Company Secretary Assistant/Assistant Manager (plc) - London/Hybrid
- Recruiter
- Clifton Search
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- Salary c £47,500 plus bonus/bens
- Posted
- 20 May 2022
- Closes
- 17 Jun 2022
- Ref
- 32479
- Job Title
- Company Secretary
- Practice Area
- Corporate
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
This fantastic Co Sec Assistant/Assistant Manager opportunity within a small but busy and growing team would suit an ambitious Co Sec Assistant either from an In-House background seeking fresh challenge, increased variety and greater main board experience or from an advisory/professional firm seeking a more responsibility and advisory/project work and plc exposure in an entrepreneurial environment.
This Global trusted partner in the Corporate Advisory market has a presence is 45 countries, manages over 200,00 legal entities and administers assets of US$350billion on behalf of clients. Their client and partner base includes 30% of the top 50 Fortune Global 500 companies and 60% of the Top 10 private equity firms. They are currently seeking a curious and ambitious Company Secretary who is keen to make a genuine difference to a varied and challenging range of client businesses – both plc and corporate. If you’re a fresh-thinker who likes to ask “why do we do it this way… what about….?” in a genuinely meritocratic organisation, then this could be the opportunity for you!
In this key role within their specialist advisory team, you will report to the Senior Manager and work with a team of qualified and part-qualified company secretaries. You will enjoy a fantastic breadth of work delivering both governance advice and board support to a portfolio of both listed and corporate clients in the UK and overseas. Recent projects include IPO’s and international SPAC’s (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies). Their client base includes a lot of overseas listed businesses, AIM and full listed plc’s and unlisted/corporate businesses (some of which are pre-IPO) and span a range of sectors including banking, insurance, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals.
You will also actively be encouraged to develop thought-leadership initiatives, improving processes in this growing team as well as working with other service lines to develop new relationships and opportunities within existing clients as well as new potential clients.
This role will appeal to an ambitious Company Secretary Assistant who is looking for an opportunity to make a genuine difference in an entrepreneurial environment. As the ideal candidate you are likely to:
- Be of degree calibre and preferably be a part-qualified Company Secretary – or a lawyer who has been in a Co Sec role
- Have a minimum of 3 years broad-ranging company secretarial and governance technical skills with the ability advise on a range of complex matters in both smaller plc and corporate environments – experience as an Assistant Co Sec in an AIM listed environment is especially beneficial
- Have a track record of success – either within an in-house function and be looking for greater variety/challenge or from within professional services firm and be looking for an more entrepreneurial environment
- Preferably have listed company experience and expertise (to the standards of listed company / deputy company secretary) of AIM and FTSE 350 – though this is not mandatory
- Be able to advise on all operational aspects of corporate governance obligations and duties for listed companies and advise clients looking to IPO/align to UK listed company requirements
- Have a passion for delivering great client service with strong relationship building skills
- Have a genuine enthusiasm for innovation and thought leadership to develop new ideas and implement projects/changes
This role is based in London but as a forward thinking organisation, there is full support for remote/flexible working (providing you are able to commit to being in London c2-4 days per month). On offer is a salary of c£47,500 plus bonus and benefits.
Ref: 32479