Company Secretary, Company Matters

Description:

Overview:

You’ll be working as a Company Secretary in Company Matters, a member of MUFG Pension & Market Services.  Company Matters is one of the largest company secretarial providers in the UK and well-known for its expertise in corporate governance advisory service and company secretarial administration.

As a Company Secretary, you will manage a varied portfolio of clients, including listed companies, providing end to end support, covering board-facing responsibilities, statutory and regulatory compliance, governance and best practice advice.

You’ll be based on a hybrid basis from our central London office, so must be within a commutable distance to enable you to be in the office each week.

Please note that we require demonstrable experience of working as a Company Secretary in the UK to ensure we can support our clients in the best possible way.

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in MUFG Pension & Market Services.  You’ll be joining a network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple teams and countries.  There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that.

Benefits:

26 days annual leave, plus a wellbeing day, a volunteer day, bank holidays and the opportunity to buy up to 5 days’ extra each year

Health, wellbeing and lifestyle rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.  Everything from: Employee Assistance Programme; Discounts on retail and socialising; Travel and technology; cycle2work scheme; A host of gym and fitness subscriptions; Car Salary Sacrifice scheme

Appreciate programme: Employee recognition programme

Company Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Medical Insurance 

Paid Maternity, Paternity, Adoption Leave, Shared Parental Leave

What you need:

As with any role, we want to find the right person and we want to make sure you know it’s the right role for you too.  This means you’ll really need the following skills:

•    The drive and desire to work in a fast-paced environment, balancing conflicting deadlines

•    Demonstrable UK experience in a listed company, board-facing and / or with investment trust experience

•    Exceptional verbal and written communication and influencing skills, enabling you to build and maintain relationships with intermediaries, third parties and key client contacts

•    Meticulous attention to detail, with excellent organisational and project management skills

•    The ability to remain calm under pressure with a proactive and flexible approach to your workload and the ability to remain calm under pressure

•    The ability to integrate into a dynamic team, working in a collaborative manner

•    Commercial awareness, with the drive and desire to contribute to a growing business

•    A CGI (chartered Governance Institute) qualified Company Secretary with demonstrable UK experience working in a Company Secretary role, ideally within a professional service environment or a desire to be part of one

It would be nice to have:

•    Working knowledge of Diligent Entities (formerly ‘Blueprint’) and knowledge of working in other jurisdictions

Day to Day:

•    Provide full support to private and listed company Boards and Committees, which will include attendance at meetings in a minute taking and advisory capacity

•    Ensure compliance with all Stock Exchange requirements, including listing, statutory and regulatory requirements, Stock Market announcements and compliance with Market Abuse Regulations (MAR)

•    Organise and manage the AGM (Annual General Meeting), in addition to other meetings, including the preparation of all relevant notices

•    Prepare and file the relevant statutory submissions and returns on behalf of clients

•    Provide advice and guidance on UK corporate governance best practice to a diverse portfolio of clients

•    Draft and review the non-financial section of Annual Reports and Accounts, preparing and filing of relevant statutory submissions and returns on behalf of clients and project managing the process where appropriate

•    Oversee, train and support more junior colleagues, enabling them to develop their career

•    Maintain corporate registers, Director details and records for client entities from a regulatory, statutory and governance reporting requirements perspective

•    Prepare, coordinate and release regulatory announcements on behalf of client companies using a range of RIS portals