Company Secretarial Associate - Global Business Solutions

About Crowe

Crowe is a leading national firm offering audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services with global reach and local expertise. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the top 10 accounting networks worldwide, we have access to over 40,000 professionals across 140+ countries and more than 800 offices globally. Our vision is to be a leader in our chosen markets, creating lasting value for our clients and our people and being a trusted partner in their success. We are dedicated to driving client success, empowering our people, embracing sustainability, delivering technological change and acting in the public interest.

About The Role

Due to expansion and growth we have an excellent opportunity for a Company Secretarial Associate to join Crowe UK within our Global Business Solutions department based at either our Bristol or Cheltenham office. Both offices offer agile working and part-time hours would be considered for this role. Working within the Compliance team and reporting to a Senior Manager, the remit of the role is helping to ensure that all international company secretarial filings are prepared and filed on a timely basis and appropriate records are maintained for our GBS client portfolio. This covers our US client base who have either full subsidiaries, branches or permanent establishments overseas, across 30+ different countries on a global basis. The role will give you access to an interesting range of US tech start-ups and their senior management team, as well as their international operations.

Job Description

• Assisting with company secretarial tasks for an international client portfolio comprising of US start-ups.
• Update and maintain a database of client company records for all our clients’ UK and international entities.
• Assist with preparing and filing confirmation statements and annual returns.
• Process changes to company information with the local registrars, including organising the correct signatures, notarisations, apostille and translations as required.
• Assist with collating information required to set up new entities and to close entities.
• Working with the internal compliance team and management accounts teams as required to provide information for Statutory fillings and audits.
• Maintain client records on the firm’s M‑Files system and share documents with clients via our secure file sharing platform, Egress.
• Liaising with clients and third parties (locally and on an international basis).
• Dealing with AD HOC queries and using their initiative in different situations.
• Delivering all work to set deadlines.

Required Attributes

• Educated to degree level or equivalent with 2+ years relevant work experience.
• An accountancy practice or legal background would be an advantage.
• Experience working for an international organisation would be a distinct advantage.
• A self-starter who is able to come in and quickly take ownership of the role.
• Highly organised and able to thrive/work well under pressure.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent client service and communication skills.
• A team player.
• IT skills – good understanding of Excel, Word, Microsoft etc.

Why choose Crowe?

Whatever career you choose, whether in audit, tax, marketing or HR, we can offer you a rewarding and clear career pathway, designed to help you develop your existing talents as well as discovering new ones, positioning you to make a meaningful difference to our ever-growing and varied client base. At Crowe we foster a collaborative and inclusive culture, and we will encourage, support and guide you on an exciting professional journey of self-discovery. We value innovation and welcome those committed to making a difference for our clients, communities, and colleagues. With access to expert knowledge, continuous learning, competitive salaries, and flexible benefits, you will have the tools to build a rewarding career. We are committed to diversity in our teams, equal opportunity and merit-based progression. We promote a healthy working environment with flexible working approach alongside dedicated wellbeing support, helping our people to thrive both professionally and personally.

Following changes to government policy in April 2024, we only accept applications from individuals with an existing, permanent, right to live and work in the UK.