Manager, Company Secretary

Thomson ReutersLegal & Regulatory Professionals10/8/2019 12:35:44 PMZug, ZGSwitzerland
Job Description

Job Title: Manager, Company Secretary

Business: Corporate Legal Department

Location: Zug, Switzerland

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage Thomson Reuters’ company secretarial function for its subsidiaries in the UK, elsewhere in EMEA and Asia-Pacific, working with other company secretaries and cross-functional teams within Thomson Reuters as well as outside advisors


• Act as company secretary to various subsidiaries


• Assist with day to day subsidiary company secretarial matters, including director changes, share issues, dividends, annual meetings, reviews of annual accounts, etc.


• Act as a point of contact for a wide range of company secretarial-related queries


• Assist with drafting and coordinating relevant documentation for intercompany reorganisations


• Oversee and handle ordinary course regulatory filings (electronic and paper) with Companies House and other regulatory authorities


• Work with others to update and maintain Thomson Reuters’ global group structure charts


• Oversee the updating of global company secretarial records in the company’s Blueprint OneWorld database


• Assist lawyers and other legal professionals in the Thomson Reuters Legal Department and outside counsel with due diligence and other aspects of M&A transactions


• Provide support/back-up for other company secretarial team members when required


• Perform online research as needed


• Support various special projects in the Legal Department

Education/Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent


• Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) qualified


• Good working knowledge of the UK Companies Act 2006


• Previous company secretarial experience


• Understanding of company secretarial functions of a global organisation


• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills


• Strong analytical and decision-making skills, excellent attention to detail and highly organised


• Ability to work as part of a global team and as an individual contributor


• Experience using Blueprint OneWorld or similar company secretarial software  


• Excellent PC skills (Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint); knowledge of Microsoft Teams, Visio and document assembly software, a plus

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With more than 25,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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Locations

Zug-Zug-Switzerland
Req #: JREQ131517
Locations: Zug-Zug-Switzerland
Job Function:Legal & Regulatory Professionals