Full job descriptionTitan Wealth is a fast-growing wealth management business, both in the UK and internationally. It has evolved a fairer, more efficient and effective business model, structured to deliver leading advice-led wealth management services, giving financial advisers and their clients the best opportunity to fulfil their dreams and ambitions.


We provide a dynamic work environment full of opportunity, one where both individual and team initiative and contribution is encouraged, so that together we can deliver better outcomes for our clients over the long term.


An experienced governance leader who has operated within an acquisitive/consolidator wealth management business and has successfully led a distributed Company Secretarial function.


The Group Company Secretary will lead the company secretarial and corporate governance function across Titan, providing high-quality governance advice and support to the Group Board, subsidiary boards, Board Committees and senior management.


This is a leadership position with responsibility for developing and maintaining an effective, proportionate and consistent governance framework across a complex and evolving wealth management group. The role will lead and coordinate company secretarial colleagues working across different parts of the Titan business, establishing clear Group standards whilst recognising the legal, regulatory and governance responsibilities of individual entities and their Boards.


A critical requirement of the role is significant previous experience within a consolidator wealth management, financial planning or investment management group, preferably one that has grown materially through acquisition. The successful candidate will understand the governance challenges created by multiple legal entities, regulated businesses, acquisitions and integration, and will have demonstrable experience of leading a company secretarial team in such an environment.Responsibilities:Own and lead the Group Company Secretarial function across Titan:
*Maintain the clear and proportionate Group governance framework across the parent company, regulated entities and other subsidiaries.
*Act as a trusted adviser to Board Chairs, directors and senior executives on corporate governance, directors’ duties, Board effectiveness and decision-making.
*Promote high and consistent governance standards while ensuring appropriate recognition of each subsidiary Board’s individual responsibilities.
*Maintain appropriate governance policies, frameworks, authorities and terms of reference across the Group.
*Keep governance arrangements under review as Titan’s organisational and legal entity structure evolves.
*Work closely with Group Compliance, Risk, Legal, Finance and other control functions to ensure that governance arrangements remain effective and joined-up.
Titan’s existing company secretarial remit expressly includes advising Group Boards on governance and legal/regulatory requirements and providing legal, financial and strategic advice to Boards and senior management.


Board and Committee Governance
*Oversee the effective operation of Group and subsidiary Boards and Board Committees.
*Ensure Board and Committee calendars, agendas, forward plans and governance processes support effective oversight and decision-making.
*Set and maintain standards for Board and Committee papers, minutes, action tracking and maintenance of corporate records.
*Work with Chairs and executives to ensure matters are escalated to the appropriate governance forum and that responsibilities between Group and subsidiary Boards are clear.
*Provide advice to directors before, during and following Board meetings.
*Support Board and Committee effectiveness reviews and implementation of resulting actions.
*Maintain an effective director induction, training and ongoing development framework.


Leadership of the Group Company Secretarial Team
*Lead, manage and develop Company Secretarial colleagues located within different businesses and entities across Titan.
*Create a genuine Group Company Secretarial function, with consistent standards, ways of working, quality expectations and appropriate oversight.
*Establish clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities across central and entity-level Company Secretarial resources.
*Provide professional leadership, coaching and technical support to the wider team.
*Ensure appropriate allocation of resources across legal entities and governance forums.
*Build appropriate succession planning and resilience within the function.
*Drive greater consistency and efficiency without unnecessarily centralising activities that are better performed within individual businesses.


M&A, Consolidation and Integration
*Provide Company Secretarial and governance leadership in connection with acquisitions, disposals, integrations and corporate restructuring.
*Assess the governance arrangements of acquired businesses and oversee their transition into Titan’s Group governance framework.
*Establish appropriate governance structures for newly acquired or reorganised entities.
*Work with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Finance and M&A teams to ensure governance considerations are identified and addressed throughout acquisition and integration activity.
*Oversee changes to legal entity structures, directors, committees, delegated authorities and constitutional documentation resulting from acquisitions or reorganisations.
*Identify duplication, governance gaps and unnecessary complexity across acquired structures and recommend pragmatic solutions.
*Ensure that rapid commercial growth does not outpace the Group’s governance infrastructure.
Statutory and Legal Entity Governance
*Maintain oversight of statutory compliance across the Group’s legal entities.
*Ensure accurate and timely corporate filings and maintenance of statutory books and registers.
*Maintain effective oversight of Companies House and other relevant corporate filing requirements.
*Oversee entity incorporations, dissolutions, reorganisations and changes to directors and officers.
*Maintain appropriate Group records of legal entities, directors, shareholders and governance structures.
*Ensure corporate approvals and authorities are appropriately documented.
*Maintain effective controls over delegated authorities, powers of attorney and execution authorities where
*these sit within the Company Secretarial remit.
Regulatory Governance
*Work closely with the Group Compliance and Risk functions to ensure governance arrangements support the requirements applicable to Titan’s regulated businesses.
*Understand the...