Contract: Senior Company Secretarial Officer / South East London

Purpose:

Provision of company secretarial services under the guidance of the Head of Corporate Affairs.

Key responsibilities cover the following areas:

• Company Secretarial Services
• Corporate Governance and Compliance
• Corporate Restructuring
• Project Work

  Main Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Company Secretarial Services – Assistance in the provision of core company secretarial services to UK incorporated/managed companies of the  Group including preparation of board/shareholder documentation, minutes of meetings, attending meetings as required and various matters related to statutory accounts.
• Corporate Governance and Compliance – Assistance in the provision of corporate governance and compliance matters for UK incorporated/managed companies of the  Group including maintenance of statutory records and books, corporate filings, maintenance of internal/external databases, support to the activities of  UK Compliance Committee etc.
• Corporate Restructuring – Assistance in the provision of general company secretarial support in relation to the corporate restructuring activities of the  UK Business Unit and the wider  Group including liquidations, strike-offs, capital restructuring and corporate re-organisations.
• Project Work – General assistance to the  Legal Manager  on ad-hoc projects of the As they arise from time to time including work related to corporate acquisitions, review of constitutional documents, dissentients registers and payments into court, etc.

Main Interfaces (relationships):

INTERNAL (company, no reporting line):

• Legal Manager
• The  UK Legal department and other  UK client departments such as Finance and Control, HRO and Procurement.
• The wider  Group in Milan/Rome and across the world including, in particular, (i) overseas offices of UK incorporated/managed companies and (ii) other  Group company secretarial functions including Rome and Amsterdam.

EXTERNAL (external):

• Companies House.
• Professional advisers such as lawyers, notaries, accountants and registrars both in the UK and abroad.

Qualifications
 

• Required Experience and Technical Competencies (relevant experience and technical skills):
• Part or full ICSA or similar/equivalent qualification (Desirable)
• Extensive company secretarial experience (8 years plus) of complex corporate organisations/structures (Desirable).
• Previous experience in Oil & Gas/Energy Sector (Desirable)
• Knowledge of company secretarial software (eg. Blueprint). (Essential)
• Good working knowledge of Excel and Word (Essential
• Strong company secretarial skills/knowledge (Essential)