Assistant Company Secretary
Job ID: 10115247
London
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
Hybrid
Assistant Company Secretary – 6 months fixed term contract starting end November/first week December
Hybrid – requirement to be in the London office (Kingdom Street, Paddington) once a week
Able to consider applicants interested in 4 days
We have an exciting opportunity for a UK qualified Company Secretary to join our team for a 6 - month fixed term contract. You’ll be working closely with the Deputy Company Secretary and our overseas India based Company Secretarial team.
Successful candidates must be a member of the Chartered Governance Institute in the UK and possess professional expertise in handling Secretarial activities compliances (MNC exposure).
Diversity statement
We’re truly committed to building a diverse and representative workforce and as part of our strategic plans we are aiming to accelerate gender and ethnic representation in leadership. As such we would particularly welcome applications from people who are female and/or are from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds
Role Level – D
Job Description
What we’re looking for:
Essential:
- Member of the Chartered Governance Institute in the UK
- Possess professional expertise and domain knowledge in handling Secretarial activities and compliance (MNC exposure)
- Experience working with overseas colleagues
In addition, you will also have:
- Demonstrable confidence to effectively manage stakeholder expectations
- Strong intuition to identify challenges and be solution oriented
- Sound business acumen, good organisational awareness and strategic approach to problem solving
- Excellent written, oral and presentation & communication skills
- Highly responsive, accountable, proactive and reliable
- A positive and harmonious work culture even during extreme work pressure and challenging times.
- Ability to manage multi-tasking and cross scaling at work
What you’ll be doing:
- Providing full secretarial support on Key/Special Projects such as Internal BTA, SPA, new branch formation Liquidation, New Process implementation, Entity Disposal, Pre-Disposal Legal Queries/Warranties
- Reviewing and finalising critical secretarial tasks, documents and end to end process execution
- Managing Stakeholder relationship and expectations
- Collaborating and partnering with key stakeholders to manage key deliverables
- Identifying newer opportunities and new ways of working to enhance excellence at work and better delivery output
- Maintaining flexibility of resources and optimum utilisation of resources within team, step in for performing secretarial tasks during pressure and do Annual/Half Yearly Release
- Continuing a two-way communication with stakeholders and feeding regular updates on key tasks/projects, escalations and challenges if any.
About Capita
Capita is an outsourcer, helping clients across the public and private sectors run complex business processes more efficiently, creating better consumer experiences.
Operating across 8 countries, Capita’s 34,000 colleagues support primarily UK and European clients with people-based services underpinned by market-leading technology.
We’re a vital support service for our clients, enabling the everyday interactions that we expect to run seamlessly, to run seamlessly.
Check out our website www.capita.com for more information
What’s in it for you?
- 23 days’ holiday pro rata
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What we hope you’ll do next:
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We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.
About us
Capita is a consulting, transformation and digital services business. We deliver innovative solutions and simplify the connections between businesses and customers, governments and citizens. We're driven by our purpose: to create better outcomes – for our employees, clients and customers, suppliers and partners, investors, and society. We're committed to being a responsible business – in how we operate, serve society, respect our people and the environment, and deliver attractive returns to our investors.
Every day we help millions of people, by delivering innovative solutions to transform and simplify the connections between businesses and customers, governments and citizens. We partner with clients and provide them with the insight and cutting-edge technologies that give time back, allowing them to focus on what they do best and making people’s lives easier and simpler. We operate in the UK, Europe, India and South Africa and currently have 55,000 talented people working in our three divisions: Capita Experience, Capita Public Service and Capita Portfolio.