Company Secretary, Birmingham

Company Secretary

-Standalone role

-Professional Services

-Full time or Part time opportunity

-3 days/week in Birmingham office

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, mentor and develop the CoSec team and take responsibility for strategic planning and the team's growth in the short, medium and long-term.
• Oversee allocation of work to ensure a cost effective and efficient service, assigning matters based on complexity and expertise required.
• Foster a collaborative, supportive and client-focused culture within the team; with relevant training being secured.
• Embrace the use of technology in the future plans for the team. Identify opportunities to expand service lines, improve efficiency and adopt legal technology to streamline delivery.
• Act as senior point of contact for key clients, overseeing service delivery and managing expectations and securing opportunities for the team and the firm.
• Support partners on business development opportunities and pitches.
• Provide expert advice and assistance of governance matters such as director duties, managing conflicts of interest; the impact of the ECCTA; amendments to governance policies; delegation frameworks and reporting requirements.
• Work closely with internal legal teams

Key Skills and Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in a senior company secretarial or governance leadership role, ideally within a law firm or professional services environment.
• Deep technical knowledge of the Companies Act 2006, statutory compliance requirements and UK corporate governance frameworks.
• Demonstrable experience of:

- managing complex governance matters such as advising on director conflicts and board meetings; drafting or updating Policies and governance frameworks; and

- advising on more complicated company secretarial matters such as complex PSC enquiries; or the interpretation of poorly drafted articles of association; or reconstructing statutory registers; or drafting intra group agreements (and advising on the issues that can arise with regard to the same).

• Experience supervising a team and allocating work effectively.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to advise senior stakeholders.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail and organisational capability
• Commercial acumen. Experience of issuing fee proposals and work scopes that secure an appropriate return for the team. Managing the team's financial performance more generally and using technology to help and streamline (ie the issue of invoices; managing wip; ensuring that outstanding invoices are settled)