Head of Corporate Governance Greenfield Site - Financial Services Company Secretarial exp required - eFinancialCareers : Job Details

Head of Corporate Governance (Greenfield Site) – Financial Services Company Secretarial exp required  

 Ref: 4081G

 £75K - £100K + Bonus & Benefits                   London

 Our Client, an acquisitive Global Asset Manager, is looking to hire a Corporate Governance Manager who will be responsible for establishing a Corporate Administration team to service the Groups worldwide entities out of their UK office. Reporting to the CEO and Board, duties will include:

• Set up the Department and then recruit & supervise junior staff
• Oversee the formation and dissolution of entities.
• Handle changes in officers and shareholders, ensuring filings are accurate.
• Oversee statutory books and registers, including minute books.
• Oversee the filing of documents with Companies House and other offshore registrars.
• Spearhead regulatory requirement gathering for launching of offshore vehicles.
• Supervise the maintenance of accurate records and statutory registers.
• Prepare and distribute board packs, notices, and agendas.
• Organize and attend meetings, recording minutes.
• Assist with transaction documentation and coordination
• Assist in deal structuring based on financial and regulatory insights.
• Assess the context of each deal to advise on the best structuring approach.
• Support other teams with regulatory and legal compliance.
• Work closely with the Compliance function to monitor the regulatory landscape for any developments affecting group activities.

The successful candidate will either be a qualified/part qual Company Secretary (ICSA/Corporate Governance Institute) or a qualified accountant or lawyer, with at least 5 years experience in administration or governance in a FCA regulated entity.  Any experience of overseas requirements is useful but more important is a “sleeves rolled up approach”, willing to learn new material, take responsibility and getting involved in the detail.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident and polished individual with strong interpersonal skills to join a hugely successful global asset manager in a greenfield role and set up & run your own department. The business is seeing significant growth and is well placed because of its product focus to continue to grow.

So, if that sounds like you, then please send your details to Gary Collins in the first instance (Including a contact number & email) however please note we cannot reply to all applications so only successful applications will be contacted (although under no circumstance are your details ever passed on without your specific permission).

Compliance Recruitment Solutions Limited (CRS) are acting as an employment agency in relation to this role. The recruiter has stated that all applicants for this job should be able to prove that they are legally entitled to work in the UK. Through application, all candidates signify their acceptance of the above information and confirm that the information they provide is true and accurate to the best of their knowledge.