Reporting to Chief Financial Officer, you will be responsible for
- Managing the portfolio of company secretarial work of the group and its clients including:
- Manage Board of Directors meetings, Annual General meetings (AGM) and other meetings, preparing agendas and papers, taking minutes, communicating with board members and all company secretary matters.
- Prepare agendas and papers for board meetings, committees and annual general meetings and follow up on action points
- Prepare all corporate information disclosures and related regulatory filings in accordance with laws and regulations
- Handle all corporate documents for SET, SEC and other government departments when required
- Take minutes, draft resolutions, and lodge required forms and annual returns with Companies House
- Ensure policies are kept up to date and approved by the committee
- Maintain statutory books, including registers of members, directors and secretaries
- Deal with correspondence, collate information and write reports, communicate decisions to relevant company stakeholders
- Contribute to meeting discussions, and when required advise members of the legal, governance, accounting and tax departments of the implications of proposed policies
- Liaise with external regulators and advisers, such as lawyers and auditors
- Develop and oversee the systems that ensure the company complies with all applicable codes, in addition to its legal and statutory requirements
- Maintain the register of shareholders and monitor changes in share ownership of the company – in a publicly listed company
- Update and monitor changes in relevant laws and regulations.
- Review legal documents for Thai subsidiaries and engage with external solicitors
- Provide support for document and administrative tasks as assigned
- Other duties as assigned
The ideal candidate should possess the following background
- Bachelor’s Degree in Legal or related
- Qualified or part qualified Company Secretary or demonstrable experience in a regulated sector
- Good command in English
- Strong, up to date, professional knowledge of the legal and policy frameworks in which Housing Associations operate
- Recognizes and embraces diversity and values the contribution made
- Good communicator, personal gravitas, able to present complex technical information in a way to foster a positive risk-based approach at Board, Exec and across company
- Substantial experience of ensuring the Group’s compliance with all relevant legislation, appropriate codes of practice and regulations and operating codes of practice
- Personal influence; working effectively with boards, committees, partners and stakeholder groups
- Proven management experience with the skills to build a high performing team, demonstrating credibility, strong influencing and communication skills, personal drive and ambition to make a difference
- Experience of leading substantial, and succesful business transformation and change management