Company Secretary - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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2 weeks ago

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Are you a qualified Company Secretary with Financial Services, preferably Investment or Asset Management experience?

Do you work closely with the Board and Executive Committee to provide proactive, effective Governance and Company Secretarial ('CoSec') guidance, advice and support?

We are looking for a Company Secretary to lead the CoSec and Governance team in its ambition to drive transparent and high standards of governance across the company.

Reporting to the Chief of Staff, but working with autonomy to lead the Governance function, you will work closely with the Board and Executive Committee, and their sub-committees, to provide proactive, effective Governance advisory and Company Secretarial('CoSec') support.

Leading the Governance team in its ambition to be a high performing function that provides a meticulous level of service to the Board and wider business.

Key Tasks

Board, Executive and committee administration:

Acting as Secretary to the Ruffer LLP Board and its four subcommittees and responsible for the provision of high quality reporting to the Board, and its subcommittees when required; and oversighting secretariat support to Ruffer group entities (RML, etc)
Attending Executive Committee ('ExCom') meetings and supporting the Trainee Company Secretary to act as its secretary
Developing and evolving governance documentation for all Ruffer entities and committees
Providing support and guidance to the Non-Executive Directors and supporting the onboarding of any new directors and their inductions
Project managing the Ruffer LLP AGM and other partner meetings including drafting the notice of meeting and other ancillary documents
Working and liaising with the Finance, Business Risk and Internal Control functions on the firm's yearend processes and associated documents
Support the Chief of Staff in the maintenance of the firm's Management Responsibilities Map and CF3 matrix

Governance:

Supporting and providing governance advisory on business related programmes and projects
Leading the annual Board and committee effectiveness reviews
Reviewing and revising Ruffer's Modern Slavery Transparency Statement
Overseeing subsidiary governance with support from the Trainee Company Secretary (UK and overseas entities)
Managing the firm's Whistleblowing policy and associated firm wide training
Ensuring that the list of authorised signatories, licenses and registrations are maintained

Team management:

Line managing the Trainee Company Secretary

Who are we looking for?
You will have significant financial services and regulatory experience, ideally with some international or overseas subsidiary company experience.

Ruffer operates a 60:40 hybrid working policy, 60% of working time from the office and the option to work the remaining 40% from the office or at home.

About Us

Ruffer's single investment strategy is defined by two simple investment objectives:
Not to lose money in any 12-month period
Generate returns meaningfully ahead of the return on cash

ALL-WEATHER INVESTING
We aim to deliver positive returns come rain or shine. If we are to be good all-weather investors, we cannot be dependent on the direction of markets. To avoid that dependency, we always hold investments in what we call growth and protection. We hold thesealongside each other, changing the allocation to each over time. When the market sun shines, we expect our growth assets to prosper. When a market storm hits, our protective assets should provide shelter, defending the portfolio from a downturn. At Ruffer,we are committed to being good stewards of our clients' assets. To that end, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are fully integrated into our investment process.

Whether it's climate change or indigenous rights, executive pay or workforce safety,we believe our considered approach helps us make better decisions.

To the advantage of our clients' portfolios. To the benefit of the companies we invest in. And for the good of the environment and society.

**Diversity & Inclusion