Company Secretarial Manager
Company
Location
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
5/9/2025
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Description
Role profile
We are seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to join our Company Secretarial team based in Bristol on a permanent basis.
You will be a fee earner and active member of the team. You will have full responsibility for your own caseload of approximately 200 client companies and you will be expected to deal with the company secretarial compliance work for these companies, and maintain client relationships. You will also need to advise fee earners in other teams on company secretarial practice and procedures, and Companies House compliance issues.
This is a full-time role with the opportunity for some home working.
The Role
Your Responsibilities Will Include
We are looking for a driven and ambitious professional with relevant corporate experience working in a Company Secretarial team or as a corporate lawyer, with a good understanding of corporate law and updating statutory registers. While familiarity with Diligent Entities and/or holding an ICSA qualification would be advantageous, it is not a strict requirement.
You Will Also Need To Possess The Following Skills
The team is led by Fiona Sweeting (Partner) and also consists of four further Company Secretarial Managers and two PAs.
Our recruitment process
We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Patrick Fermin Ryan on [email protected]
Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.
We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.
About Us
Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.
At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.
We are seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to join our Company Secretarial team based in Bristol on a permanent basis.
You will be a fee earner and active member of the team. You will have full responsibility for your own caseload of approximately 200 client companies and you will be expected to deal with the company secretarial compliance work for these companies, and maintain client relationships. You will also need to advise fee earners in other teams on company secretarial practice and procedures, and Companies House compliance issues.
This is a full-time role with the opportunity for some home working.
The Role
Your Responsibilities Will Include
- Advising clients and other teams on company secretarial practice and procedures, company law, and on Companies House compliance matters generally
- Ensuring annual Companies House filings for client companies are dealt with on time, including preparation and filing of the annual Confirmation Statement
- Preparing Companies House forms and liaising with Companies House
- Preparing board resolutions, shareholder resolutions and other company documentation
- Updating client companies' statutory registers using Diligent Entities (previously Blueprint) (our company secretarial software) following any corporate event
- Undertaking electronic formations of UK companies
- Advising on notarisation and apostille requirements of UK documents for foreign jurisdictions
- Monthly & annual billing of all own matters, and completing all client engagement formalities
- Contributing to know-how
We are looking for a driven and ambitious professional with relevant corporate experience working in a Company Secretarial team or as a corporate lawyer, with a good understanding of corporate law and updating statutory registers. While familiarity with Diligent Entities and/or holding an ICSA qualification would be advantageous, it is not a strict requirement.
You Will Also Need To Possess The Following Skills
- Be highly organised and responsible
- Have excellent attention to detail
- Be self-motivated and proactive
- Be technically competent and able to use/learn sophisticated company secretarial software
- Be a good communicator
- Be confident and enthusiastic
- Be committed and a team player
- Have good client care and people management skills
The team is led by Fiona Sweeting (Partner) and also consists of four further Company Secretarial Managers and two PAs.
Our recruitment process
We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Patrick Fermin Ryan on [email protected]
Please note we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.
We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.
About Us
Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.
At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.
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