About LawDeb:

Law Debenture is an Investment Trust supported by a wholly owned professional services business. LawDeb is an unusual and exciting proposition, on a day–to-day basis we are nimble, ambitious and small enough to know everyone by name, whilst also benefiting from the profile and credibility of a listed business. This is thanks to our 132-year-old FTSE250 investment trust and our fast-growing independent professional services business of over 250 colleagues across 6 business lines.

At LawDeb, doing work that has a positive impact is important to us. We need the very best people to be the custodians of our business for the next stage of our proud history and growth. We’re ambitious to innovate, collaborate and push forward in providing peace of mind and excellence for our clients and each other.

We’re on a journey to shape a culture we’re all proud to be part of. One where everyone feels trusted, supported and empowered to own their success. Working at LawDeb, you will have access to our enviable network of clients and innovative projects, as well as brilliant colleagues to learn from and collaborate with.

Role overview

We are looking to recruit an Assistant Company Secretary to provide company secretarial support to our internal and external clients.

Reporting to the Head of Company Secretarial - Ireland, the successful candidate will be a key member of the team in Dublin. This role will interact with the most senior individuals in both our own organisation and that of our clients. It is very much a hands on role, providing company secretarial and administration services to a range of clients and structured finance, special purpose vehicles (SPV’s) and other corporate entities both regulated and non-regulated.

The successful candidate will bring innovative views of best practice to the company secretarial and the wider Corporate Services offering. They will have a commercial “can do” attitude to problem solving, alongside the ability to drive new business once they have acclimatised to the role. This is an exciting time to join Law Debenture. There is an on-going cultural shift to build a more dynamic environment to support the growth in earnings of our business.

Principal duties

The successful candidate will work closely with the team to acquire the skills necessary to carry out the following responsibilities :

• Preparing and filing of annual returns with the Companies Registration Office.
• Preparing board and shareholder packs and advising on procedures surrounding meetings under the Act.
• Maintaining and updating statutory registers and minute books.
• Assisting clients with their compliance requirements under the beneficial ownership regulations.
• Preparing and filing of documentation relating to company incorporations, change of name applications, business name registrations, re-registrations and all areas of post incorporation compliance.
• Re-constituting historic statutory registers.
• Carrying out due diligence.
• Attendance at board meetings and minute-taking.
• Assisting with the notarisation and apostilling of documentation.
• Liaising with and advising clients and colleagues in matters of company law and provision of support to the members the company secretarial department to complete their daily workflow
• Preparing documentation with regards to company re-organisations to include, group structures, share for share exchanges, share for undertakings, share capital reductions and summary approval procedures.
• Drafting documents and resolutions following firm precedents.
• Providing support to internal colleagues on compliance and technical related matters.
• Manage registered office post.
• Assist with client onboarding including collating Anti-Money Laundering Documentation and checks.
• Dealing with telephone queries and ensuring that such queries are handled in a professional, courteous and prompt manner.
• Assist with billing and following up payment of fees outstanding.
• Other administrative tasks and ad hoc projects as requested/ required from time to time
  

Candidate Profile:

• University degree and ICSA qualified with experience of providing Company Secretarial services
• Intellectually curious, independent thinker and problem solver who ‘gets things done’
• Solid understanding of the operations of the international financial markets
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience and proven track record of multiple stakeholder management
• Ability to help support growth within the Corporate Services business
• Competent user of Diligent company secretarial software, or similar and MS office systems including Word.
• Excellent management skills.
• Comfortable working in a small office and appreciative of the demands that can place on all team members. Willingness to help others.
• Diligent, with excellent attention to detail
  

Our employees enjoy excellent benefits such as:

• Competitive salary with annual review and performance bonus scheme
• Generous pension contribution
• Full healthcare cover
• Study Support
• Flexible working/potential to work from home after probation
  
• Paid annual leave and ability to purchase additional leave days
  

Things to note:

People who thrive at LawDeb make the most of this foundation to grow themselves, help us improve and have fun playing their part in building the culture that’s fuelling our growth.

LawDeb hires people based on personal merit and qualifications regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background or any other protected attribute. We celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and provide an inclusive environment so you can bring your true self to work. We recognise that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success.

Here’s the legal bit, please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.

If you’d like to find out more about LawDeb and our open vacancies please contact our careers team on careers@lawdeb.com.