PLC Assistant Secretary

Rare opportunity to join a small fast-moving corporate secretariat team in an exciting AIM-listed company.

These are the main elements of the role;

• Management of company secretarial support to the PLCs global subsidiaries, including supporting integration of acquired subsidiaries into the group and ensuring delivery of associated corporate actions.
• Support the Deputy Company Secretary in managing the plc’s corporate calendar and obligations, including support for plc Board meetings.
• Draft of annual report and annual general meeting documentation scheduled corporate announcements, and other company secretarial briefing notes and communications as required.
• Carry out the day-to-day administration of the Group’s share incentive plans (currently discretionary), working with the Group’s external share plan administrator and registrar, reporting to the Deputy Company Secretary as required.

Experience required;

• Fully Chartered Governance Institute (or equivalent) qualified with demonstrable post-qualification experience.
• Proactive global entity management experience (hands-on experience of managing filings, record keeping and statutory actions for UK and international subsidiary entities).
• Experience with company secretarial practices and processes for listed entities (events-driven and routine actions such as annual financial report and accounts, AGM, and corporate governance compliance matters applicable to UK plcs).
• Drafting company secretarial documentation (such as corporate filings, minutes, and terms of reference)

This role would suit a qualified candidate who would enjoy working in a small, friendly, supportive team environment (3 people – Deputy Secretary, this Assistant role and the Co Sec Asst), and who wants to get involved in a wide variety of work. You should have demonstrable global entity management experience and current plc experience.  You should also feel ready to take ownership of certain areas of work, and be ready to manage your own projects, be comfortable with the day-to-day technical work and be happy to “run the departmental mailbox and workflow”, as well as taking on a managing and mentoring role for the company secretarial assistant within the team.
This is a fast-paced organisation, which is growing continually, and a recent acquisition has meant the company has increased in size by 50% and added many new international subsidiaries to the organisation’s structure, so there is plenty to get stuck into!