Senior Company Secretarial Assistant (Senior Consultant, Professional Services)

Computershare UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Company Secretarial Assistant to join their dynamic team. This role offers the chance to provide essential governance and compliance support to a diverse portfolio of listed clients. You will play a crucial role in ensuring regulatory compliance, preparing documentation, and advising on best practices. With a focus on professional development, this position allows for hybrid working, balancing office presence with flexibility. Join a supportive community that values growth and innovation, and take your career to new heights in a thriving professional services environment.

Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Health and Wellbeing Rewards

Share Purchase Scheme

Recognition Awards

Team Gatherings

Qualifications

• At least three years of company secretarial and corporate governance experience.
• Strong written English, numeracy, analytical and comprehension skills.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of listed plc and IPO client engagements.
• Advise clients on compliance, governance, and transaction-related matters.

Skills

Company Secretarial Knowledge

Corporate Governance Experience

Project Management Skills

Communication Skills

IT Skills (Microsoft Office)

Education

CGI Qualification

Tools

Legal Entity Management Technology

Job description

Senior Company Secretarial Assistant (Senior Consultant, Professional Services)

Senior Company Secretarial Assistant (Senior Consultant, Professional Services)

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Location: London or Bristol (Hybrid)
In this position, you’ll be based in the London or Bristol office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex.

We give you a world of potential
Today’s Company Secretaries are under mounting pressure to deal with increasing corporate compliance, governance and reporting requirements, and as a result they are looking for partners who can provide a full suite of governance and company secretarial services.
Our fast-growing team of company secretarial and corporate governance specialists both in the UK and globally can now provide Computershare clients with a broad range of governance advisory and managed services to expand on and complement our existing Computershare Entity Solutions (CES) technology solutions.
If you are looking for an opportunity to join a growing team, which can provide a platform for professional development, this may be the opportunity for you.

A role you will love
As a Senior Consultant within the UK EGC team, you would be responsible for providing advice and support to a diverse listed plc client portfolio. You will be a trusted member of the team and encouraged to have an active role in supporting a wide variety of companies. Working in a fast-paced professional services environment you will support the delivery of high-quality end-to-end services, including supporting listed plc clients on best practice governance and compliance.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at a time of continued growth and transformation. The individual will be responsible for supporting the delivery of listed plc and IPO client engagements. You will be supporting all aspects of Company Secretarial and Corporate Governance support including arrangements for and attendance at board, committee and shareholder meetings, preparing and filing documentation in relation to regulatory compliance and statutory returns, corporate transactional support and gain experience of listed plc governance and IPO processes and procedures and also provide support to special projects such as corporate actions.

Key Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of listed plc and IPO client engagements.
- Advise clients on listed plc requirements, compliance, governance, and transaction related matters.
- Develop subject matter market insights, technical knowledge and service delivery templates, processes, tools, and materials.
- Mentor and develop junior team members.
- Attending client and Computershare hosted industry events.
- Keep up to date of both internal and external influences to help shape continuous growth and development of the EGC business and offering.
- Training and supporting junior colleagues in all aspects of listed company compliance and governance, enabling them to develop their career.
- Providing support to listed company boards and committees, which will include attendance at meetings in a minute taking and advisory capacity.
- Ensuring compliance with all continuing obligations such as Listing Rules and DTRs, Regulatory and Company Law requirements and compliance with Market Abuse Regulations (MAR).
- Organising and managing shareholder meetings including the preparation of all relevant notices and meeting documentation.
- Preparing and filing the relevant statutory filings and regulatory filings (Companies House, FCA, NSM).
- Preparing, coordinating and releasing regulatory announcements using a range of RIS portals.
- Providing advice and guidance on corporate governance best practice to a diverse portfolio of listed plc clients.
- Drafting non-financial sections of Annual and Half Year Reports and Accounts ensuring disclosures accurately reflect the client’s governance practices and comply with relevant regulations, preparing and filing of relevant submissions and announcements on behalf of clients and project managing the process, where appropriate/required.
- Training and supporting junior colleagues in all aspects of listed company compliance and governance, enabling them to develop their career.
- Maintaining corporate registers from a regulatory, statutory and governance reporting requirements perspective.
- Maintenance of insider lists and facilitation of proper management of sensitive information.
- Coordinating board and committee annual evaluations.
- Monitoring directors' interests and conflicts of interest.
- Liaising with third party advisors such as the client’s registrar, broker and legal advisors.
What will you bring to the role?
To be successful as a Senior Consultant within our team you will have at least three years of previous company secretarial and corporate governance experience within professional services or industry, ideally within or for listed companies.
- Good company secretarial knowledge and corporate governance experience and a willingness to learn and try new things and work both independently and as part of a team.
- Experience working in a Professional Services environment would be beneficial but is not essential. Many of our team have an in-house background.
- Strong people, team working and communication skills.
- Experienced at building effective working relationships at all levels with clients and colleagues.
- Organised with strong project management skills.
- Awareness of legal, regulatory and governance trends and developments.
- An eye for detail and experienced at delivering to tight deadlines.
- Strong written English, numeracy, analytical and comprehension skills.
- Resilient and composed under pressure, proactive, self-motivated, take ownership/responsibility for own work.
- Advanced IT skills (incl. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel) and experience of using legal entity management technology.
- Qualified or pursuing CGI qualification .
Rewards designed for you
Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle.
Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.
Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.
Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future.
And more. Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our handbook will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careers-handbook.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

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