Secretariat Manager (2 Roles)
Glasgow (Preferred) or London
Full Time Permanent

Salary circa £60,000 DOE Plus car allowance

Reporting to the Deputy Company Secretary, you will support the operation of a corporate governance framework that ensures the company and its officers comply with the requirements of the UK Corporate Governance Code and the Companies Act 2006 together with other applicable law, regulation and codes of practice both in the UK and other relevant markets.

Initially you will bring strong and recent SME experience to the team to help us build our capabilities in relation to compliance with the continuing obligations of a UK company and (all other relevant markets) and in delivering a best in class service to the company’s shareholders. Each position will also offer the opportunity for an ambitious candidate to develop a broader Company Secretary role with varied responsibilities supporting the Deputy Company Secretary and Company Secretary with Board operations, subsidiary company management and wider corporate governance activity.

The role is about…

• Establishing, implementing and maintaining the policies and procedures to ensure the company and its officers comply with the requirements of the UK Corporate Governance Code, the Companies Act 2006 and the continuing obligations of a UK company (and all other relevant markets).
• Managing the end to end regulatory market announcement process via the Regulatory News Service of the London Stock Exchange, and other relevant exchanges including the drafting, approval and release of announcements in accordance with regulations.
• Ensuring that all internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, are kept informed of relevant market announcements.
• Managing the engagement with key contacts on the exchanges, on which the company has securities listed.
• Providing pro-active support with third party engagement in respect of the provision of Share Registry and Share Plan services, helping to monitor service performance and manage issues of non-performance.
• Managing the delivery of service to the company’s shareholders in accordance with the approved strategy including input to shareholder communication programmes; supporting the on-boarding of new shareholders; and maintaining the shareholder section of the company’s website.
• Providing support with events in the financial calendar including those which are shareholder facing.
• Overseeing the implementation of the company’s Securities Trading Policy including the procedures relating to the identification and treatment of insiders and inside information and the management of close periods within the remit of the Governance function.
• Providing input to the corporate governance aspects of the Annual Report and Financial Statements.
• Taking the lead in identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, process efficiency and simplification to optimise shareholder experience.
• Assisting with the design and facilitation of training for officers of the company regarding their continuing obligations and wider corporate governance compliance requirements.
• Ensuring stakeholders are provided with relevant management information and analysis and that risk and issues are escalated in a timely manner.
• Assisting the Company Secretary and Deputy Company Secretary with Board and Committee operations.
• Undertaking periodic corporate governance research and benchmarking in relation to peers, making recommendations to the Deputy Company Secretary or the Company Secretary, in relation to changes required to internal policies and frameworks, and lead the implementation of changes agreed.
• Utilising your Subject Matter Expertise to lead and support enterprise wide change projects.

We need you to be…

An experienced Company Secretary professional with exposure and expertise in a UK Listed Company Regime.

We’ll look after you with…

• 30 days holiday, plus public holidays!
• Not forgetting our pension and share save scheme, as well as attractive discounts on banking products.

If you are interested, please apply here.

August 18, 2015