Senior Company Secretarial Officer

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Senior Company Secretarial Officer

Location: London, UK

About Argus

Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets.

Headquartered in London with 1,300 staff, Argus is an independent media organisation with 29 offices in the world's principal commodity trading hubs. Companies, trading firms and governments in 160 countries around the world trust Argus data to make decisions, analyse situations, manage risk, facilitate trading and for long-term planning. Argus prices are used as trusted benchmarks around the world for pricing transportation, commodities and energy.

Founded in 1970, Argus remains a privately held UK-registered company owned by employee shareholders, global growth equity firm General Atlantic.

Argus Media is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women's network. Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Partnership and Inclusivity.

What we're looking for

We are currently looking for a friendly, organized and enthusiastic team player to join our global in house company secretarial team. We are a small team who manage the Jersey parent and UK company secretarial function, and also partner with numerous overseas subsidiaries to support the group company secretarial requirements globally.

This is not a traditional company secretarial role and is an excellent opportunity for someone looking for a variety of responsibilities and who can bring a practical and flexible approach to supporting the team at all levels, from day to day filings to investor transactions.

You will be confident communicating with various global stakeholders in a fast paced environment and will welcome the challenge of developing process improvements and time efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Senior Company Secretarial & Insurance Manager in relation to ensuring statutory compliance for the various UK and overseas subsidiaries in the Group.
• Prepare shareholder resolutions, solvency statements, or any other Board authorisations and the co-ordination of Board approval, for UK and overseas group subsidiaries, partnering with external legal teams where necessary.
• Maintain up to date and accurate share registers for the Group's Parent and Subsidiary companies.
• Lead on statutory filings, partnering with external service providers where required.
• Support the administration of share schemes and reconciliation of shareholder loans.
• Support corporate Group transactions.
• Support training and development of junior team member
• Collaborate with global sales and finance teams on a daily basis to collate and submit KYC information as required by clients, banks, regulatory bodies and vendors.
• Engage with various global finance and operational teams to co-ordinate data gathering for our Group insurance annual renewal process.
• Day to day management of the global insurance portfolio.
• Provide the lead on insurance cost planning
• Handle company and insurance claim processes.
• Work with global finance teams to ensure the timely payment of group and subsidiary insurance and company secretarial invoices.
• Lead the company secretarial and insurance year end processes.
• Improve processes and procedures to achieve time efficiencies.
• Support the Senior Company Secretarial & Insurance Manager with ad-hoc projects as required.

Skills and Experience

• Relevant degree and/or professional qualification (Chartered Governance Institute or equivalent)
• Previous company secretarial experience essential
• Experience of supporting an annual insurance renewal process desirable
• Excellent communicator who brings a positive and helpful approach and can develop and maintain effective working relationships at all levels within the organization
• A pro-active and highly organized individual
• High level of accuracy and excellent attention to detail
• A practical and adaptable approach to changing priorities
• Excellent time management skills, able to prioritise tasks within a fast paced environment and work to tight deadlines.
• Works well with external parties as necessary as part of a global team.
• Working knowledge of Word and Excel, and excellent Mail merge skills.
• Experience of Oracle NetSuite and NetLoan desirable.
• Experience of working with Diligent and Ledgy desirable

What's in it for you

Our rapidly growing, award-winning business offers a dynamic environment for talented, entrepreneurial professionals to achieve results and grow their careers. Argus recognizes and rewards successful performance and as an Investor in People, we promote professional development and retain a high-performing team committed to building our success.

• Competitive salary and company bonus scheme
• Group pension scheme
• Group healthcare and life assurance scheme
• Flexible working environment
• 25 days holiday with annual increase up to 30 days
• Subsidised gym membership
• Season ticket travel loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Extensive internal and external training
• Training and support available for further job-related studies

For more details about the company and to apply please make sure you upload your CV via our website: www.argusmedia.com/en/careers/open-positions

By submitting your job application, you automatically acknowledge and consent to the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal data to the Company. Argus is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.