Deputy Company Secretary – London/Amsterdam

Deputy Company Secretary

£Attractive Package

Overview

The Core Partnership is delighted to be exclusively partnering an international, highly regarded and fast-growing organisation with a complex global footprint, in their search for a Deputy Company Secretary.

This newly created role offers exposure to a diverse, multi-jurisdictional entity portfolio. You will play a key role in shaping and delivering the Global Company Secretariat’s strategic objectives, while managing day-to-day operations and partnering closely with senior stakeholders across the business.

This is an opportunity for a commercially minded and adaptable professional to operate in a dynamic, international environment, balancing strategic input with hands-on delivery.

Please note, candidates can be based from the client’s Amsterdam office or London office. If London, monthly travel to the Amsterdam office will be required.

The role & key responsibilities

• Oversee company secretarial matters for a substantial portfolio of entities across multiple jurisdictions – including:

• • drafting, reviewing and coordinating the timely execution of corporate documentation ensuring full compliance with legal and statutory obligations in each relevant jurisdiction
  • managing the full entity lifecycle through to dissolution, including structural changes, capital transactions and cross-border reorganisations
  • Draft, review and coordinate corporate documentation, maintaining accurate statutory registers and corporate records.
  • Coordinate Board and shareholder meetings, including preparation of agendas, papers and minutes.
  • Oversee document management systems and processes, ensuring audit-ready records and efficient administration.

• Act as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders, providing pragmatic governance advice and managing day-to-day queries.
• Lead and develop a high-performing Company Secretariat team

Experience & qualifications

• Chartered Company Secretary and/or qualified lawyer or equivalent.
• Significant experience in company secretarial, legal or corporate governance roles within a multinational or professional services environment.
• Proven experience managing and developing teams.
• Experience supporting complex, multi-jurisdictional entity structures.
• Familiarity with company secretarial systems and tools (e.g. Diligent or GEMS) is advantageous.

Personal qualities & behaviours

• Confident communicator, able to engage effectively with senior stakeholders and international colleagues.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive, hands-on and solutions-focused, with strong commercial awareness.
• Self-sufficient and adaptable, comfortable balancing strategic and operational responsibilities.
• Resilient and flexible, with the ability to navigate complexity and change.
• Strong team leader, with a collaborative and supportive approach.

Why this role?

• Unique opportunity to step into a broad, international Deputy Company Secretary role with real strategic influence.
• Fast-paced and busy office environment, offering both strategic input and hands-on responsibility.
• Opportunity to lead and shape a high-performing global Company Secretariat function.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders across a truly international organisation, with opportunity to travel across Europe.

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The Core Partnership is a consciously inclusive recruitment agency, and therefore welcomes applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, gender identity, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. We want to give all our candidates the best opportunity to succeed. If you need any adjustments to be made during the application process, please contact us.