Company Secretarial Delivery Manager

Job description

COMPANY SECRETARIAL DELIVERY MANAGER

BIRMINGHAM, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, MANCHESTER OR LEEDS

SALARY RANGE: £60,000-75,000 A YEAR

Role Overview

Vario is a market leading alternative legal services provider within the law firm, Pinsent Masons. It is unique in the legal sector. Vario is a practice group within Pinsent Masons which incorporates; Flexible Services, Consulting and Technology, Legal Project Management and Managed Legal Services (MLS).

Our Company Secretarial team forms part of our Managed Legal Services team with 9 colleagues based across the UK.

We are recruiting a Company Secretarial Delivery Manager responsible for growing the Company Secretarial team, operational excellence, international expansion and some elements of business development activity.

The role will be responsible for growing a portfolio of clients and delivering work in a fee-earning capacity.

Main Duties

• People management responsibilities for the UK Company Secretarial team including Company Secretarial Assistants, Paralegals and Company Secretarial Consultants
• Responsible for training, developing and upskilling junior members of the team
• Undertaking technical work that is required for listed companies or the management of board meetings
• Supporting the development of the international Company Secretarial service
• Managing the delivery of Company Secretarial services across the team to our clients, overseeing services and operational processes to ensure that they are delivered to a high quality
• Maintain and manage relationships with key clients
• Building relationships with key stakeholders across the firm, raising the profile of the function
• Maintain technical knowledge to ensure operational excellence is maintained for clients
• Supporting in business development activity including preparing client pitches and RFP responses to develop and grow appropriate workstreams in line with the Group's strategic plans

Candidate Overview

We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience:

• Company secretarial delivery experience within a professional services environment
• Experience of managing a Company Secretarial team
• Chartered Company Secretary qualification
• Experience of completing company secretarial work for listed companies
• Experience of acting as Company Secretary for board meetings, for a variety of company types
• Knowledge of diligent entities or equivalent software
• International experience such as managing multi-jurisdictional client deals

What can we offer you?

• Agile working (the opportunity to work from home, subject to diary commitments)
• Carers' leave (up to five paid days' leave towards caring responsibilities)
• 25 days' annual leave entitlement and the opportunity to purchase or roll over 5 days
• Contributory pension of up to 5%
• Private healthcare policy
• Death in service cover (4 x base salary)
• Eligibility to apply for an interest free season ticket loan, an interest free gym membership loan and/or an interest free rental deposit loan
• Cycle to work scheme

What happens next?

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email.

We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

Our strength lies in our differences.

We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a founding member of the Mindful Business Charter, signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It's with different perspectives that we'll find solutions to our clients' most complex challenges. It's how we'll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.

Our in-house recruiter, Bhavika Upton, would be happy to have an informal chat about this role, provide this job advert or our application form in an alternative format, and/or discuss any reasonable adjustments to be made either during the recruitment process or after offer stage. You can contact Bhavika by emailing [email protected]

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