Assistant Company Secretary

Landsec; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate company in London is seeking a qualified Company Secretary to provide essential governance support. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders, managing corporate compliance, and ensuring effective communication within the company. This position offers hybrid working and a comprehensive benefits package, including performance-based bonuses and enhanced leave policies.

Benefits

Performance based annual bonus plan

25 days annual leave

Enhanced pension contributions

Private medical insurance

Up to 4 working days to volunteer

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience as a Company Secretary.
• Experience of subsidiary compliance and management systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide first class company secretarial support for a FTSE-100 entity.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage the financial and corporate calendar.

Skills

Compliance

Collaboration

Governance

Education

Qualified Company Secretary

Job description

We’re Landsec

We are Landsec, we build and invest in buildings, spaces and partnerships to create sustainable places, connect communities and realise potential.

We are one of the largest real estate companies in Europe, with a portfolio of retail, leisure, workspace and residential hubs. Landsec is shaping a better future by leading our industry on environmental and social sustainability while delivering value for our shareholders, great experiences for our guests and positive change for our communities.

The Location:

This role is based in London, Victoria and offers hybrid working, with the majority of the working week (three days) spent in the office. There will be some flexibility, subject to further discussion with your line manager .

The Role:

• Provide first class company secretarial support for a FTSE-100 listed entity with c400 subsidiaries .

• Leading on a wide range of company secretarial services administered by the department .

• Collaborating with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including tax, finance, treasury, comms and operational teams, and lawyers, registrars, auditors and other advisers .

• Salar y: C ompetitive

The Team:

• You will be a part of the Company Secretarial team of six, which forms part of a wider Governance and Compliance team .

What you will be responsible for :

• Transactional support for ad hoc projects including group simplification, disposals, acquisitions .

• Dividend programme management .

• Assisting on the drafting of the annual report and accounts, associated documentation, and the reporting assurance process .

• Assisting on AGM arrangements .

• Dealing with shareholder queries .

• Share register management .

• Management and updating of group structure charts .

• Company secretarial input into the subsidiary statutory accounts process and general subsidiary governance .

• Management of MAR related administration .

• Management of the financial calendar and corporate calendar .

• Company secretarial support for the group's joint ventures .

• Company secretarial support for the groups share option plans .

• Data privacy compliance .

• Monitoring developments in governance, compliance and information and adopting best practice .

• Providing support and assistance to the Company Secretary and the Deputy Company Secretary in servicing the PLC Board and its Committees, and internal governance forums .

• Assisting the Company Secretary on compliance and policy matters .

Your skills, experience and qualifications:

Essential criteria

• Qualified Company Secretary with post qualification experience

• Experience of subsidiary compliance including dissolutions, capital restructures, unusual structures and statutory accounts.

• Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams and external advisers and stakeholders

• Experience of subsidiary management systems

• Experience of the listed company regulatory regime and framework

Desirable criteria

• Experience of share plans

• Experience of GDPR

Life and Benefits at Landsec

We have a great benefits package, there to support you with your work-life balance and in moments that matter. We offer fantastic Learning and Development opportunities to help you grow and reach your potential and we also play our part in supporting the communities where we live and work.

Below are some of our core benefits, make sure to visit our My Total Reward page for more information.

• Performance based annual bonus plan

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 27 days after 2 years and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days each year. Enjoy an additional three-day December festive break on top of your leave and a special ‘My Day’ to take off for whatever you choose.

• Enhanced pension contributions – Landsec will contribute up to 10.5% subject to your contribution.

• Private medical insurance, Health Cash Plan, Life assurance and income protection.

• Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental leave policies (view our Family policies page for more details)

• Two different share plans enabling you to share in the success you will help to build

• Up to 4 working days to volunteer per year and 'Give As You Earn' programmes allowing you to donate to charities straight out of your pay and we top up by 20%

And when it comes to your health and wellbeing you will also have access to other benefits: our employee assistance programme, digital GP, cycle to work scheme, a mindfulness app and a health app supporting fertility and menopause

Diversity and Inclusion

At Landsec, we value diversity & inclusion. We work to better reflect the diversity of the communities we work within and empower everyone who works at Landsec to realise their potential.

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To find out more about our approach, visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.