Senior Manager

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries.

EQ's vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base and our values set the core foundations to our success. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.

Business Function

Prism Cosec, part of the Equiniti Group, provides corporate governance best-practice and company secretarial services to quoted and unquoted companies seeking to operate UK governance standards.

Role Summary

The role is for a Company Secretarial Professional at Senior Manager level, who will work as part of our team providing company secretarial advisory services to Prism Cosec clients. The individual would work on a portfolio of clients as part of a client delivery team and would be expected to delegate to and manage junior members within such teams.

Core Responsibilities:

• Taking responsibility for your own portfolio of clients either as a Client Lead or as part of a client delivery team; such portfolio may consist of Main Market and AIM listed companies, and larger private limited companies
• Board and Committee meeting administration, including attending meetings in person where required
• Pre- and post-IPO company secretarial activity
• Advising on the UK Corporate Governance Code and QCA Corporate Governance Code, including undertaking gap analysis reviews
• Support with Annual Report and Accounts (which may include project management, drafting governance sections, design and printing)
• AGMs and shareholder meetings
• Drafting regulatory stock exchange announcements
• Demonstrating a sound understanding of the Companies Act 2006
• Stock Exchange regulatory compliance including DTRs, UK Listing Rules and AIM Rules
• Advising on the application of the UK Market Abuse Regulations, management of insider lists and related communications
• Supporting clients as required with their Board and Committee performance reviews
• Company Secretarial mentoring
• Managing more junior members of the team in your client delivery team(s)
• Liaising with clients and their advisers whilst building and maintaining strong relationships
• Leading and delivering a high-quality end to end service as part of a client delivery team, adhering to standardised policies, procedures and service standards
• Developing and mentoring junior members of the team
• Keeping abreast of all professional developments in own area of work and undertaking such training as required
• Network internally with EQ business units and with external specialists (lawyers, advisers, accountants, brokers, NOMADs etc.)
• Develop and maintain knowledge of relevant products and services offered by the EQ Group
• Support our team's business development and marketing activities
• Help identify opportunities to improve services to clients through operational efficiency, automation and the use of technology

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes:

• Fully qualified chartered secretary (ACG/FCG or equivalent)
• Strong company secretarial experience in a listed company or professional services business
• A comprehensive working knowledge of corporate governance issues
• Experience attending board and committee meetings and drafting of minutes
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy
• A proactive and flexible approach
• Excellent time management and organisation skills
• Resilient, able to work under pressure, cope with varying workloads, urgent projects and meet deadlines
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with people at all levels
• Excellent reporting skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Team working
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• A diplomatic approach and proven confidence to provide support to high-profile company staff and board members
• Experience of managing more junior team members
• Integrity and discretion when handling confidential information
• Working knowledge of Diligent Entities and / or Kuberno
• Working knowledge of a Board portal, ideally Board Intelligence or Diligent Boardbooks
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, intermediate to advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills

What We Offer

Save For Your Future – Equiniti Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%

All Employee Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) – Gives all EQ Colleagues the opportunity to benefit if the current owners successfully sell the company for a profit.

Health and Wellbeing – Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households. Life assurance cover at 4x salary with the ability to purchase enhance cover.

Employee discounts – Discounts and cashback at your favourite high street stores through our EQ Wins Platform.

Flexible Benefits – The ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan; gadgets, travel insurance, will writing, holiday trading and more.

Time Off – Typically 29 days holiday + bank holidays. 2 volunteer days to get involved with a charity of your choosing.

Winning together – Equiniti ICON award vouchers; recognising the individuals going above and beyond to help the business succeed.

Learning & Development – Investment in LinkedIn Learning for all colleagues.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks. These consist of 5 year activity & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks