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

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