Governance Specialist/Board Support (Company Secretarial Assistant)
- Full Time
- Contact: Recruitment Team
- Reference: End Date: October 4, 2024 (6 days left to apply)
- Posted September, 27, 2024 6:15 PM
Job Description At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors. Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help...
Job Description
At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.
Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.
Key Responsibilities:
Support with the drafting of meeting documents; including agendas, action logs, minute templates, and the preparation of the board pack (on Board Intelligence).
Support with the execution of governance processes for the group’s entities, including reviewing those processes as part of the continuous improvement agenda.
Maintain accurate statutory registers, via an entity management system (Diligent Entities) and undertaking regular reviews of the information.
Liaise with UK and overseas representatives to ensure that information held is accurate .
Support with statutory and regulatory filing; including filing of statutory accounts, confirmation statements, director appointments/resignations, minutes and other information as required.
Assist with ensuring that the group’s entities comply with relevant statutory obligations and codes of governance.
Assist with the management of the report and accounts approval process for the group’s entities, which will require a close working relationship with the finance teams.
Acting as Secretary for some board meetings, such as meetings to approve report and accounts ,(with training and support to be provided) and being responsible for the end to end process.
Support with governance queries from the business and others within the Subsidiary Secretariat and Governance teams, drafting papers and written resolutions and briefing notes as required (with assistance from other Team members).
Other work as required with in the Secretariat team as required by the Subsidiary Company Secretary.
Skills and Experience:
Strong collaborator and team player
An excellent communicator
Someone who thrives on change and can manage varied work
A creative and dynamic thinker
Commercial acumen i.e. someone who understands the business opportunities and challenges
Company secretarial experience ideally in the financial services sector
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. Therefore, if you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire and one of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.
Our benefits
There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.
When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.
Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.
We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.
If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.
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