Role Overview
Vario is a market leading alternative legal services provider within the law firm, Pinsent Masons. It is unique in the legal sector. Vario is a practice group within Pinsent Masons which incorporates; Flexible Services, Consulting and Technology, Legal Project Management and Managed Legal Services (MLS).
Our Company Secretarial team forms part of our Managed Legal Services team with 9 colleagues based across the UK.
We are recruiting a Company Secretarial Delivery Manager responsible for growing the Company Secretarial team, operational excellence, international expansion and some elements of business development activity.
The role will be responsible for growing a portfolio of clients and delivering work in a fee-earning capacity.
Main Duties
1. People management responsibilities for the UK Company Secretarial team including Company Secretarial Assistants, Paralegals and Company Secretarial Consultants
2. Responsible for training, developing and upskilling junior members of the team
3. Undertaking technical work that is required for listed companies or the management of board meetings
4. Supporting the development of the international Company Secretarial service
5. Managing the delivery of Company Secretarial services across the team to our clients, overseeing services and operational processes to ensure that they are delivered to a high quality
6. Maintain and manage relationships with key clients
7. Building relationships with key stakeholders across the firm, raising the profile of the function
8. Maintain technical knowledge to ensure operational excellence is maintained for clients
9. Supporting in business development activity including preparing client pitches and RFP responses to develop and grow appropriate workstreams in line with the Group’s strategic plans
Candidate Overview
We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience:
10. Company secretarial delivery experience within a professional services environment
11. Experience of managing a Company Secretarial team
12. Chartered Company Secretary qualification
13. Experience of completing company secretarial work for listed companies
14. Experience of acting as Company Secretary for board meetings, for a variety of company types
15. Knowledge of diligent entities or equivalent software
16. International experience such as managing multi-jurisdictional client deals
What can we offer you?
17. Agile working (the opportunity to work from home, subject to diary commitments)
18. Carers’ leave (up to five paid days’ leave towards caring responsibilities)
19. 25 days’ annual leave entitlement and the opportunity to purchase or roll over 5 days
20. Contributory pension of up to 5%
21. Private healthcare policy
22. Death in service cover (4 x base salary)
23. Eligibility to apply for an interest free season ticket loan, an interest free gym membership loan and/or an interest free rental deposit loan
24. Cycle to work scheme