Senior Consultant, UK Entity Compliance & Governance

UK Entity Compliance & Governance Senior Consultant, London

The opportunity

EY's Entity Compliance & Governance ("ECG") team are looking for a Senior Consultant to join our dynamic team of experienced company secretaries. This is a great opportunity to become part of a global professional services firm, work with a variety of clients on exciting projects, and develop your company secretarial skills and experience.

We support our clients to achieve their governance, compliance and business objectives, your role will involve building relationships with those clients and delivering exceptional company secretarial advice and client service.

Your key responsibilities

• Be a go-to expert for all company secretarial matters, providing advice and answering queries for our clients.
• Coordinate company secretarial projects across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with local regulations.
• Deliver governance advisory projects, including secretariat operational effectiveness reviews, corporate governance frameworks, board effectiveness reviews, and advice on subsidiary governance requirements.
• Collaborate with EY's local offices to deliver consistent and high-quality company secretarial advice and documentation.
• Help develop our company secretarial business through networking both within EY and with external clients.
• Conduct research on corporate governance topics and assist in addressing client enquiries.
• Work alongside senior team members and our broader EY Law on various projects, including international business reorganisations.
• Help develop our team of junior company secretaries.
• Development of thought leadership relating to corporate governance matters.
• Secondments into clients where short-term support is needed.

Skills and attributes for success

• A proactive and self-motivated attitude, taking ownership of tasks and time management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to connect with individuals at all levels.
• A keen eye for detail and a well-organised approach to work.
• Ability to prioritise tasks and thrive under pressure.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with a comfort in working with numerical information.
• A diplomatic approach and confidence in supporting junior and senior colleagues.
• Team-oriented mindset with integrity and discretion in handling confidential information.
• A commercial perspective.

To qualify for the role you must

• Be CGI/ICSA qualified or part-qualified

Ideally, you'll also have

• Experience working in a professional services firm or in-house in a corporate secretariat

Key Relationships

In this collaborative role, you will build effective relationships with team members, clients, local offices, internal teams, and mentors.

What we look for

We are looking for a company secretarial professional who is looking for a challenging and rewarding role.

What we offer

• Continuous learning and development opportunities.
• Success as defined by you, with the tools and flexibility to make a meaningful impact.
• Transformative leadership and coaching.
• Diverse and inclusive culture, with opportunities for growth and development.

EY is committed to diversity and inclusiveness, and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.