Cosec Paralegal /Administrator

What does a great Paralegal do?

Works as an essential part of the Company Secretarial team in a friendly and supportive environment. They would provide support to Travelport on a variety of company secretarial areas arising across the European/MEA region, primarily day to day filing requirements , corporate entity management, drafting of board minutes, powers of attorneys, and intercompany agreements.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintaining statutory compliance for our UK, European, Middle East African (EMEA) companies and branches with scope to extend remit.
• Attending to corporate secretarial tasks including but not limited to amending articles of association, company name changes, director/secretary/officer appointments/resignations, share transfers/allotments/pledges, incorporations, change of auditors, change of registered office address, change of names.
• Drafting board and shareholder minutes and other corporate documents (stock transfer forms, bank mandates and ultimate beneficia ownership filings)
• Provide clear and practical advice and support on how to manage legal issues and processes to management and staff through in-person meetings, video calls, emails and other forms of communication.
• Providing support on ad hoc company secretarial, corporate, and regulatory matters.
• Assist in the management of statutory financial filings, liaising with treasury, tax, and finance while working with the local boards to facilitate the signing and filing of annual filings.
• Provide support on departmental administrative matters, including but not limited to invoicing, expenses, accruals, and formatting of documentation.
• Supporting Travelport's company objectives, vision, and values.

Who we are looking for in this role:

• A minimum of 2 years relevant experience as a paralegal/administrator supporting CoSec or corporate transactions with either a specialist paralegal qualification, law degree, an award in legal studies or a National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP) paralegal practice award, certificate or diploma or Company Secretarial/ICSA qualifications.
• Excellent oral, interpersonal, and written communication skills. Ability to work under pressure, multi-task and ensure projects are progressed in a timely manner.
• Excellent organisational skills, detail-oriented, flexible, and innovative. Strong sense of business and legal ethics.
• Ability to work both as part of a team and autonomously.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft word. Experience of Diligent preferable.

Our ambition is to hire for potential not just experience, and you're likely to succeed if you:

• Are always ready to give it your all and deliver high quality work.
• Are excited to use your creativity and innovative thinking to try new things.
• Take responsibility and own your work.
• Are courageous and ambitious to challenge what's been done before.
• Enjoy working in a supportive and fun environment.

These are just a few of our employee's favourite benefits/perks…

Competitive base salary, annual bonus, and a generous holiday allowance. Optional benefits include health insurance and life assurance.

Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.