Job Details
Position: Richmond Group: Group Company Secretary
Package: Up to £40,000 – 60,000 pa + Benefits
At the Richmond group were are currently looking for A Group Company Secretary to lead the day-to-day operation of the Company Secretarial and Legal functions. It will be the successful applicants role support the Group CEO and Board members to develop a "world-class" Board consistent with the Company’s status as a leading independent financial services business. You will build a Group Company Secretary Function in accordance with best practice from scratch, whilst also supporting the the Group CEO developing a Board. Discharge accountabilities in a business that will professionalise but must retain its entrepreneurial edge – the candidate must fit in this culture.
Responsibilities:
-Board Meetings
*Prepare and update Group/BU Board procedures and timetables.
*Oversee the logistics for Group/BU Board meetings.
*Prepare agenda for Group/BU Board meetings, in conjunction with the relevant Board Chairman.
*Co-ordinate the preparation of papers for Group/BU Board meetings.
*Prepare minutes of Group/BU Board meetings, ensuring that all minute books are kept up-to-date with properly authorised, approved and signed minutes.
-Corporate Governance
*Advise the Board on compliance with the Combined Code and other corporate governance arrangements, including the drafting of policies and procedures, as appropriate.
*Advise and assist the Chairman of the Board in planning meetings and activity in the light of the Combined Code and other corporate governance requirements.
*Liaise, as required, with Company advisers on corporate governance matters.
-Legal & Regulatory
*Monitor company law and FSA regulatory developments in the UK.
*Liaise with the Company’s lawyers concerning matters affecting the Company and advice to management.
*Prepare Treasury Consent letters in conjunction with the Group’s tax advisers.
*Implement Group share re-organisations and inter-company loan transactions insofar as the relate to the Company and its subsidiaries
*Vet all UK commercial contracts.
*Co-ordinate all legal aspects of corporate transactions in the UK.
*Prepare Powers of Attorney and other documents of representation, execution, notarisation and legalisation of the same.
*Maintain a register of Powers of Attorney.
Manage and review the Transparency & Disclosure Rules within the Company.
*Assist in preparing and submitting disclosures to the Regulatory Information Service and Companies House in respect of the Company’s activities.
*Maintain statutory books of UK registered companies; including CSR matters and Directors’ remuneration.
-Report and Accounts
*Assist in project managing the production of the annual report.
*Draft Directors, Remuneration and Corporate Governance reports for Annual and Interim Reports.
*Proof check the Annual and Interim Reports.
-Knowledge and Expertise:
*It is anticipated that the suitable candidate will have at least 5 post-qualification years experience as a Company Secretarial professional working at Board-level in a quoted company environment.
*Good technical knowledge and attention to detail will be required.
*Legal background and experience preferred.
*Full membership/fellowship of the ICSA preferred.
-Key Competencies:
*Intellectual competencies - intelligence, experience
*Personal competencies - integrity, initiative, organisation/planning, excellence
*Interpersonal competencies - listening, customer focus, team player, communications-written, political savvy, persuasion
*Management competencies - running meetings, diversity
*Motivational competencies – energy, enthusiasm, tenacity
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