Assistant Company Secretary

Exciting opportunity for a Company Secretarial professioanl to join this international advertising agency on a permanent basis.

Our client is a dynamic media business with over 63 companies in over 35 jurisdictions and a rapidly growing international footprint. It is a leader in building in-house digital marketing capabilities for global brands.

We are looking for an experienced assistant company secretary ready to take on a demanding and rewarding role to support us strengthen our corporate governance framework. You would ideally come from a legal background with sound technical experience working in a global private company or similar, and must be comfortable working in a fast-paced commercial environment. The role reports into the Deputy Company Secretary and is part of the in-house legal team.

The main focus of the role is to:

1. support the ongoing development of the Group company secretarial compliance framework, including compliance with legal and statutory obligations;
2. support the maintenance of statutory books globally;
3. support the legal and operational teams by providing timely answers to company information request for contracts, audits, pitches and on ad-hoc basis;
4. support the finance teams globally to ensure accounts are timely signed, have relevant board approvals and any other ancillary documents are ready for filing;
5. support the treasury team on day to day operational business requirements including preparation of company structure charts, providing company information and ongoing support on requirements related to KYC, opening and managing bank accounts;
6. liaise with lawyers, co-sec providers and notaries on an ad-hoc basis;

In addition to your technical skills, you will be well versed in building strong internal relationships with key departments and stakeholders in the business.

The role is hybrid including home working and working from our head office in central London.

The successful candidate should:

• be able to demonstrate global entity management experience - international experience is crucial
• be able to demonstrate the ability to work in a global cross functional team;
• be ICSA qualified or be working towards the qualification or be a qualified lawyer;
• have at least 5 years of relevant work experience;
• have working knowledge of Diligent;

Please get in touch for further information about this opportunity.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates