Deputy Company Secretary - Frankfurt Am Main, Deutschland - DMJ Recruitment

Beschreibung

Location


Bird Hall Lane Cheadle

• Salary

£Competitive

• Employment Type

Permanent
Posted about 02 hours ago

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This travel agency headquartered in Manchester have an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Company Secretary within their small and growing legal division.

What you'll be doing
Examples of the types of work that this role entails are set out below.
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PLC compliance: Assist in ensuring compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, Companies Act, UK Listing Regime, Takeover Code and other relevant legislation. Responsible for statutory compliance processes and procedures including in relation to UK MAR. Implementing policies and processes for compliance. Arrange internal training to ensure awareness and compliance with laws and policies.
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PLC/mandatory reporting requirements (including Annual Report):support with or manage (as appropriate) all PLC and mandatory reporting requirements. A key part of the role is to collaboratively manage the production of the Annual Report & Accounts, including drafting as well as co-ordination of information gathering from other teams (managing year end processes and planning ahead to gather relevant information well ahead of time). Support is also required with other elements of corporate/PLC reporting including for the interim accounts and other mandatory reporting of non-financial matters.
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Shareholder engagement & AGM:Support Board with shareholder engagement on governance matters, including co-ordination of shareholder consultation exercises (event driven or annual patterns). Ensuring that regular analysis of the shareholder base is undertaken and shared with the Board. Ensure the corporate website is kept up to date. Lead the effective organisation of the AGM, including the production of documents and mailings and engagement with shareholders and with proxy organisations such as ISS and the Investment Association.
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Board administration: support the Company Secretary to plan annual rolling calendar for Board and Committees, ensuring all relevant strategic and governance matters are scheduled, planned and executed. Support with arranging annual board evaluation and director appraisals. Support in the preparation of agendas, papers & minutes for the Board and Committees, ensuring all provided in a timely manner and to a high standard. Manage preparation of Board packs via board platform.
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Share scheme administration: support with delivery of executive and other employee share scheme activities, liaising as appropriate with internal teams and external advisors. Monitor dilution levels.
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Filing and record keeping:Take ownership of corporate record keeping including the compiling and maintenance of corporate books and records for PLC and its UK subsidiaries. Manage all filings with Companies House, the National Storage Mechanism and any other filing requirements (supporting finance with HMRC share scheme reporting). Keep appropriate records to demonstrate compliance with PLC requirements (e.g. MAR classified and insider lists, disclosure committee minutes, records of delayed disclosure, share dealing clearances).
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Strategic/capital projects: supporting the business with the strategic projects which impact group structure/capital structure etc. This may include corporate projects, re-organisations, equity raise/debt refinance or M&A (with support of external advisers).
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Sustainability/ESG/TCFD:supporting the GC with ESG/sustainability strategy & delivery objectives (working with other teams in the business). Managing TCFD reporting requirements and assisting with progressing compliance with TCFD including target setting process (with help of external advisers where necessary).


You'll be a great addition to this team if you have the following:
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Skills, knowledge and experience

• Appropriate qualifications for this type of role (e.g. as a solicitor or ICSA) we haven't specified a particular level of qualification but rather you need to be able to fulfil the other requirements below.
• Knowledge and experience of working in a listed company with good knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, codes and Listing Rules.
• Knowledge and experience of share schemes
• Experience of listed company Annual Report preparation and finalisation and of other regulatory filings
• Excellent drafting skills
• Strong organisational, analytical and IT literacy skills
• Minute taking experience desirable.

Personal Characteristics:

• Confident and articulate, able to interact and provide support to executives and board members, building trusting relationships and credibility with key stakeholders
• Excited about learning new things and developing their knowledge, understanding and experience, in both legal and business matters
• Enjoys working collaboratively, but is capable of working and managing projects autonomously
• Ability to use technology is critical
• Good sense of humour
• Comfortable