Deputy Company Secretary

About Us

Rothschild & Co is a leading global financial services group with seven generations of family control and a history of over 200 years at the centre of the world's financial markets.

Our expertise, intellectual capital and global network enable us to provide a distinct perspective that makes a meaningful difference to our clients, communities and planet.

We have 4,600 talented specialists on the ground in over 40 countries around the world, enabling us to deliver a unique global perspective across four market-leading business divisions – Global Advisory, Wealth Management, Asset Management and Five Arrows.

As a family-controlled business built on relationships, we place a huge emphasis on our people and finding the right colleagues to take our business forward.

Rothschild & Co is committed to an inclusive and supportive environment where different perspectives are valued. We are focused on the attraction and recruitment, development and retention and progression of high calibre talent to ensure we and our clients benefit from the value of difference.

Overview of role

This is an opportunity for a well-organised and self-motivated individual working within the UK Company Secretarial team. You will provide support to the UK Company Secretary in terms of team leadership and will have your own portfolio of UK subsidiaries, including UK regulated entities active in the Wealth & Asset Management and Private Equity/Debt areas in the first instance, as well as other boards and committees.

Duties will include board and committee meetings, including leading the agenda preparation, minute taking and a wide variety of corporate governance matters.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the Secretary of a number of UK FCA regulated and non-regulated entities and various Group Committees, including setting agendas, distributing papers in electronic form, and ensuring that meetings are conducted in a legally compliant fashion and in a timely manner.

• Minuting of board and committee meetings.

• Advising board directors and committee members on their legal and corporate responsibilities and matters of corporate governance.

• Recommending and implementing corporate governance changes and ensuring that the companies comply with all applicable legal, statutory and governance requirements, as well as best practice.

• Being a subject matter expert and providing support and advice to the business in a Company Secretarial capacity.

• Ability to lead others through projects and change.

• Overseeing compliance with the Senior Managers part of the FCA’s Senior Managers & Certification Regime.

• Identifying new/proposed rules, guidelines and recommended best practice in relation to governance and relevant regulatory requirements, assessing the impact of these and communicating them to key audiences.

• Ensuring good information flows within the boards and committees and between senior management and non-executive directors.

• Ensuring appropriate subsidiary corporate governance.

• Preparation of papers for senior management.

• Contribute to the year-end accounts process by reviewing the strategic reports and directors’ report of the annual report & accounts, and other reporting as required.

• Lead on certain governance/company secretarial projects as they arise.

• Oversee the maintenance of all UK entity statutory books, including register of members, directors & secretaries, directors’ conflicts of interests and Companies House filings etc.

• Review and development of Company Secretarial policies and procedures.

Candidate requirements

Technical Knowledge and Experience

• Chartered Governance professional with at least five years PQE with excellent minute and report writing experience

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) preferred but not essential

• Company Secretarial experience in a financial services group

• Team and/or project management leadership

• Knowledge of the UK Companies Act and the UK Corporate Governance Code

• An understanding of the FCA’s rules in respect of the governance of financial services companies

• An understanding of the FCA’s Senior Management & Certification Regime.

System Skills

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, including MS Teams

• Experience of using company secretarial software (such as GEMS)

• Experience of using electronic board books (such as Board Intelligence).

Personal Attributes

• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills – ability to engage and communicate effectively in an inclusive manner with people at all levels and to build relationships across the business

• High level of accuracy and attention to detail

• Conscientious and ability to progress tasks independently – being a small team, constant supervision is not feasible, and as a result the role offers the opportunity to deliver tasks with more autonomy

• Ability to carry out research independently

• Good time-management skills and ability to prioritise workload and adhere to deadlines

• High levels of integrity and discretion.