Company Secretary Vacancy in Lagos Today

Skill Enhancement Centre (SENCE) Limited – We are a Business Consultancy
firm focused on
small/medium businesses. Our goal is to provide our
clients with the support they need to grow their businesses by providing
them with value-added and convenient services in a friendly
atmosphere.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Company Secretary

Job opening ID: 185
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full time

Skills and Qualification

  • A Legal Practitioner with at least 5 years of experience as a company secretary
  • A member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators will be an added advantage.
  • Must have good record-keeping skills, including maintenance of
    statutory registers, to ensuring that legal & regulatory
    requirements are complied with in a timely fashion
  • Need effective time-management skills.
  • Set up a timetable of events to ensure nothing overlooked
  • Work experience: minimum of 5 years
  • Maturity gained through exposure to the commercial world and a range of experiences provides a well-rounded background
  • Must Manage affairs in a well-organized, methodical and orderly
    manner so that records are neat & tidy, issues are dealt with
    promptly/timely, and matters are not overlooked
  • The right candidate must be able to relate well with directors
    and executives; to understand/ anticipate their needs and requirements

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Essential duties and responsibilities includes but not limited to the following:
  • organising, preparing agendas for and taking minutes of board meetings and annual general meetings (AGMs);
  • maintaining statutory books, including registers of members, directors and secretaries;
  • dealing with correspondence, collating information and writing
    reports, ensuring decisions made are communicated to the relevant
    company stakeholders;
  • contributing to meeting discussions as and when required, and
    advising members of the legal, governance, accounting and tax
    implications of proposed policies;
  • monitoring changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and taking appropriate action;
  • To advise, in conjunctions with the company’s solicitors, the
    chief executive or other executive, in respect of the legal matters, as
    required.
  • To prepare, approve, sign and seal agreements leases, legal
    forms, and other official documents on the company’s behalf, when
    authorized by the board of the directors or the executive responsible.
  • Proper maintenance of books and registers of the company as required under the provisions of the Companies Law.
  • taking responsibility for the health and safety of employees and managing matters related to insurance and property.
  • liaising with external regulators and advisers, such as lawyers and auditors;
  • developing and overseeing the systems that ensure the company
    complies with all applicable codes, in addition to its legal and
    statutory requirements.
  • Implementing effective and efficient procedural/administrative system.
  • Filling of various documents/returns as required under the provisions of the Companies Law.
  • To make arrangement for the payment of the dividend within
    prescribed period as provided under the provisions of the Companies Law.

Skill set
Competencies:

  • Strong organisational and time management skills.
  • In depth knowledge of secretarial software, Outlook, Microsoft excel and Word.
  • Excellent technical knowledge of Nigerian Companies and allied matters Acts.
  • Excellent presentation, interpersonal & communications skills – both written & oral.

How to Apply

 Click here to apply online


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