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Trainee Company Secretarial Assistant

City: Slough

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Legal

Step into the world of our Legal and Compliance Function and prepare to be challenged and stretched with a combination of impact, innovation, and excellence. Our Legal team is at the forefront of shaping the corporate landscape and redefining the boundaries of what is possible. We go beyond the traditional realms of a legal and compliance function. Transforming ourselves into strategic partners who help drive business growth, mitigating risks, and championing ethical and sustainable practices. Every day, our team deliver on groundbreaking transactions and navigate complex regulatory landscapes that help our organisation make a positive societal impact. Join us, and you'll be collaborating towards shared goals, solving complex challenges, and leaving an enduring legacy.

About the role

Join our dynamic Secretariat team, where you'll play a key role in delivering expert company secretarial advice and support. You'll collaborate with Reckitt’s directors, senior management, and colleagues across global offices to ensure full compliance with listed company obligations, stock exchange rules, corporate governance standards, and company law. Your contributions will also extend to supporting cross-functional, group-wide initiatives as needed.

Your responsibilities

The role will be involved in all aspects of the day-to-day life of our Secretariat team including:

Corporate governance
- Preparation of agendas, papers and minutes for subsidiary board meetings
- Support the maintenance of statutory records and ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
- Preparation and filing of required documents at Companies House
- Maintenance of Group company information within Diligent Entities
- Participation in the preparation and review of the UK subsidiaries’ Annual Reports and Accounts approval process
- Assist with annual related parties’ process
- Provision of assistance and advice to Group colleagues on ad hoc projects including changes to subsidiary company articles, corporate governance and statutory audits, group re-organisations, purchases of own shares etc

Listed compliance
- Providing support to the Deputy Company Secretary on Group Board matters and listed company compliance, as required
- Accurate drafting and issuance of Stock Exchange announcements
- Preparation of annual closed period and dividend payment timetables along with notifications of closed periods
- Uploading of documents to the National Storage Mechanism
- Assist with drafting of the Annual Report
- Responsible for managing the verification of certain parts of the Annual Report
- Support year-end reporting deliverables including related parties and director year end confirmations
- Provide varied support for the Company’s Annual General Meeting including supporting the drafting of the Notice of Meeting and ancillary documentation
- Provision of general company secretarial support to the other members of the team and the wider Group

The experience we're looking for

Part-qualified / Grad ICSA, with experience of working in the Secretariat of a UK Listed company preferred but not essential
Awareness of the UK Companies Act and aspects of the UK Listing Rules
Experience of web filing at Companies House, submitting announcements via RNS preferred but not essential
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office

Personal attributes

Good inter-personal, organisational, and problem-solving skills
Self starter who is highly organised
Proactive and flexible with the ability to prioritise work from multiple sources to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
Conscientious with strong attention to detail, accuracy, and layout
Effective communication skills and able to liaise confidently at all levels and act with discretion

The skills for success

Integrity, Compliance Management, Excellent Communication Skills, Risk management, Patents, Teamwork, Ability to manage and prioritize workload, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Legal Services, Process Optimisation.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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