Head of Compliance & Company Secretary

As Head of Compliance / Company Secretary, you will be responsible for all aspects of legal, compliance and Company Secretarial matters, and be a key point of support for the Group Board and Executive Team. Your day to day:

• Dealing with all Company Secretarial matters for the Group, including maintaining statutory registers and filing documents at Companies House
• Attend the AGM, Group Board and Executive Team meetings and take minutes
• All aspects of insurance including renewal, claims reporting and follow up
• All aspect of compliance and risk management
• Act as the Data Protection Officer and ensure compliance with GDPR and deal with any related requests and issues
• Key point of contact on legal matters including licencing, trademarks, NDA's
• Maintain contact with the Company's Registrars (shares listed on Aquis)
Who are we looking for? Reporting to the Finance Director you will be comfortable with dealing with all aspects of a compliance and Company Secretarial role, together with a good understanding of company law. A structured and organised approach to ensure all legal and compliance matters are completed on a timely basis. Confident in dealing with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. A suitable professional qualification to undertake this role.

We are open to flexible working and discussion of full time or part time hours for the right candidate. In return, we are offering a rewarding role along with;
• A competitive salary, negotiable dependent on experience
• Company car or cash alternative
• 33 days annual leave
• Health cash plan & Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous employee discounts on accommodation, food and beverage along with high street discounts at hundreds of stores
• Life assurance
• Pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• An engaging & supportive work environment
It is an exciting time to join our business, we've invested over £100m into the business in the past five years. We are based in the Ribble Valley, in a purpose built office, that boasts its own Grade II listed building, a brewery and stables for our shire horses. Thwaites was established in 1807 remains a largely family owned business. We have around 300 properties including hotels, inns, pubs and a brewery and are focused on providing superb hospitality in outstanding properties in great locations.