Assistant Company Secretary
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- England, London, Hammersmith
- Salary
- £55000 - £70000 per annum
- Closing date
- 2 Apr 2019
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- Vacancy Type
- Other, Company Secretary (non-qualified)
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial
- PQE
- 1-3 Years
Job Details
The role will involve:
- Acting as the first point of contact for company secretarial and corporate governance queries arising across the global business
- Maintain good relationships with a global network of internal stakeholders, including the legal and finance teams, the Executive team and various boards of directors
- Manage relationships with third parties including external company secretarial providers
- Support the development and implementation of a global corporate governance framework
- Provide training to directors on their legal responsibilities and duties as directors
- Prepare board papers and draft associated documents including board minutes and powers of attorney
- Review and maintain up-to-date filing systems and group information register
- Coordinate obtaining signatures, and ID information, from internal stakeholders as required
- Coordinate notarisation, apostille and other registration formalities in connection with, amongst others, directorship appointments and terminations and new entity incorporation
- Assist the legal team with the statutory filing aspects of ad hoc project work e.g. group restructuring
- Assist the finance team with the annual accounts board approval and filing process, including scheduling board meetings and liaising with external providers to ensure filings are completed on time
- Manage external providers to ensure accurate and timely filing of annual returns and other statutory documents and maintenance of statutory books
We offer flexible working and would consider someone 4 days a week for this role.
Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.
Company
Established in the 1980s, Taylor Root is now widely recognised as being one of the world’s leading legal recruiters. Operating out of offices in the UK, Dubai, Asia and Australia, we are ideally placed to assist law firms, banks and companies with their legal recruitment on an international basis. Taylor Root has a strong track record in the recruitment of: Heads of legal and legal advisers; Law firm associates and partners; Contract/locum lawyers; Paralegals; Company secretaries and Compliance professionals.
We regularly recruit for positions in all of the following regions: Western and Eastern Europe; The Middle East; Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, mainland China and Bangkok; Australia and New Zealand, across The Caribbean and Offshore locations. .
In areas such as Project Finance, Derivatives or Capital Markets, where an international search is appropriate, our offices aim to provide truly global coverage and deliver a comprehensive candidate shortlist.
Through hard work, a professional and ethical approach, and not being afraid to be objective, Taylor Root continues to foster excellent, long-term candidate and client relationships throughout all of its offices.
Taylor Root is a member of The SR Group. The SR Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to raising standards in the business environments that we serve. The sectors we cover include tax, legal, human resources, marketing, professional support and executive search, dealing with a substantial number of the world's leading professional partnerships, multi-national corporations and international banking groups as well as small to medium sized developing organisations.
For more information please contact your nearest office:
5 Fleet Place
London
EC4M 7RD
T: +44 (0)20 7415 2828
Suite 614, Liberty House
DIFC
P.O. Box 506739
Dubai, UAE
T: +9714 448 7770
1918 Hutchison House
10 Harcourt Road Central
Hong Kong
T: +852 2973 6333
Level 15, Prudential Tower
30 Cecil Street
Singapore 049712
T: +65 6420 0500
Level 12, 25 Bligh Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
T: +61 (0)2 9236 9000
Level 4
520 Collins Street
Melbourne
Victoria, 3000
T: +61 (0)3 8610 8400
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