Assistant Company Secretary - Major Financial Services Company (City)

Prestigious financial services company seeks an assistant company secretary to support the Corporate Secretariat function in providing comprehensive company secretarial support to the firm’s Board, Board Committees and Executive Committee (incl. related Executive level Committees), including regular liaison with the Board of Directors and Executive level management in the preparation of agendas, creation and collation of board packs, taking meeting minutes and providing governance advice.

Key corporate governance responsibilities will include (amongst others) :

• Provide support to directors, including planning Board and Committee meetings (including offsite events), preparing agendas and meeting materials, drafting minutes, maintaining action logs and providing governance advice;
• Maintain accurate documentation of corporate governance activities and processes, including updating and maintaining the statutory books, submitting annual filings and updating Companies House;
• Assist in the implementation of internal Board effectiveness reviews, and support the external Board effectiveness review process;
• Maintain Board and Committee calendars, seeking and monitoring director availability for additional meetings as required;

The successful candidate will also support the coordination of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (the “Regime”) , providing administrative support regarding completion of regulatory documentation and managing internal processes.

This is a superb opportunity for an assistant company secretary who would like  to work in a highly regarded corporate secretariat function. The company would be delighted to encourage the candidate to gain chartered status whilst working at the firm and the firm offers excellent career development.