Senior Assistant Company Secretary

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Assistant Company Secretary

Location: Stirling Square, London: We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £100,000 plus depending on experience + executive benefits

What you’ll be doing:

Subsidiary governance

• Responsible for good governance of the Group’s subsidiary portfolio
• Act as Company Secretary for designated subsidiaries
• Ownership of the subsidiary governance framework, ensuring framework communicated to all relevant stakeholders
• Support and counsel senior stakeholders, directors and officers of the Group’s subsidiaries on governance matters, company law and relevant regulations
• Manage and direct relevant workload, assisting colleagues with re-calibrating and reallocating workload to meet business needs
• Oversee the activities in respect of the Group’s subsidiaries, including board meetings, drafting proposals and resolutions, producing minutes, preparation and submission of statutory and regulatory filings, as well as corporate authorities
• Responsible for the Director Induction programmes and governance related training for subsidiary company directors
• Lead on the company secretarial aspects of subsidiary corporate events, and any other finance, property, treasury or tax related projects
• Efficient management of the Group’s corporate structure (incorporations, strike-offs and liquidations)

Corporate Governance

• Support the department in maintaining awareness and knowledge of developing and emerging best practice, new legislation, regulatory and corporate governance changes
• Manage aspects of plc governance reporting, including supporting on the Annual Report process
• Advise on Company Law affecting preparation of statutory accounts and reviewing Directors’ Reports and Accounts for compliance and accuracy
• Review Articles of Association and proposed changes thereto of new/existing subsidiary companies overseas for acceptability/practicality
• Leading the AGM preparation project

Your skills and experiences:

• Chartered Governance Institute (CGI or equivalent) qualified with proven post-qualification experience in a corporate secretariat function (experience working with a plc is an advantage)
• Thorough knowledge of Companies Act 2006 and all ancillary regulations along with company secretarial practices and procedures
• In-depth understanding of relevant regulations, including Disclosure Guidance & Transparency Rules, Listed Rules, UK Governance Code, EU Market Abuse Regulation and Shareholder Rights Directive
• Good knowledge of Blueprint/GEMS and Microsoft Office
• Demonstrate leadership experience in effectively guiding teams

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Legal Team:

This role sits within our Head Office Legal function. You will be supporting various BAE Systems key stakeholders up to board level, in a role where every day is different!

The role offers a broad range of company secretarial duties and provides the opportunity to help evolve ways of working across the team. Additionally, there are opportunities for exposure to exciting projects across our business along with a lot of scope to develop your career. The position would suit a professional individual who has proven experience dealing with senior executives.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 5th August 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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