Company Secretary at Greenfield Consulting Limited

Greenfield HR Consulting Limited offers HR services to companies operating in the SME space in Nigeria. Our services include recruitment and selection, outsourcing, payroll management, training and development, organisational development and HR advisory.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Company Secretary

Location: Yaba, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are currently recruiting for the position of a Company Secretary for a business with operations in the Hospitality, Oil & Gas and Technology sector. The Company Secretary will provide high quality legal and secretarial duties to the Board of Directors.

Job Summary

• The Company Secretary is responsible for the provision of legal and compliance advise to the company and its board, provide secretarial duties to the board of Directors and assist the board in the management of the affairs of the company

Job Responsibilities
Legal Advisory:

• Advise, in conjunctions with the company’s solicitors, the chief executive or other executive, in respect of the legal matters, as required.
• Prepare, approve, sign and seal agreements leases, legal forms, and other official documents on the company’s behalf, when authorized by the broad of the directors or the executive responsible
• Engage legal advisors and defend the rights of the company in Courts of Law

Regulatory Compliance:

• Ensure compliance of the provisions of Company’s and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) and rules made there-under and other statutes and byelaws of the company
• Ensure that business of the company is conducted in accordance with its objects as contained in its memorandum of association
• Manage the affairs of the company in accordance with its objects contained in the articles of association and the provisions of CAMA

Secretarial Duties:

• Prepare the agenda in consultation with the Chairman and the other documents for all the meetings of the board of directors
• Arrange with, call, and hold meetings of the board and to prepare a correct record of proceedings
• Attend the broad meetings to ensure that the legal requirements are fulfilled and provide such information as are necessary
• Prepare, in consultation with the chairman, the agenda and other documents for the general meetings
• Arrange with the consultation of CEO/MD the annual and extraordinary general meetings of the company and to attend such meetings to ensure compliance with the legal requirements and to make correct record thereof
• Carry out all matters concerned with the allotment of shares, and issuance of share certificates including maintenance of statutory Share Register and conducting the appropriate activities connected with share transfers
• To have custody of the seal of the company
• Ensure that statutory forms are filed promptly
• Provide members and auditors with notice of meeting
• File a copy of special resolutions on prescribed form within the specified time
• Supply a copy of the accounts to every member of the company, every debenture holder and every person who is entitled to receive notice of general meetings. You must send annual audited accounts
• Ensure that people entitled to do so, can inspect company records. For example, members of the company are entitled to a copy of the company’s register of members, and to inspect the minutes of its general meetings and to have copies of these minutes
• Compile the reports of all the subsidiaries monthly.

Requirements

• LLB - University Degree in Law
• Must have 2- 5 years post- call experience
• Must have past experience as a company secretary
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, to enable professional interaction within staff and management, both internal and external to the firm
• A flexible, pro-active approach to work
• Strong reporting skills.
• Willingness to embrace a technology start up.

Application Closing Date
11th March, 2022.