UK Company Secretary, Senior Manager, Corporate, Office of the General Counsel

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Job description

Connect to your Industry

Our purpose globally is to make an impact that matters for our clients, our people and society. Our people are at the heart of what we do, and so we are focused on building a firm where everyone can thrive and do their best work, one that is truly inclusive and reflective of society and has our shared values at its core. In Deloitte UK, we have an opportunity to ensure that our people experience ambition, together with our purpose and shared values are truly activated locally and embedded into the core of our business.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most .

Connect to your opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Office of General Counsel (OGC) for a full-time Company Secretary to support the Senior Corporate Governance Legal Counsel with Company Secretarial and UK firm governance matters.

We are looking for a talented and experienced Company Secretary who is able to provide prompt, practical and solutions-focused support as part of a wider team of lawyers in OGC.

The role offers the candidate a varied and interesting workload including broad exposure to the UK group entities and the Firm's legal entity management and governance activities, as well as the opportunity to be part of a high performing team and people leader responsibility for one direct report.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing end-to-end company secretarial services across the UK group structure ensuring these are best in class and fully integrated into the Firm's operations with a continuous improvement mindset
• Working closely with a range of internal stakeholders to ensure legal and regulatory compliance
• Overseeing the maintenance of statutory records, registers and filings for UK group entities using Diligent Entities, ensuring that filing deadlines are met and that documents are issued for approval in good time
• Advising the members of Deloitte LLP and directors of the UK group subsidiaries on their statutory responsibilities and corporate governance issues
• Supporting the Senior Corporate Governance Legal Counsel with a range of corporate governance matters including advising on best practice and ad hoc compliance projects
• Working closely with the UK OGC Corporate legal team and supporting on UK group structure changes, as well as corporate simplification
• Supervising and supporting the Assistant Company Secretary
• Staying up to date with relevant legislation and advising stakeholders on such matters
• Horizon scanning and supporting the Senior Corporate Governance Legal Counsel to project manage the implementation of new or revised legal and regulatory requirements
• Developing knowledge of and advising on best practices

Connect to your skills and professional experience

You're a natural at collaborating for impact. Someone who understands how our business works and can collaborate across the business with people and teams at all levels. We're all about letting our leaders lead, so we'll give you the breathing space you need to do so. We're also keen to let your creative strengths shine, and to make your own distinctive impact.

The candidate will be an experienced UK Company Secretary with a deep understanding and experience of UK Company law and legal entity management.

Skills and Experience

• Chartered Company Secretary with proven experience as a company secretary and/or with legal entity compliance
• In-house experience (some Professional Services or equivalent large complex organisational experience)
• Strong relationship building skills with key stakeholders throughout the business
• Seeks and shares best practice and strives for continuous development
• A highly organised, pro-active individual who is driven by personal development
• High integrity, absolute discretion, professionalism, maintains strict confidentiality
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal
• Adept project management and time management skills

Connect to your business - Enabling Functions

Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. Bringing your individual skills and experience, and sharing your specialist knowledge, is how you'll make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"Deloitte's a large, complex and fast-paced organisation but it's open to new ideas. Everyone is encouraged to show initiative and challenge the norm."

-Lisa, Enabling Functions

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in London with hybrid working. Our hybrid model enables our people to collaborate, connect and innovate in both a virtual and physical capacity. As well as remote working, you'll attend your local office, virtual collaboration spaces and client sites, depending on the requirements of the role.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level .

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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