Global Company Secretarial Consultant - Senior Manager - London
- Location:
- London jobs
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Company:
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 21/11/2009 18:02
- Job id:
- 45982321
- Contact:
- Please click on the 'Apply For This Job' button below.
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/LEG00764
Global Company Secretarial ? Senior Manager PwC Legal have an exciting opportunity to join its market leading Company Secretarial team. Managing legal entity compliance and demonstrating corporate governance requirements in a global environment can be a very difficult challenge, especially as many overseas operations have a limited back office function. This exposes subsidiaries and their Directors and Officers to risks. We are looking for a Senior Manager, with Company Secretarial experience in an international environment, to head up our Global Governance and Compliance team. The main focus will be delivering on a variety of cross-border projects, from international compliance to subsidiary governance and controls implementation. The candidate will also have a good understanding of industry technology and how this can be utilised to facilitate global compliance and governance objectives across the business. Responsibilities
- Building a relationship with the General Counsel of US multinational clients.
- Responsible for designing and implementing the Business Development strategy for growing the Global Compliance Services portfolio.
- Responsible for business development including targeting, initial client meetings, preparation of detailed proposals and cross-border contracting.
- Overseeing team operations for a group of 8 qualified chartered secretaries, paralegals and trainees including budgets, forecasts, delivery and team communications.
- Involvement with the coaching, training and development of trainees and chartered secretaries.
- Relationship, finance, scoping and delivery oversight on all global engagements.
- Responsible for resolving escalated issues from the project team, the global network or the client.
- Client service initiatives across the whole team in the UK.
- Maintaining an effective global network and managing network communications for 95 network offices.
- Contributing to the leadership of a growing company secretarial business in the UK, with regional hubs in Mexico and Australia.
RequirementsYou must be able to demonstrate all or most of the following:
- Qualified Chartered Secretary, with a good academic background and proven practical experience, gained either within a professional services firm, a FTSE 150 or a blue chip financial services company secretarial department.
- Experience of internal controls in the context of international groups.
- Excellent technical knowledge and the ability to apply this practically and commercially to clients.
- Proven track record in building relationships with internal and external clients, with a willingness to take a lead role in business development.
- Commitment to client service.
- Strong IT skills, including experience with Blueprint software or other industry software.
- Excellent communication, team-working, delegation and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills with a proactive attitude and desire to work within a professional services environment and further your own personal development.
- Commercial and creative or "can do" approach.
- Willingness to travel overseas as required.
Our CompetenciesAt PwC all our staff are required to demonstrate certain core skills, which we refer to as our 'global core competencies'. These are assessed throughout the application process, and candidates should make themselves aware of these, and how their own experiences may demonstrate each competency. You can also find out more about our competencies by following the below link.
http://www.pwc.com/uk/en/careers/experienced/applying-to-pwc.jhtml
Additional information about the role Amount of time office based: 60%Amount of time at client sites: 40%Need to travel/overnight stays away from home: Yes depending on client projectsOpportunity for flexible working (hours)?: YesOpportunity for working from home?: Yes depending on client projectsOpportunity for job sharing?: No
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