Work Type: On Premise | Employment Type: Full TimePosted Date: 15/04/2025
Description
Assistant Company Secretary (12 month Contract)
Role Summary:
An opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced Company Secretarial professional with extensive core technical Company Secretarial experience to join Flutter on a maternity contract. The role carries a high degree of responsibility and independence, involving liaising with senior Executives, Directors, and the Board. The role requires professional integrity to ensure Flutter adapts to regulatory requirements and remains legally compliant. The successful candidate will have 8+ years’ PQE, a bachelor’s degree, and be an Associate or Fellow of The Corporate Governance Institute.
Responsibilities
This role within the Group Secretariat function will consist of a broad range of responsibilities including, but not limited to:
Supporting the Deputy Company Secretary on external reporting, including the Annual Report process, Proxy Statement, and quarterly reporting process for 10-K and 10-Qs.
Coordinating various reports and content for inclusion in governance disclosures, leading all aspects of Directors’ half-year and year-end D&O questionnaires, confirmation statements, biographies, and other data required for disclosures.
Draft and review market announcements, collaborate with Group Finance and IR on results announcements, submit relevant filings promptly, issue market announcements via RNS and to the SEC.
Assisting the Reward team with managing different employee share schemes and working closely with external collaborators like Trustees.
Leading the development and execution of a programme of quarterly control testing for the Group Secretariat function, including identifying key risk areas and recommending improvements.
Coordinating the Group Secretariat obligations register, ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory, legislative, and governance codes, and liaising with Group Compliance on GRC tool reporting.
Managing the Group Secretariat Risk Register, ensuring all relevant risks are recorded and appropriate controls are implemented, and supporting compliance with Market Abuse Regimes.
Managing a small team, supporting their career development, providing technical training, managing workflows, and promoting high-quality delivery and efficiency of the Group Secretariat function.
Assisting the Deputy Company Secretary in meeting listing rules, working with important internal and external collaborators, and assisting with tasks like budgeting and strategy development.
Contributing to, and leading where relevant, Group Secretariat projects on broader aspects of corporate governance, corporate actions, restructurings, and regulation changes.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, Associate or Fellow of CGI.
8+ years PQE of relevant company secretarial experience, preferably within a quoted plc.
Working knowledge of the Companies Act 2014, UK Listing Rules, Disclosure & Transparency Rules, and Market Abuse Rules; US listed experience is desirable.
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written (English), with the ability to interact professionally with senior executives.
Highly organised and able to prioritise effectively.
Attention to detail.
Proactive with a hands-on approach and a can-do attitude.
Confident handling confidential information.
Strong team ethic and willingness to support team members to meet deadlines.
Experience with company secretarial packages Diligent Entities, Diligent Boards, Insidertrack, and Workiva preferred.
Understanding of SOX controls (desired).
About Flutter
Flutter Entertainment is the world’s leading online sports betting and gaming company with a market capitlisation of c. $37bn operating some of the most innovative, diverse and distinctive brands in the sector.
A constituent of both the London FTSE 100 and New York Stock Exchange, Flutter brings entertainment to life for over 20 million customers in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
We call this the Flutter Edge – the combined power of our talented people, market-leading products, smart technology and the financial capital to succeed.
Operating in 20+ regulated markets, through our Positive Impact Plan, we are committed to making a positive contribution for our customers, colleagues, communities and the planet that we play on.
The Group uses a divisional management and operating structure across its companies: each division has an empowered management team, which is responsible for maintaining momentum and growth in its respective markets.
On 14th May 2024, it was announced that Flutter would be moving its primary listing from the UK to the US, and its global operational headquarters from Dublin to New York (effective 31st May 2024).
Assistant Company Secretary (12 month Contract)