Company Secretarial Advisor

We are looking to recruit a Company Secretarial Advisor / Senior - (Paralegal) to help deliver corporate compliance obligations to our large and diverse client base.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all statutory deadlines are met for our company secretarial clients
• Build and maintain client relationships
• Onboard new clients to our systems and conduct a full health check to ensure no discrepancies, resolving with client relationship managers or directly with clients
• Coordinate statutory and regulatory filings including any associated minutes, e.g., director appointments, share transfers, confirmation statements and PSC registers
• Co coach, support and review work prepared by more junior members of the team
• Provide company formation services
• Provide support for more ad hoc complex corporate services such as share capital restructures, outsourcing where necessary
• Ensure statutory registers are kept up to date
• Monitor Companies House daily (through alerts) to ensure nothing is filed without our knowledge, highlighting to client relationship managers where that happens and resolving
• Monitor use of our registered office addresses
• Ensure firm company secretarial processes are being followed and make recommendations for improvement
• Monitor recovery of company secretarial services and challenge where not meeting target recovery
• Responsibility for billing clients and debt management

Qualifications

• Experience in a company secretarial role is essential, preferably in a legal/professional services environment
• Ability to manage own workloads and professional learning
• Confident communication skills with the ability to positively impact and influence others
• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrates a flexible and adaptable approach to meeting changing needs and priorities

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Johnston Carmichael we are committed to diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace. A copy of this policy will be made available on request. We also welcome applications from individuals who have had time away from paid employment.