Senior Company Secretary

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Colt Technology Services Full time

Colt is the New Standard in high bandwidth network and voice services for enterprises and wholesale customers in Europe, Asia and North America’s largest business hubs. With a global reach but a deep local presence, Colt is big enough to deliver and small enough to care.

Function: General Counsel

Reporting: Legal Director

Location: UK

**Role purpose**

Delivering effective Company Secretarial support to Colt entities in Europe, Asia and US. You’ll be assisting with internal corporate restructuring, Company Secretarial tasks required as part of a corporate transaction, including managing external counsel.

You’ll be looking beyond pure company secretarial issues, having regard to the overall success of the business and also providing hands-on company secretarial support and advice in relation to Colt Group entities. Finally, you’ll report into the Corporate Legal Director.

**Key accountabilities**
- Providing support with internal restructuring projects and major transactions.
- Managing statutory compliance across the group both in the UK and internationally
- Providing sound company secretarial advice on a range of jurisdictions, including:

- Co-ordinating and managing entities within corporate transactions, including managing external counsel;
- Proactively following up on actions and deliverables;
- Anticipating issues and estimating risks strategically, identifying proactive solutions that will eliminate or mitigate risks; and
- Ensuring best practice corporate governance principles are implemented in day-to-day activities.
- Develop, maintain and keep under review key constitutional documents (i.e., articles of association, board/committee charters, terms of reference etc.).
- Keeping electronic and physical record of all entity documentation, seeking improvements on record keeping and filing processes.

**Role specific requirements**

**Skills**:

- Strong corporate governance and company secretarial experience in private practice or industry.
- In-house Company Secretarial experience advantageous.
- Maintenance of foreign subsidiaries, particularly in Europe, APAC and the US.
- Effectively working with senior stakeholders and shareholders.
- Experience of working in a fast-pasted, agile, adaptable, commercial environment.
- Verbal and written fluency in English.

Experience
- Qualified Chartered Secretary or qualified Lawyer with extensive Company Secretarial experience.
- Knowledge of least one other major European language advantageous.
- Knowledge of telecoms or data centre industry advantageous.
- Ability to efficiently manage a high workload, with exceptional time management due to managing a multitude of entities in parallel.
- Setting correct expectations and ensuring timely delivery in accordance with statutory deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the confidence and ability to interact directly with senior management, external counsel and to build connections with the business to get required information from all levels.
- Good team player with ability to work independently.
- Proactive, with the ability to use initiative and to adapt quickly to changing environment.
- Ability to deal with sensitive, confidential information.
- First rate attention to detail.
- Strong written communication skills to produce succinct correspondence.

We anticipate this to be a 12 month contract

In addition to offering competitive salaries and incentive plans, a range of benefits and local rewards packages are offered to staff. Colt recognises the importance of a work life balance.

Some benefit examples are:

- Flexible working and relaxed dress code
- Two days annually to spend on volunteering opportunities
- Flexible benefits scheme
- Access to a virtual business school for on-going learning
- Business mentoring

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