Assistant Company Secretary

Recruitment Manager – In-House Legal, Company Secretarial and Compliance

Assistant Company Secretary

PLC

Reporting to Group Company Secretary

Seeking a qualified Assistant Company Secretary with 5+ years of experience in financial services and PLC. Varied governance and project role with exec level committee access and senior stakeholder management.

SSQ are delighted to be working with such a prestigious company to help secure an ACS in their team, as part of a growth and development plan.

Role Responsibilities

• Preparation for potential future scenarios such as UK public listing / IPO
• Providing a professional company secretarial service and advisory governance services to the Group-level committees and senior stakeholders
• Appointment as Secretary to Group-level and other boards and committees as appropriate.
• Provision of the shares team in shareholder and share capital-related matters
• Appointed Secretary to Group-level committees to offer advisory governance services, preparation and circulation of agendas and papers, attendance at meeting and preparation of minutes, and management of actions arising from meetings.
• Maintenance of statutory registers using the Diligent Entities system.
• Testing and Implementation of new technology products across the governance and wider legal systems
• Prepare and circulate written resolutions of Group-level boards and committees to Major Shareholders and Investor Directors
• Provide company secretarial support and advice to the Shares team, including share allotments, share transfers, leaver processes, the internal share offer, shareholder portals and platforms, share buybacks, and shareholder votes.
• Support a sound understanding of Financial Conduct Authority regulatory requirements within the Company Secretariat
• M&A activity, Group-wide large corporate projects and ad hoc matters
• Organising AGMs and EGMs of UK Group companies as required

Application Requirements

• 5+ years in the financial services industry, routinely minuting board meetings
• UK/US listed plc experience
• Qualified Company Secretary (essential)
• Genuine interest and experience working with new technology and AI products
• Technical knowledge and experience working on complex governance projects

For more information, please get in touch. Poppy.Taylor@ssq.com / 07534087340

Please note this client is unable to sponsor visas, so only those with the right to work in the UK should apply.

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