About this role
Role Overview
- Lead and develop a proactive secretarial team, ensuring the delivery of a high quality and comprehensive company secretarial service to a diverse portfolio of group boards and committees and the boards of client companies, maintaining oversight of governance standards and activities across all entities.
- Act as secretary and trusted advisor to a portfolio of boards and committees to include: providing sound guidance and assurance to directors enabling them to effectively execute their responsibilities and adhere with legislation and regulation.
- Upholding the group’s compliance with the requisite standards of corporate governance and best practice.
- Preparing reporting frameworks, agendas and papers, minutes and resolutions.
- Lead specific projects across the group working effectively with key external legal, regulatory and other stakeholders to deliver results.
- Oversee the effective implementation of governance frameworks, board charters and policy frameworks.
- Act as conflict secretary where significant issues arise between two or more group companies.
- Oversee the production of the annual report and year end activities for group and client companies.
- Play an active role in mergers and takeovers, dissolutions, allotments and capital reductions.
- Monitor changes in legislation and regulation affecting the group and work with key stakeholders in the business to ensure that compliance with emerging legislation and regulation is appropriately addressed and reported upon to the boards and risk committees.
- Ensure compliance with the UK listing authority rules and market abuse regulations (and maintain the group’s share dealing policy framework).
- Manage shareholder relationships (including with the registrar) and oversee the arrangements for AGM's and dividend payments.
- Ensure compliance with the companies act to include the timely and accurate filing of returns at companies house and maintenance of the statutory registers.
- Oversee board appointments including position specifications, regulatory approvals, directors inductions and welcome packs.
- Oversee board and committee evaluations.
- Manage matters relating to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and contractual agreements with third parties.
- Monitor the corporate administration of the company's pension scheme – including liaison with the pensions regulatory.
Requirements
- Qualification: Associate of the Chartered Governance Institute (or equivalent qualification), Law Degree
- Experience in managing and developing teams
- Experience of working in a governance environment of a diverse PLC Group
- Experienced in dealing with, and presenting to, Senior Executives, Non-Executive Directors and Board Committees
- In depth knowledge of Companies Act and awareness of other legislative requirements
- Sound understanding of PRA and FCA (Insurance) Regulations
- Sound knowledge of UK Listing Authority Rules
Benefits
- Group Personal Pension
- up to 12% employer contribution
- Generous annual bonus scheme: on-target bonus between 10% and 40%
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
- An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
- £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
- Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Full study support to gain professional qualifications
- Access to virtual GP
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay