Assistant Company Secretary

Job title:

Assistant Company Secretary

Company

JD Sports

Job description

· Job Title – Assistant Company Secretary· Location – Hollinsbrook Way, Pilsworth, Bury Lancashire, BL9 8RR· Working rota – Mon-Fri· Working hours – 09:00-17:00What You’ll Be Doing:

• Supporting the Deputy Company Secretary with managing the end-to-end board and committee process, such as drafting agendas, assisting with the creation of board papers and uploading papers to our board portal
• Managing UK & international subsidiaries and maintaining the Group structure chart
• Assisting with Market Abuse Regulation compliance including maintenance of insider and confidentiality lists and monitoring training
• Supporting with the Annual Report & Accounts, including drafting & reviewing content, and liaising with auditors and other internal and external stakeholders
• Managing the AGM and other shareholder meetings
• Assisting with the director induction processes and maintaining director induction, training and conflict registers
• Assisting with maintaining the Company’s shareholder register and supporting any changes or updates to the Company’s relationship agreements
• Liaising with other departments as required to provide company secretary support, such as on M&A
• Responding to ad hoc queries from shareholders including dividend or registrar queries
• Assisting with KYC requests

What We’re Looking For:

• CGI qualified (desirable)
• International subsidiary management experience (desirable)
• Good understanding of the obligations of a listed company
• Excellent attention to detail and highly organised
• Experience with Diligent Boardbooks or other board portal software
• Ability to use initiative

The Company:The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia’s in over 30 markets around the world.We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
• Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
• Discounted Gym membership
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
• Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

Interested?If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don’t hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasionApplications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.Thank you again for your time.#LI-JH2

Expected salary

Location

Bury, Greater Manchester

Job date

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 22:53:32 GMT

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