Role Description

FNZ is seeking a highly experienced and strategic Company Secretary, Europe to lead and manage its Company Secretarial function in Europe. This role ensures the highest standards of corporate governance across FNZ’s European operations and supports the regional boards, their committees and senior leadership in fulfilling their legal and regulatory obligations. The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor to the company, with a strong understanding of governance frameworks and the ability to operate in a fast-paced, complex environment.

Specific Role Responsibilities

• Lead the coordination, delivery and governance of regional board and committee meetings, including scheduling, agenda setting, minute-taking, and action tracking.

• Ensure timely and accurate preparation and distribution of board papers and governance materials.

• Advise the board and senior management on corporate governance best practices and regulatory developments.

• Oversee and monitor statutory compliance of entities and their branches across Europe and handle statutory filings with the relevant commercial registries.

• Support regulatory compliance colleagues with related filings with regulators.

• Work with colleagues across the Legal team and Company Secretarial function globally and at Group level to collaborate on the Group-wide governance framework and ensure efficiencies across the Group.

• Assist with subsidiary entity creation and ongoing management, and working with third party providers when required.

• Maintain European organisation structure chart and collaborate with Group to ensure it is accurately reflected centrally.

• Provide advice and guidance on a wide range of company secretarial matters including directors duties and responsibilities.

• Manage and maintain Diligent Boards and the global entity database (Diligent Entities).

Experience required 

• Previous experience as a Company Secretary, Deputy Company Secretary or Assistant Company Secretary (minimum 8 years) within a regulated environment

• Financial Services experience is essential

• Experience supporting boards and board committees

• Experience using Diligent Boards and Diligent Entities

• Must be ACIS/FCIS/ACG/FCG or similarly qualified individual

About FNZ Culture  

Our culture is what drives us. It's at the heart of who we are and everything we do. It's what inspires, excites and moves us forward. Our ambition is to create a culture for growth, one that opens up limitless opportunities for our employees, customers and the wider world. At FNZ we know that great impact is only possible with great teamwork.  

That’s why we value the strength and diversity of thought in our global team.  

The FNZ Way is the cornerstone of what we do. It is comprised of four values that set the standard for how everyone at FNZ interacts with each other, with our customers, and with all our diverse stakeholders around the world. 

Customer obsessed for the long-term  Think big and make an impact   Act now and own it all the way  Challenge, commit and win together 

Read more about The FNZ Way and our values: www.fnz.com/culture 

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with the world’s leading financial institutions, with over US$2.2 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).

Together with our clients, we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.