Assistant Company Secretary

Assistant Company Secretary
Up to £90k
Central London - Marble Arch

An international leader in gaming technology is seeking an assistant company secretary to support their team. You be involved with a business at the cutting edge of their technology sector, assisting them within their corporate capacity in order to enhance the corporate governance and compliance from an English and EU law perspective. Their office is in Central London.

The Role

- Legally advise on and assist in the preparation of board and committee meetings (prepare and review materials, draft resolutions and minutes, and overlook post meeting actions);
- Ensure all legal obligations are met for each board of directors and committee meeting;
- Legally advise the board and committees on UK legal updates (as well as EU so long as applicable to the Company);
- Legally advise and assist in preparation for shareholder meetings (prepare and review materials, draft resolutions and minutes);
- Legally advise on and prepare UK annual reports and accounts in coordination with the Accounting team;
- Legally advise on and assist with dividends, share buybacks, capital increases and share allotments in coordination with several staff Departments including Treasury and Tax;
- Legally advise on long and short-term incentive plans for management and board members;
- Legally advise on corporate aspects of financial documents;
- Legally advise and assist with corporate governance policies and procedures;
- Keep corporate books and records, identify/execute/monitor requisite company filings, prepare and maintain powers of attorney both at corporate and at UK subsidiary level;
- Provide day to day English corporate legal advice and support on corporate contracts and affairs (share and cash award agreements, board appointment letters, etc.) and other corporate English law and company secretarial matters to ensure legal compliance in this regard.

The Person

- ICSA qualified chartered secretary
- Good previous company secretarial experience
- Used to working within international environments
- Comfortable advising the management board on governance and compliance issues

The Benefits

Working within a market leader and international business. Salary up to £90k. Central London office.




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