Manager, Company Secretary, Office of the General Council

Deloitte LLP; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in London is seeking a full-time Assistant Company Secretary. This role involves legal entity management, ensuring compliance, and providing support for corporate governance. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in company law and experience in a similar role, with excellent communication and project management skills. The position offers a varied workload and opportunities for growth in a high-performing team.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience as a company secretary or in legal entity compliance.
• In-house experience in Professional Services or large organizations is a plus.
• Ability to share best practices and seek continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end company secretarial services across UK group structure.
• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance across the UK business.
• Maintain statutory records and manage filings for UK group entities.

Skills

Relationship building

Project management

Time management

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

UK Company Secretary certification

Job description

Our purpose globally is to make an impact that matters for our clients, our people and society. Our people are at the heart of what we do, and so we are focused on building a firm where everyone can thrive and do their best work, one that is truly inclusive and reflective of society and has our shared values at its core. In Deloitte UK, we have an opportunity to ensure that our people experience ambition, together with our purpose and shared values are truly activated locally and embedded into the core of our business.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte?It’show we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, whereverwe arein the world, welead the way,serve with integrity, take care of each other ,fosterinclusion, andcollaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision wemake and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it mattersmost .

Connect to your opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Office of General Counsel (OGC) for a full-time Assistant Company Secretary to support the Company Secretary with Company Secretarial and UK firm governance matters.

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Assistant Company Secretary who is able to provide prompt, practical and solutions-focused support as part of a wider team of lawyers in OGC.

The role offers the candidate a varied and interesting workload including broad exposure to the UK group entities and the Firm’s legal entity management and governance activities, as well as the opportunity to be part of a high performing team and learning and development opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing end-to-end company secretarial services across the UK group structure ensuring these are best in class and fully integrated into the Firm’s operations with a continuous improvement mindset
• Demonstrating strong understanding of the business and its evolving needs and adopting a pragmatic approach in navigating the firm’s complex environment
• Advising a range of internal stakeholders, including senior stakeholders, leadership and statutory directors, to ensure legal and regulatory compliance across the UK business
• Responsibility for the maintenance of statutory records, registers and filings for UK group entities using Diligent Entities, ensuring that filing deadlines are met and that documents are issued for approval in good time
• Advising the members of Deloitte LLP and directors of the UK group subsidiaries on their statutory responsibilities and corporate governance issues
• Supporting the Company Secretary and Senior Corporate Governance Legal Counsel with a range of corporate governance matters including advising on best practice and ad hoc compliance projects
• Working closely with the UK OGC Corporate legal team and supporting on UK group structure changes, as well as corporate simplification
• Horizon scanning of relevant legislation to identify and mitigate potential risks which may impact the legal entities, partners and directors
• advising stakeholders on such matters
• Developing knowledge of and advising on best practices
• Supporting the Company Secretary in developing a high-performing company secretarial team and developing junior team members

Connect to your skills and professional experience

You’re a natural at collaborating for impact.Someone who understands how our business works and can collaborate across the business with people and teams at all levels. We’re all about letting our leaders lead, so we’ll give you the breathing space you need to do so. We’re also keen to let your creative strengths shine, and to make your own distinctive impact.

The candidate will be a UK Company Secretary with an understanding of UK Company law and experience in legal entity management.

Skills and Experience

• Previous experience as a company secretary and/or with legal entity compliance
• In-house experience (some Professional Services or equivalent large complex organisational experience)
• Strong relationship building skills with key stakeholders throughout the business
• Seeks and shares best practice and strives for continuous development
• A highly organised, pro-active individual who is driven by personal development
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal
• Adept project management and time management skills
• Team player
• Demonstrate alignment with and behaviour consistent with our Shared Values
• Flexible approach, “can do” attitude, and ability to learn new areas quickly

Connect to your business - Enabling Functions

Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"Deloitte’s a large, complex and fast-paced organisation but it’s open to new ideas. Everyone is encouraged to show initiative and challenge the norm.” - Lisa, Enabling Functions

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in London with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers