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As a Funds Company Secretary, the role will involve working within the Funds Company Secretarial team of the Asset Management Group managing a diverse portfolio of asset management clients, handling the day-to-day compliance and company secretarial duties and providing board meeting support services, such as attending board and committee meetings, liaising with company directors etc.

The Funds Company Secretarial team comprises a dedicated team of company secretaries who provide company secretarial support to our Asset Management Group clients.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the primary contact for company secretarial services for a regulated fund management company/AIFM, MiFID investment firms and portfolio of regulated investment funds.
Carry out end-to-end company secretarial services including drafting board meeting agendas and collating board packs for circulation in accordance with an agreed timeline, facilitating and attending board and committee meetings and the preparation of minutes and action points arising from those meetings.
Ensuring board compliance with applicable Corporate Governance Code requirements, Central Bank of Ireland (“Central Bank”) Fitness and Probity Standards and Conduct Standards.
Completion of statutory filings with the Irish Companies Registration Office and the Central Bank as they fall due.
Arranging the collation of fitness and probity documents for the onboarding of pre-controlled function (“PCF”) roles (such as directors, designated persons and heads of function) and controlled function “(“CF”) roles and assisting with the completion of Central Bank Individual Questionnaires.
Acting as Central Bank Portal Administrator. Managing user access and filing ad hoc and scheduled returns.
Preparation of AGM/EGM documentation.
Organising the notarising and apostilling of documents.
Updating and maintaining statutory registers on Blueprint.
Incorporation of new companies and ICAVs.

Benefits

We reward, encourage and support our talented people to reach their full potential offering excellent progression opportunities along with the following:

Market leading salary
Discretionary annual bonus scheme
25 days annual leave allowance
Pension scheme
TaxSaver and Bike to Work scheme
Healthcare
Full gym and wellness programme