Assistant Company Secretary (fixed term contract)

Assistant Company Secretary (Manager), Company Secretariat (Fixed Term Contract)

Supporting the Boards of LSEG plc and its 300 subsidiaries, the Company Secretariat advises on corporate governance, ensuring compliance with legislation and guidance. The team collaborates with Compliance, Finance, HR, Legal, Risk and Tax to meet local laws and statutory filing requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Head of Listed Company Governance in ensuring the Group's compliance with the UK Listing Rules, UK MAR, and Corporate Governance Code.
• Assist with Board governance and Board support matters relating to LSEG plc and certain of its Committees.
• Manage the monthly process for monitoring corporate governance developments and horizon scanning, overseeing a Company Secretarial Assistant.
• Draft relevant governance sections of the Annual Report and contribute to the verification process.
• Lead the delivery of the LSEG plc Annual General Meeting, including drafting the notice of meeting and ancillaries, preparing minutes, stock exchange announcements, and coordinating logistics with the Events team.
• Handle tasks in relation to compliance with UK MAR, including maintaining confidential project lists, overseeing the monthly restricted persons list review and notification of open/closed periods.
• Handle matters relating to Share Dealing, including the Permission to Deal process and compliance with the 'Dealing in LSEG Securities Policy'.
• Support governance projects and corporate transactions, including share buybacks, M&A activity, drafting steps plans and associated documentation for the Company Secretariat elements of transactions.
• Manage processes relating to record keeping, responding to legal, regulatory, and other external information requests, and certain risk management and controls matters.
• Provide governance and administrative support to the Board of the Group's listed debt treasury vehicle.

Experience, Qualification and Skills

• CGI (Chartered Governance Institute) qualification.
• University degree or equivalent.
• Experience of listed company governance matters.
• Proven experience of drafting Board or Committee minutes.
• Effective communicator at all levels, with excellent organisational skills.
• Dedicated and resilient, detail orientated, calm and self assured.
• Able to work well with other departments and develop good working relationships across the business.
• Strong IT skills including Word, Excel, GEMs, Diligent Boards and Insidertrack.
• Experienced in managing risk and controls matters.

Career Stage

Manager

Benefits

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

Equal Opportunities

LSEG is a proud equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.