Company Secretary

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom Link Group Full time

Overview

You’ll be working as a Consultant in our award-winning company secretarial business, Company Matters, one of the largest company secretarial providers in the UK and well-known for its expertise in corporate governance advisory services and company secretarial administration. Company Matters forms part of Link Group’s Corporate Markets division and benefits from having close links with our registrars and share plan teams, and our sister businesses - Orient Capital and D.F.King.

As a Consultant, you will manage a varied portfolio of clients, including high-profile listed companies, providing end to end support, covering Board facing responsibilities, statutory and regulatory compliance, governance and best practice advice.

Ideally, you’ll be based either full-time or on a hybrid basis from our office in Exeter city centre. Alternatively, you could be based out of our Gresham Street office in London if you are within a commutable distance or our stunning city centre office in Leeds.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Providing full support to private and listed company Boards and Committees, which will include attendance at meetings in a minute taking and advisory capacity
- Ensuring compliance with all Stock Exchange requirements, including listing, statutory and regulatory requirements, Stock Market announcements and compliance with Market Abuse Regulations (MAR)
- Organising and managing the annual general meeting, in addition to other meetings, including the preparation of all relevant notices
- Preparing and filing the relevant statutory submissions and returns on behalf of clients
- Providing advice and guidance on corporate governance best practice to a diverse portfolio of clients
- Drafting and reviewing of the non-financial section of Annual Reports and Accounts, preparing and filing of relevant statutory submissions and returns on behalf of clients and project managing the process where appropriate
- Overseeing, training and supporting more junior colleagues, enabling them to develop their career
- Maintaining corporate registers, Director details and records for client entities from a regulatory, statutory and governance reporting requirements perspective
- Preparing, coordinating and releasing regulatory announcements on behalf of client companies using a range of RIS portals

**What we’re looking for**:

- The drive and desire to work in a fast-paced environment balancing conflicting deadlines
- Proven experience in a listed company, Board facing and / or with investment trust experience
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and influencing skills, enabling you to build and maintain relationships with intermediaries, third parties and key client contacts
- Meticulous attention to detail, with excellent organisational and project management skills
- The ability to integrate into a dynamic team, working in a collaborative manner
- Commercial awareness, with the drive and desire to contribute to a growing business
- A CGI (Chartered Governance Institute) qualified or part-qualified Company Secretary with demonstrable experience working in a Company Secretary role, ideally within a professional services environment or a desire to be part of one

**About Link Group / Corporate Markets / The Team**:
Company Matters is a market-leading, trusted, comprehensive company secretarial business with offices in London and Exeter. They provide specialised, tailored support to company secretaries and the boards of a wide range of UK-listed and unlisted companies in different sectors and stages of maturity. They provide a dedicated relationship team with market leading expertise and experience, offering short and long-term practical support, open and regular communication and easy access to services for listed international organisations. Company Matters supports domestic and international clients with all aspects of their company secretarial needs, from governance advice to statutory compliance and have a long-standing reputation of providing class-leading services to UK listed businesses.

Link Group works in partnership internationally with almost 7,000 clients including asset managers and investors, business managers, asset owners, trustees, issuers and borrowers. We provide the infrastructure through which assets are secured or deployed in both regulated and unregulated markets.

We offer industry-leading shareholder services through Link Market Services to a wide range of corporates, issuers and business managers. We are the largest UK share registrar providing services to more than 1,300 companies large and small across the UK.

We administer share plans for over 200 clients and have worked on more than 50% of UK IPOs since 2005. Our unique place in the market, combined with our partnership and relationship management approach, enables us to play a vital role in connecting issuers with 5 million shareholders around the world.

**What’s in it for you?**
- A competitive sala

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