Senior Legal Assistant

Compliance and Legal Assistant

• Job Type: Full-time, 2 days home working
• Location: Wolverhampton, UK
• Salary: Competitive

We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Compliance and Legal Assistant to provide comprehensive support to the Company Secretary. This role is crucial for ensuring the smooth operation of compliance, legal, and company secretarial functions across our UK and Ireland entities.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Provide day-to-day compliance, legal, and company secretarial administration support.
• Drafting and reviewing commercial contracts
• Draft board minutes, resolutions, and shareholder resolutions in accordance with statutory, regulatory, and Group procedures.
• Assist in drafting and managing intercompany service agreements.
• Submit quarterly representation letters to Group in line with audit requirements.
• Maintain the Group’s corporate structure data management system.
• Develop a good understanding of key policies to advise stakeholders on policy and procedure queries.
• Maintain robust systems and tracking to support key tasks and responsibilities.
• Support the Company Secretary in maintaining the electronic Company Secretarial system.
• Track compliance with governance policies and targets, guiding managers and supporting education on policy content.
• Review commercial contracts.
• Respond to relevant email queries and calls.
• Conduct the S&CA project and annual Statutory Accounts filing.
• Develop knowledge of Data Protection requirements and support the Company Secretary in advising the business on key measures.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years in a legal environment.
• Experience of reviewing contracts
• Excellent IT skills.

Excellent Benefits Package:

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Additional Annual Leave Purchase scheme
• Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates   
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Free parking
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work out employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

An immediate start for the right candidate, so do not delay applying!