Assistant Company Secretary

Date: 2 Dec 2024 Location: London, GB Job ID: 4349 School: Group Central Support United Kingdom Office Company: Nord Anglia Education Company Secretarial Assistant Location: London Victoria (hybrid model, minimum 3 days in office). Nord Anglia Education is looking to recruit a Company Secretarial Assistant to join our Legal team, sat within the Group Central Support. We are looking for an experienced, pragmatic, confident and energetic individual who will assist the Head of Secretariat in the provision of advice on the Group’s corporate governance, subsidiary management, KYC and transaction support. The successful candidate will have experience working within a multinational organisation. You will have a proven ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with senior stakeholders, including members of the Senior Leadership Team and the Executive Committee. The role: We seek an individual to join as Company Secretarial Assistant where your focus will be to: Assist with statutory compliance work for UK and international subsidiary companies in the Group, ensuring that all relevant documents are filed at Companies House in accordance with statutory deadlines and corporate records are maintained and up to date. Assist in maintenance of global entity management system (Diligent Entities) to ensure details for Group subsidiaries are kept up to date, and support production of Group Structure Chart. Assist in the wider role out of Diligent Entities and assist in providing training to colleagues on the use of Diligent Entities. Arrange for preparation and execution of corporate documentation resolutions, powers of attorney and proxies for routine business and organising, if required, for such documents to be notarised and/or apostilled. Corresponding with international service providers in relation to routine and non-routine requests and maintaining relationships here. Draft resolutions for the approval of corporate actions for UK and international companies including to effect Director changes, share capital adjustments, transactional approvals, record administrative updates and confer Powers of Attorney. Support the Secretariat in providing governance support on intra-group projects including liquidations, cash repatriation, intra-group restructuring and capital reorganisations. The Successful Candidate will possess: Experience working in a multinational organisation. Excellent team-player, with willingness to help and be flexible. Degree holder. Part or full CGI qualification. Excellent technology skills, including in relevant software packages such as subsidiary management systems (Diligent Entities), board portals (e.g. Diligent Board), Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Visio. High level planning, prioritisation and organisational skills. The ability to support transformational projects, to think strategically. About Us Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading international schools organisation. Our 80+ international schools are located in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Together, they educate more than 80,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary education. We are driven by one unifying philosophy: we are ambitious for our students, our people and our family of schools. Our exclusive collaborations with prestigious institutions such as UNICEF, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), IMG Academy and the world-leading performing arts school Juilliard mean we’re at the forefront of educational thinking, while creating life-changing experiences for students. By joining Nord Anglia Education you will become part of a committed and innovative team. As a member of the world’s leading premium schools group you will be joining an active network of like-minded people across the world. To Apply On-line applications need to be directly through the Nord Anglia Education careers page and should include a CV. Nord Anglia and our schools champion inclusion and belonging, to change our communities for the better. Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. #J-18808-Ljbffr