Company Secretarial Assistant - Hook, United Kingdom - Serco Plc

Serco Plc

Verified Company

Hook, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Hook, RG27 9UY - Hybrid working (2 days in office per week)

Permanent, Full Time

Up to £45,000 PA DOE + Benefits

Here at Serco we're looking for a Company Secretarial Assistant to join a growing, caring team with a revitalised strategy to deliver a best-in-class Company Secretariat function to be proud of at Serco Group plc, a highly diversified and global business, with a wonderfully supportive and experienced PLC Board of Directors.

You will gain experience in all aspects of company secretarial work, supporting the provision of an efficient and effective company secretarial service to the Group, ensuring that all statutory and other regulatory compliance requirements are met.

You will be a passionate and determined governance professional, who takes pride and care in each innovation towards our ultimate vision.

We value open and honest, empathetic communication, combined with a superb sense of humour, trust and collaboration.

As part of this, you will:

Maintain the statutory registers and other corporate records, including the Group Structure Chart, for UK subsidiaries and work with overseas colleagues and external company secretarial service providers to ensure records are maintained for overseas subsidiaries and JV companies.
Work with Divisional legal teams and other Group function teams on subsidiary related projects including formations, acquisitions, disposals, restructurings and related transactions.
Support the Assistant Company Secretary and Interim Deputy Company Secretary to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements for Serco Group plc, administering insider and confidential project lists, preparations for the Annual General Meeting, and the drafting and verification process for the Annual Report and Accounts.
Support the smooth running of Board and Committee meetings, including the collation and distribution of papers.
Liaise with external service providers including the registrar, to ensure smooth running of the department and its activities.

What you'll need to do the role

You will be a graduate (preferably with a legal background) and work, or have worked, as a Company Secretarial Assistant within a plc Company Secretariat.

You will have the desire to qualify as a Chartered Secretary through the CGI Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme and a commitment to study.

A core part of this role is building strong working relationships and being able to manage multiple, multi-level stakeholders, for this you will need to possess strong communication, organisational and time management skills.

Due to the nature of the role, you will need to work to a degree of confidentiality and discretion, understanding the need to keep information safe and secure.

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What we offer

Pension 6%
Childcare vouchers
Bike4Work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Serco Benefits package
Study package

About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services.

We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services.

We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

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At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the 'Ban the Box' pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required).

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