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About the Role

The Deputy Company Secretary supports the governance of the PLC and acts as a formal deputy on Company Secretarial matters. This role ensures effective corporate governance, statutory compliance, and subsidiary oversight across a global group of over 60 entities in more than 45 countries. The position involves maintaining robust governance frameworks and entity management processes, upholding the principle that the Company Secretariat owns governance, compliance, and legal form.

Responsibilities

Own the board and committee calendar, agendas, papers, minutes and action logs.
Own the board portal, with Technology supporting the platform.
Maintain the directors' conflicts register and lead director induction and training.
Run the governance aspects of board appointments, and support board evaluation and succession planning for the Chair and Nomination Committee.
Own governance policies: dealing code, delegated authorities, matters reserved for the board and committee terms of reference.
Manage the Nominated Adviser relationship and advise on compliance with the AIM Rules for Companies.
Own the QCA Corporate Governance Code compliance statement and AIM Rule 26 website disclosures.
Run inside information assessment and insider lists, working with Legal.
Release results and trading updates via RNS (Finance owns content).
Monitor AIM Rule 17 significant shareholdings and analyse the shareholder register.
Own dealing clearance and PDMR/PCA notifications under Article 19 of UK MAR.
Own the governance and committee reports in the annual report, and check the directors' remuneration report.
Own the AGM: notice, resolutions, registrar, proxies and voting results.
Own Remuneration Committee papers, minutes and grant resolutions.
Draft and maintain plan rules and run shareholder approvals.
Own share issues and EBT transfers on vesting, block listings and related AIM notifications.
Own EBT governance and trustee liaison.
Manage allotment authorities, buybacks and the dividend process, following Finance's distributable reserves confirmation.
Own the plc's Companies House filings, including identity verification under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
Own the entity management system as the group's single source of truth (local providers keep records updated).
Own the group structure chart and legal entity master data, consulting Finance on tax and ERP.
Own seals, constitutional documents and records retention.
Own beneficial ownership registers in each country (PSC in the UK, UBO elsewhere).
Work closely with Legal on subsidiary governance standards and annual attestations from local directors.
Work closely with Legal on subsidiary director appointments and resignations, triggered by HR when a director joins, leaves or changes role.
Work closely with Legal on subsidiary board meetings and resolutions, delivered by local directors or providers.
Maintain the group delegated authority framework and powers of attorney (Finance is accountable for financial limits).
Approval of subsidiary dividends and capital repatriation following Finance's distributable reserves confirmation.
Work closely with Legal on incorporations, dissolutions and restructurings once Finance has approved the business case and tax analysis.
Own statutory filings, annual returns and registered office arrangements, delivered by local providers.
Manage local provider arrangements under a framework contract, with service levels and a shared compliance calendar.
Ensure provider service levels are managed centrally.
Ensure hand-off triggers from HR, Finance, Technology and Legal operate as designed, holding other functions to the required outputs and deadlines.

Requirements

Chartered Governance Institute qualified, or a qualified solicitor/barrister with substantial listed-plc company secretarial experience.
Experience of AIM or Main Market obligations, including the AIM Rules, QCA Code and UK MAR disclosure processes.
Track record of servicing a plc board and committees, the annual report and the AGM.
Working knowledge of share capital and employee share plan mechanics, including EBTs and block listings.
Experience overseeing multi-jurisdictional entity management, including managing outsourced corporate services providers.
Experience implementing or operating an entity management system.
Able to hold Finance, HR and Technology colleagues to the agreed RACI and hand-off deadlines.
Experience implementing a board portal.

Skills

Corporate governance
Statutory compliance
Subsidiary oversight
Entity management
Board and committee support
AIM Rules
UK MAR
QCA Corporate Governance Code
Share capital management
Employee share plans
RACI
Provider management

Location

Global

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Substantial listed-plc company secretarial experience

Education Level

Chartered Governance Institute qualified
Qualified solicitor/barrister

Benefits

Best-in-class benefits to support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

About the Company

Join YouGov's global team to help achieve their social mission: to make millions of people’s opinions heard for the benefit of local, national, and international communities.
Understanding diversity of opinion requires diversity of background. YouGov's biggest asset is its people, and they need people from all walks of life to bring their perspective to the work.
YouGov is driven by a set of shared values: fast, fearless, and innovative. They work diligently to get it right, guided by accuracy, ethics, and proven methodologies. They respect and trust each other.
YouGov strives to provide employees with best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
They want employees to have a sense of belonging and uniqueness in a supportive workplace, so they can bring their full selves to work.

Equal Opportunity

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, HIV status, political affiliation, socioeconomic background, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law or in line with their responsibilities as a fair and ethic employer.
All employment decisions are made based on occupational qualifications, merit, and business need.