Assistant Company Secretary

Description

As the Assistant Company Secretary, you will be responsible for assisting the Company Secretary in ensuring compliance with specified legal and regulatory requirements.

• Supporting with the preparation of the statutory accounts and the related narrative reports for Group companies.
• Incorporating new companies and dealing with post incorporation matters as required.
• Filling statutory forms and returns at Companies House.
• Preference share management including stock exchange announcements.
• Annual compliance checks to ensure compliance with statutory requirements including anti-corruption statement, modern slavery statement and trading disclosures.
• Responsibility for compliance with the Group’s reporting and notification requirements under the bond trust deeds, including communication with the trustees.
• Providing reports and statutory information on request.
• Maintaining statutory records for the Group using company secretarial software packages.
• Ensuring compliance with consumer credit law and Financial Conduct Authority rules.

Requirements

• Able to understand complex legal and regulatory information.
• Member of the Chartered Governance Institute or studying for the qualification.
• Qualified to degree level.
• Knowledge of consumer credit legislation and Financial Conduct Authority rules.
• At least 3 years’ experience of company secretarial work.
• Able to manage multiple deadlines and prioritise work efficiently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to work on own initiative as part of a small team.
• Experience of drafting legal and/or regulatory reports to deadlines.

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career growth
• Enrolment into our pension scheme
• 15% Performance Bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with tenure)

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance