Director, Company Secretary

This role is for an experienced Company Secretary to work with, and provide support to, the European business. This will include working closely with the legal, finance, investment, compliance and tax teams within the Greystar business and external service providers in the UK and Europe. This role will report to the Managing Director, Finance.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for ensuring our corporate entities in the UK and Europe comply with their respective company secretarial and administrative responsibilities (including maintaining statutory books, filing necessary documents, informing the registrar of key corporate changes and organising board meetings).
• Managing relationships with UK administrators (where relevant) and overseas administrators (for European corporate activity), as well as taking overall responsibility for directing strategy with regard to administrator appointments
• Responsibility for reporting status of all statutory filing requirements, and for monitoring / managing any changes in statutory regulations, as well as planning for and implementing procedural changes arising from these.
• Review, and where applicable, work with stakeholders across the business to enhance processes, tools, systems, and methods for tracking, managing, and reporting progress on the completion and delivery of statutory filings, with a view to transitioning additional processes in-house.
• Stay abreast of emerging issues, regulatory changes and company secretarial market practices in the real estate industry, providing updates to Greystar’s key business leaders as relevant, and recommend, develop and implement policies, practices, and other strategies to ensure compliance and mitigate or reduce risk.
• Work with relevant internal and external advisors to set up and support new corporate entities in the UK and Europe and respond to inbound “KYC” (know your customer) requests & due diligence processes from lenders, investors and other third parties.
• Oversee and co-ordinate the liquidation of entities no longer required by the business.
• Review corporate documents to opine on transactions that require board consent for each entity, board meeting frequency and delegation of authority process.
• Support legal, compliance, finance and tax teams with transactions (acquisitions, financings, restructuring) from a corporate administration perspective.
• Communicate and work with the legal and compliance team in Europe and the US as needed.

About You

You will preferably have significant experience in a Company Secretary role, and a good understanding of commercial processes and drivers. As a positive team player, you will have a flexible and adaptable approach with the ability to manage negotiations with a range of stakeholders. You will have a working knowledge of UK and overseas incorporated entity compliance requirements, in addition to a sound understanding of corporate governance issues. Relevant sector experience (real estate or private equity) would be advantageous.

What We Offer

We include a range of benefits for our corporate team members, including competitive pension, healthcare, and holiday allowance, amongst others as standard. Please reach out if you are keen to know more.

About Greystar

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development, and management of rental housing properties globally. The company's business model is unique in its ability to own, operate, and develop multifamily, student, and senior housing across the globe. Building a global platform with a local presence, Greystar continues to expand its geographic reach around the world, bringing a globally interconnected professional rental housing platform and industry funded with institutional capital to countries where the sector does not yet exist. Greystar’s pan – European platform was established in 2013 and has scaled rapidly, now with investment, operational and development presence in the UK, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Spain.

One of Greystar’s core values is Equality, and as such, we continue to pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer, accounting for all protected and identifiable characteristics. We truly value diversity of thought, background and of experience. Please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team to explore opportunities at Greystar in more detail or visit our careers site at https://jobs.greystar.com/.