Company Secretarial Advisor
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We are looking to recruit a Company Secretarial Advisor / Senior – (Paralegal) to help deliver corporate compliance obligations to our large and diverse client base.
The Company Secretarial Advisor / Governance Assistant will be responsible for (but not limited to):
- Ensure all statutory deadlines are met for our company secretarial clients
- Building and maintaining client relationships
- Onboard new clients to our systems and do 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 for example director appointments, share transfers, confirmation statements and PSC registers
- Together with the existing management coaching, support and review of 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 so 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
About You:
- Experience in a company secretarial role is essential, preferably in a legal/professional services environment
- Ability to manage your own workloads and professional learning
- Confident communication skills with the ability to positively impact and influence others
Why JC?
Johnston Carmichael helps to build success stories that change lives - whether it’s our clients, our communities, or most importantly, our people, who now number over 900 across the UK.
We work with individuals and businesses all over the country and our expertise covers almost every industry sector. We’re also an independent member firm of Moore Global Network Limited, a global accounting and advisory network of over 37,000 advisers across more than 114 countries.
Everything we do at Johnston Carmichael is underpinned by our four core values – Doing The Right Thing, Standing In Other People’s Shoes, Leading Our Future and Remaining Relevant. We’ve created a range of ways to support our people to make sure every voice is heard, including our People and Culture Forum, and we encourage each of our sharp minds to be leders of their work and learning. You can read more about our culture and values here.
In the last 10 years we’ve raised more than £450,000 for charity and continuously evolved our commitment to sustainable business practices. We are Gold sponsors of the Kiltwalk and also partner with Netball Scotland and England Netball, creating an enduring impact on the ground in our communities.
Why Business Advisory?
As the world becomes increasingly digital, we’re embracing technology and we’re taking our clients with us. The role of a business adviser has never been more important in helping businesses adapt and thrive.
A career in Business Advisory at Johnston Carmichael is diverse and challenging, as we continually strive to provide the best service for our clients - more efficiency, greater innovation, deeper insight. As part of our Business Advisory team, you’ll build close relationships with clients, truly getting under the skin of their businesses and providing the advice and guidance that will make a real difference for them.
Plus, with expertise across a range of industry sectors, there’s no shortage of variety when it comes to the work we do. We’re also an independent member firm of Moore Global Network Limited, a global accounting and advisory network of over 30,000 advisers across more than 110 countries, so you’ll have the opportunity to work with businesses all over the globe.
What you can expect
As well as working with a great team of colleagues and enjoying the balance of hybrid and flexible working, we offer a range of benefits to make your time at JC even more fulfilling. Click here to see what’s on offer.
Different backgrounds and different opinions make for more interesting work and better outcomes. We’re sure we don’t have to say this, but we welcome people from all backgrounds, regardless of your heritage, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual identity or gender identity. We also actively encourage applications from anyone who’s had an extended time away from paid employment.
Our team is made up of people who’ve taken varied routes through their careers. We’re here to give you the tools, support, and materials to develop your expertise so you can pursue your ambitions. Our JC Aspire learning programme helps everyone reach their personal goals, and we’ve also carefully created our own Leadership Development Programme, which is accredited by the University of Strathclyde Business School at Masters degree level.
We look forward to hearing from you
If you’re ready to write your success story with us, apply today.
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.