Menzies
Job title:
Company Secretarial Assistant
Company
Menzies
Job description
We are looking for a Company Secretarial (CoSec) Assistant to join our busy Solent/London team and office.Working closely with our Accountancy, Tax and Consultancy Teams across all 7 offices, Our Company Secretarial staff provide support to clients, covering all areas of Company Secretarial practice including incorporating companies, preparing statutory forms and maintaining statutory books.The job holder will work as part of a small Company Secretarial team, providing support to over 2,500 companies, covering all areas of Company Secretarial practice. In addition, the job holder will deliver client services to a high standard and have excellent interpersonal skills.Why Join Menzies?
- We are a UK based recognised employer of choice with office locations in London, Surrey, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, and South Wales (Cardiff).
- Join our family of 600 employees. Be a member and not just a number!
- We offer a dynamic and rewarding environment with exposure to a diverse range of clients and industry sectors.
- Our package and benefits are very competitive.
- Work life balance is part of our organisational culture,
- We believe in developing our staff throughout their career
Key Responsibilities
- Updating CoSec data base management system
- Preparation and filing of Confirmation Statements
- Good understanding of People with Significant Control
- Production of minutes approving dividend and vouchers
- Preparation and filing of Companies House forms
- Maintenance of company’s statutory records
The Person
- Able to build and sustain positive internal working relationships
- Demonstrates an organised approach to work and meeting deadlines
- Communicates effectively and professionally in person and in writing
- Shares knowledge and best practice ideas with peers and team members, as appropriate
- Builds a reputation for consistent, effective administration practices
- Keeps accurate record of own time to contribute to budget management
- Acts independently, where appropriate
- Shows willingness and aptitude to learn and develop new skills
Required Skills & Knowledge
- Strong administrational skills
- Excellent communicator, both verbal and written
- Ability to take accountability, handle pressure and changing priorities
- Real passion for a career in CoSec field
- Intermediate MS Office skills including Word and Excel and CoSec Database Management
- Working knowledge of “Diligent Entities” is an advantage but not essential
- No qualifications are required but ICSA is an advantage
Required Work Experience
- Office experience, ideally within a professional services organisation
- Previous experience in Company Secretarial Administration is advantageous though not essential as training will be provided
Travel Requirements
- Travel will be required occasionally, mainly to visit the office that they are allocated to look after, and meeting for department quarterly meetings.
Key benefits we offer, but not limited to:
- Competitive base salary (we do yearly market research to ensure we offer a competitive salary to our employees and joining candidates)
- 33 days annual leave entitlement a year inc. bank holidays (31.5 days for trainees)
- Annual buy and sell leave scheme.
- Private Medical Cover available to all employees (trainees can opt in for a salary sacrifice)
- Private Pension Matching Scheme: if employee contributes 2.5-5%, we match it and add another 3% on top!
- Employee Referral Bonus up to £10,000 for a successful placement
- Reimbursement of one professional subscription each year
- Dress for your day policy – you decide, not us!
- Life Assurance 4x your salary
- Group Income Protection – 75% of salary if long term sickness exceeds 6 months.
- Agile Working is embedded in our culture: we understand that everyone works in different ways and need flexibility within their working day.
- Learning and Development opportunities and Study Support throughout your Menzies career
- Career Coaching programme for Managers and above
- Better Place to Work Initiative: proactive benchmarking of the best DEI and wellbeing programmes to offer our employees and improve our employee experience.
- CSR Programme: each office will be involved in various charity and sporting activities to help raise funds and give back to the local community.
- Employee Assistance Programme – our EAP is available for all Menzies employees and their families. As well as being a support line for mental health counselling, it also offers practical financial, legal and life management advice 24 /7 and is completely confidential.
- Paid sick leave – a generous scheme to help you when you are struggling with health issues.
- Free flu jab, eyesight test and physical health checks
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Enhanced Parental + Family Leave: We are a place where you can combine both a career and a family so those going on Maternity Leave can expect 100% pay for 3 months and 50% pay for the next 6 weeks, those going on Paternity Leave can expect 100% pay for 2 weeks (both subject to eligibility). We also have Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
- Volunteering Scheme with a maximum of 2.5 days given by the Firm to match 2.5 days devoted to qualifying schemes by the employee in any 12-month period.
- Season Ticket Loan
To find out more about our benefits please read#BrighterThinking is how we sum up the difference we make, as a firm, to our clients and in the way we hire and develop talent in Menzies. It’s finance and accounting expertise, combined with strategic commercial thinking and a promise to add real value across all areas of our client’s businesses.Agencies:When we require external assistance with our vacancies, we will reach out to our PSL supply chain, please be aware we operate a very strict PSL policy with close relationships with our suppliers and cannot respond to agencies outside of the PSL and we do not accept speculative CVs as an introduction. Please do not contact individual hiring managers or the Talent Acquisition team.
Expected salary
Location
London
Job date
Sat, 20 Jul 2024 06:45:10 GMT
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