team, Directors, NEDs and senior managers within the business
• Considering whether existing processes should be re-engineered or formulate new processes to deliver efficiencies and ensure best practice
• Supporting with Corporate team in preparation for transactions impacting the UK corporate structure
• Undertaking corporate secretariat projects as and when required
• To provide administrative support to the boards and committees of the Company
• Preparation of agendas, creation and collation of the board and committee packs
• Producing excellent written minutes of board and committee meetings within tight timeframes
• Stakeholder management including advising and guiding chairs of board and committee in pre-meets on topics and agenda items
• Preparing timely and accurate statutory filings to Companies House and other relevant authorities or regulators
• Ensuring corporate change notifications are made in a timely manner to Group Secretariat in New York
• Support the development, implementation and execution of governance policies and procedures for the EMEA region

Knowledge / Experience:

• ICSA, ACIS or FCIS qualified
• Graduate or equivalent
• Good practical experience of company secretarial matters in an EMEA or global function in the financial services industry
• A strong track record of executing in a company secretarial team is essential
• Experience in using company secretarial databases including Blueprint
• Experience in the requirements of the UK statutory filing regimes including electronic filing