Assistant Company Secretary
- Recruiter
- Third Way Legal
- Location
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Salary
- Competitive + Benefits
- Posted
- 13 Nov 2019
- Closes
- 11 Dec 2019
- Job Title
- Company Secretary
- Practice Area
- Company / Commercial, Compliance, Corporate
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
A leading biotechnology company is looking for an Assistant Company Secretary to support the General Counsel on all relevant company secretarial, corporate governance and compliance issues globally from their offices in Cambridge.
This role will be number two to the GC on the company secretarial side and will be the only pure dedicated company secretary role within the growing organisation. The role will include (but is not limited to) a mixture of the following work:
- Advising and guiding the company, and supporting the GC on ensuring compliance with listing rules.
- Managing the share scheme and ensuring statutory compliance in various jurisdictions globally.
- Working on strategic corporate governance projects in a number of areas including insurance and privacy.
- Annual report drafting and AGM preparations.
- Board support, including preparations, minutes and attendance and participation in management and board meetings.
- Develop and maintain good statutory record keeping processes.
The General Counsel is particularly keen on developing someone who wants to build out their skill set in a listed environment. This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking for a transformative role that will give them the skillset to eventually be a Group Company Secretary in a listed environment.
This role will be more suitable for candidates who have at least 4 years of experience in most of these areas (listed company experience is naturally beneficial but not a pre-requisite). ICSA qualification/part qualification is also preferred but relevant experience without ICSA may be considered. More senior candidates who have held a similar role previously are also encouraged to apply and the experience level should be used as a guide only.
Please do not apply for this position if you do not have prior experience within the corporate governance/company secretarial field as this is a mid-level to senior position and not an administrative/secretarial post.