Assistant Company Secretary

A top tier banking institution is looking to appoint an assistant company secretary on an interim basis.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To support the Company Secretarial Group in ensuring that the entities that are managed by the team in London comply with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements. In particular, assist with the maintenance of accurate statutory registers and entity records.
• Using Blueprint OneWorld for a number of statutory and governance tasks including committee governance and the job holder will be required to assist with the further roll-out of the entity management system across a number of key functions throughout the group, which includes the usage globally of the Power of Attorney portal. T
• To provide administrative support in the provision of a company secretarial service to the bank's entities in EMEA, which includes arranging, attending and minuting Board meetings and key committees.
• To assist in maintaining accurate entity records, assisting with processing key returns to Companies House in particular Annual Returns, Officer changes (appointments & resignations), the maintenance of the PSC register and capital.
• Progress the preparation of Secretary's Certificates and Delegated Signing Authorities including Powers of Attorney
• Assist with analytical tasks under the direction of the Company Secretary
• Assist in improving the efficiency & effectiveness of the Company Secretarial Group.

ESSENTIAL:

• Knowledge and experience of Corporate Governance - Understanding of what constitutes this.
• Knowledge and experience of Company Secretarial Practice.
• Should be a qualified Chartered Secretary (ACIS or FCIS) with relevant practical experience.
• Proactive and self motivated
• Team Worker
• Confident & highly enthusiastic
• Good at building and maintaining positive working relationships
• High performance focused
• Reliable