Deputy Company Secretary for a listed company

Job title:

Deputy Company Secretary for a listed company

Company:

Eutelsat

Job description

Connect with Eutelsat GroupBe part of a new era in communications, transforming connectivity with Eutelsat Group – the world’s first GEO-LEO integrated global satellite operator.As a global leader in satellite communications, we provide infinite connectivity, broadcasting television channels and packages, transmitting news reports, provide wholesale broadband Internet access services.With Eutelsat Group You’ll Get To:

• Pioneer the future of Space Technology
• Bring connectivity to remote frontiers
• Collaborate with customer-centric experts
• Embrace cultural diversity in our global team

Where your skills ignite opportunities & you will elevate your skills in a stretching, rewarding, and meaningful environment. At Eutelsat Group, we’re united by inclusion and diversity, striving for gender balance and social responsibility, on Earth and in Space.Who You Are:

• You are a meticulous and highly organised lawyer seeking a role of Deputy Company Secretary that offers both professional growth and a dynamic work environment and you appreciate to evolve in a multicultural environment, surrounded by passionate people.
• You have at least 6 years’ experience in a law firm or in a corporate legal team (excluding internship) with a good understanding of/exposure to other areas of legal practice such as finance and stock market law; a previous experience of managing Boards of Directors is of course a plus ;
• You have skills in: company law (essential); general private law; stock market law.
• You have excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills (in particular a non-hierarchical attitude, a spirit of collegiality and cooperation).
• You have a good understanding of legal processes and of what makes an internal function successful.
• You are comfortable managing certain tasks without close supervision.
• You have the ability to work in a fast paced environment
• You are able to use the Microsoft Office suite (MS Excel, Powerpoint, Word, SharePoint and Outlook) without difficulty.

What You’ll Do:Working in the corporate team, you will:

• Organize the Board (and committees) meetings and participate to them, including agendas, materials and taking minutes (manage Board assistant in the preparation of board schedules, check lists, coordination with other functions (IT, practical organization, electronic platform…).
• Assist in the preparation of the AGM of the main companies of the group.
• Identify developments in the rules and guidance in relation to corporate governance, legal and statutory responsibilities and regulatory requirements that will impact the legal entities and communicate them to the relevant audiences (Horizon scanning & implementation of new regulations).
• Ensure that advice is provided to the Boards of Directors on their legal and corporate responsibilities and matters of corporate governance (including listing mandates and shareholdings).
• Help develop corporate governance policies and procedures
• Act as the first point of contact for Non-Executive Directors for corporate governance matters, with responsibility for organising and overseeing the delivery of their induction and ongoing training.
• Ensure that the relevant records are maintained, and all the necessary notifications required by the FCA and AMF are provided in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and in particular Market Abuse Regulation, FCA Listing Rules and AMF Listing Rules and the french Afep-Medef governance code .
• Oversee market announcements and insider tracking.
• Maintain the necessary UK and French statutory company records and where necessary, ensure that filings are made in a timely manner.
• Develop and maintain a Group Internal Governance Framework.
• Co-ordinate the delivery of Board evaluation exercises / self-assessment as appropriate and manage annual board fees award.
• Participate to the drafting of the URD (in particular of the governance chapter)
• Provide HR with assistance for the elaboration of a compensation policy aligned with laws and good governance practices
• Ensuring that processes are in place to deliver effective subsidiary company corporate governance.

What it Takes:

• A very good sense of organisation
• Being practical and rigorous
• A very good English and French (both oral and written)
• A good team spirit together with the ability to work autonomously
• A very good sense of relationship with people

Where You’ll Be:You will be joining us in our modern offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux.The Eutelsat Group treats the protection of personal data submitted to it seriously. By submitting this application, you agree to the collection and retention of your personal data by the Eutelsat group and acknowledge notice of, and understand the terms of Eutelsat’s Privacy Policy (as amended from time to time).This role is a Eutelsat Group job opening; all of our open roles are posted on the current OneWeb and Eutelsat websites. Please note that when you are applying, your application may be seen by both teams.

Expected salary

Location

Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine

Job date

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 03:03:34 GMT

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