Company Secretary Europe

The Company Secretary Europe role provides company secretarial and corporate governance support to FNZ Group subsidiaries in Europe, in particular, the regulated legal entities. This role will offer great exposure to a variety of aspects of corporate governance and regulatory frameworks. The Company Secretary will work closely with the EU Legal team and Business and the Company Secretary teams supporting other Group and regional boards providing a supportive peer community.

Previous experience working in financial services is a requirement for this role as FNZ has many regulated businesses in Europe and around the Globe.

Specific Role Responsibilities

Company Secretary to European regulated and non-regulated entities:

• Provide full board support to include calendars, annual board, committee and sub-committee planners, agendas and collation of meeting packs (via Diligent)
• Schedule and manage board and committee (eg audit and risk) meetings with responsibility for forward planning and liaising with management teams on agenda items
• Prepare board minutes and track to closure actions arising from meetings
• On-going support board and committee chair, executive and non-executive directors

Governance & Compliance:

• Operate within the approved FNZ Corporate Governance Framework and Group Subsidiary Governance Principles
• Support the Board Policy Framework to include responsibility for: Conflicts of Interest Policy and Register, Board Terms of Reference, Protocols for meetings, Board Induction and on-going support, Board Training and Board Evaluation Process
• Oversight and monitoring of statutory compliance of entities and their branches across Europe, statutory filings with the commercial registries
• Support regulatory compliance colleagues with related filings with the regulators

Other Responsibilities:

• Support FNZ Legal, Regulatory and Company Secretary teams in the evaluation and effectiveness of the Group Internal Governance Framework on an on-going basis
• Assist with subsidiary entity creation and ongoing management, and working with third party providers when required
• Maintain of European organisation structure chart
• Provide advice and guidance on a wide range of company secretarial matters including directors duties and responsibilities,
• Manage and maintain Diligent Boards and the global entity database (Diligent Entities)

Requirements

• 8+ years experience as a Company Secretary, Deputy Company Secretary or Assistant Company Secretary within a regulated environment;
• Financial Services experience is essential;
• Experience supporting boards and board committees;
• Experience using Diligent Boards and Diligent Entities;
• Must be ACIS/FCIS/ACG/FCG or similarly qualified

Opportunities

• Right from day one, you will work alongside exceptional, multicultural teams - experts in their respective fields - who will inspire and challenge you to make your greatest impact.  
• Be part of a highly successful, rapidly growing, global business that is leading the delivery of financial services via cloud computing and partners with some of the world’s largest companies. 
• Working in a flexible and agile way that meets the needs of the business and personal circumstances.  
• Remuneration, significant financial rewards and career advancement is based on individual contribution and business impact rather than tenure or seniority. 
• We provide global career opportunities for our best employees at any of our offices in the UK, EU, US, Canada, South Africa and APAC. 

About Fnz

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.7 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 26 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.