Company Secretarial Manager

Irwin Mitchell; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in the UK seeks a Company Secretarial Manager to manage a diverse client portfolio. You will oversee company secretarial work, ensuring compliance with the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. Duties include client interaction, drafting legal documents, and managing billing cycles. The role offers a flexible hybrid working model and an array of benefits including holiday purchase options and health memberships. Ideal for those with professional company secretarial qualifications and relevant experience.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible pension schemes

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• A professional company secretarial qualification.
• Experience in a company secretarial business or large corporate.
• Familiarity with Diligent (former Blueprint) software.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a portfolio of company secretarial work.
• Draft shareholder resolutions and manage statutory documentation.
• Liaise with clients and colleagues for company secretarial tasks.

Skills

Company secretarial qualification

Experience managing company secretarial services

Familiarity with Diligent software

Job description

Your Role

and What You'll Be Doing

Our Corporate team advises clients across the full spectrum of corporate finance, from mergers and acquisitions to private equity investments. We work with a dynamic mix of substantial private companies, private equity-backed businesses, ambitious entrepreneurs, and fast-growing ventures.

As a Company Secretarial Manager, you’ll play a key role in managing and expanding our portfolio of company secretarial clients, supported by a Company Secretarial Assistant who you’ll supervise and mentor. This diverse client base spans all Irwin Mitchell offices, giving you the opportunity to collaborate across the firm and make a real impact. This is a pivotal role in supporting our growing portfolio of clients and enabling the delivery of company incorporation services across our Corporate and Private Client teams. You’ll also play a key part in our international practice, helping overseas clients and intermediaries establish businesses in the UK.

With the introduction of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA), the regulatory landscape has evolved significantly. This has increased the importance of having a dedicated expert to oversee filings and statutory updates, ensuring compliance and reducing risk. Your expertise will be central to helping us maintain the highest standards of service and governance.

You will be expected to :

• Independently manage a portfolio of company secretarial work
• Delivery of the day-to-day administration of client companies, e.g. maintaining statutory books, including registers of members, directors and secretaries
• Manage the day-to-day company secretarial requests received from clients and acting as the first point of contact
• Draft shareholder resolutions, board minutes and other corporate documentation
• Complete Company House filings
• Liaise with colleagues in regard to new business opportunities and all necessary company secretarial work
• Work with our business development team to promote our company secretarial service
• Manage the company secretarial billing cycle

About You

• A professional company secretarial qualification
• Experience of managing and providing company secretarial services in a company secretarial business, a large corporate or a professional firm
• Familiarly of the Diligent (formerly Blueprint) company secretarial software solution

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

#LI-Hybrid

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands : Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.