Group Company Secretary at Female Founders Initiative

The Company Secretary will be responsible for:

• Full board support for the Board, Audit & Risk Committee, Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee, including taking minutes of meetings and following up on key actions
• Responsible for compliance with the Corporate Governance Code and all other relevant guidance and regulations
• Responsible for posting regulatory announcements through a RIS, Companies House filings and filing of statutory documents, shareholding notifications to the Financial Conduct Authority and updating of corporate registers
• Responsible for all aspects of managing regulatory requirements relating to share dealing and MAR, including PDMR dealing, maintenance of insider lists and communication of closed periods
• Arranging the annual general meeting and associated actions, including Notice of meeting dividends, shareholder communications, and engagement with proxy advisory bodies.
• Project management of the Annual Report and preparation of the Corporate Governance report and elements of the Strategic Report
• and monitoring overseas legal entities to ensure compliance with local regulations
• Secretary to monthly Company Leadership Team and Deal Committee meetings (agenda/action points)
• Oversight of employee share schemes including liaising with HR, share scheme advisers and the Employee Benefit Trust
• Coordination of the business continuity management programme, including maintaining the testing schedule and following up on results

Experience

The successful candidates are required to exhibit an excellent knowledge of company secretarial practice, company law and corporate compliance matters.

The candidate must be ICSA qualified, with practical main market listed PLC experience and Company Secretarial experience in a similar environment 

• Experience of other jurisdictions is also an advantage
• An excellent communicator who can liaise with staff at all levels to ensure procedures are met in the required timescale
• Strong board support skills, in particular experience of supporting complex high profile boards
• Ability to prioritise and to handle multiple projects simultaneously, and to keep a high level perspective on progress, but also to be hands-on with the detail
• Experience of project managing the production of the Annual Report and Accounts, along with direct responsibility for the Governance Section