Overview
The Head of Secretariat will lead on all Governance activities across the group
Client Details
My client is a growing global business based in London
Description
Head of Secretariat
London
Role:
- Lead the Company Secretarial function
- Manage and deliver a programme of improvement to provide a best-in-class company secretarial service
- Ensure that governance procedures and processes adhere to best practice standards and expectations.
- Monitoring and advising on the impact of emerging governance and regulatory matters
- Management of, and principal point of contact for, outsourced registered agents and company secretarial service providers across a global portfolio
- Managing the transformation of a group-wide governance framework, ensuring the preparation, compliance, review and release of regulatory announcements and to ensure group companies comply with corporate law and all regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for advising, project management and support on the company secretarial elements of major corporate reorganisations, events and transactions.
- Responsible for the incorporation of new companies relating to real estate and M&A projects as well as integration of acquired companies for M&A projects.
- Responsible for company secretarial compliance across the global portfolio (e.g. company forms and directors’ declarations, annual general meetings and filing annual returns)
- Manage the Assistant Company Secretary
Profile
Head of Secretariat
London
Essential:
- CGI Qualified
- Experience operating in a senior role within a Secretariat at a large multinational group
- Excellent technology skills, including in relevant software packages such as subsidiary management systems (CSC, Diligent Entities), board portals (e.g. Diligent Board), Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Visio
- Outstanding knowledge of UK Corporate Governance Code and Companies Act 2006
- The ability to run transformational projects, to think strategically, identify issues and provide and implement effective solutions
Job Offer
Head of Secretariat
Permanent opportunity
Salary dependant on experience
Competitive package
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