Senior Assistant Company Secretary

Job title:

Senior Assistant Company Secretary

Company

Irwin Mitchell

Job description

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is ‘we’re legal and financial experts that care’ – something you’ll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.We’re always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to one of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Assistant Company Secretary to join our Company Secretariat team based from one of our Regional offices.Your Role and What You’ll Be DoingAs a Senior Assistant Company Secretary you will be working closely with and supporting the Company Secretary / General Counsel to ensure that the Irwin Mitchell Group make effective and efficient decisions which are compliant with law and regulation.This is a Group role supporting all Boards, and Board Committees, including the LLP subsidiaries and Executive Directors. This is not a client facing role, it is an in house role.What You’ll Be Doing

• Assisting with the Board meetings, including preparing and drafting annual meeting plans, agendas, reports and papers for distribution prior to the meetings, liaising with non-Executives, Executive Directors and executive management and external parties as required and attending meetings where necessary.
• Providing company secretarial support to Group Committees and subsidiary boards (including SRA and FCA regulated entities) including organising, preparing agendas and papers for and taking minutes (taking into consideration legal and regulatory responsibilities and reporting requirements) at meetings, advising as secretary to the sub-committee and subsidiary boards
• Supporting the Chairs as required and as needed on regulatory and governance developments and best practice
• Overseeing the creation and maintenance of schedules and actions of Board and Committee meetings and maintaining rolling agendas.
• Ensuring that statutory records, board and committee minutes are maintained and liaising with external company secretarial administrators and registrars in relation filings and group company minutes.
• Undertaking various corporate governance projects as required, including but not limited to reviews of terms of Reference and Matters Reserved for the Board, oversight of project insider lists, annual reporting requirements.
• Supporting all year end work including the production of the annual report and notice of AGM, the AGM itself, share grants and exercises, Board and Board committee evaluations and external auditor evaluations.

About YouWe’re looking for a experience Assistant Company Secretary who thinks critically, enjoys solving problems and has a working knowledge of UK Company Law and it’s application in a private limited company. Our ideal candidate will have the following:

• Demonstrable experience of subsidiary management, meeting support and minute taking
• The ability to provide a service to C-suite level stakeholders and build lasting relationships
• A solid background of working in a company secretarial role with a number of years’ experience
• Be educated to degree level and/or ICSA qualified (Associate) or previously qualified as a Solicitor
• Expencience working within Professional or Financial Services environment, ideally within the Legal sector.

If this sounds like you and you want to join a thriving team hit the apply button below for consideration!Our Benefits – What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays – You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.Additional InformationAs part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share themSub-Department:Company SecretariatSub-Division:Company SecretariatCompany:IM LLPVacancy Type:Permanent:FlexibleSalary:CompetitiveShare this pageVacancy AlertsCreate an alert subscription based on this vacancyLoading© 2025 Irwin Mitchell LLP is Authorised & Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 04:34:40 GMT

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