Governance Manager (Lawyer or CoSec background )

Background:

Our client is one of the world's largest fintech's, working with 90 of the top 100 banks globally. They are looking to hire an Assistant Company Secretary to join the company secretarial team, to ensure compliance across all of its entities located in over 45 countries. The successful candidate needs to be a chartered cosec with 4+ years' experience, with some exposure to working internationally.

Job overview:

• The day to day management of the Group statutory filings, and records of all subsidiary companies worldwide, including the UK (115 entities across 45 countries).
• Responsible for the Pensions Committee, preparing agendas, drafting minutes, maintaining the meeting actions, circulation of meeting papers and engagement with key internal and external stakeholder
• Drafting the Modern Slavery Statement for approval by the board and engaging with key internal stakeholders

What will make you successful in the role:

• Prior experience in a busy Corporate Secretarial team, private practice, or in-house would be advantageous.
• Ability to work in a very fast-moving environment.
• Experience in maintenance of company secretarial databases, preferably Diligent (or similar)
• Work closely to deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to be able to liaise with all levels of management.
• Positive, motivated, fast learner with a flexible approach.