Chartered Secretary

Job overview
Chartered secretaries' responsibilities include being a company secretary, accounting and financial management, general management, research and business planning, economics and human resources.

What do people do in this job?
Chartered secretaries are responsible for ensuring that their company reacts to circumstances promptly, appropriately, efficiently and profitably.

To do this in a constantly changing environment, they must keep up with developments and changes in company and tax law, corporate governance, risk management and funding, retirement funding, accounting, insurance, manufacturing regulations, employment conditions, computer systems, industrial relations etc.

What kinds of people are suitable for this career?
Chartered secretaries must have a strong sense of discipline and an eye for detail, together with a sense of what is possible and appropriate in a variety of circumstances.

They should have the ability to express themselves in writing and also be able to communicate face to face with people at various levels.

Chartered secretaries can act as consultants, administrator/accounting officers or company secretaries to small/medium businesses, planning, organising, controlling and submitting financial returns at the year-end.

What qualifications are needed?
The C.I.S qualification, with its various components usually taken in stages by people already in employment, is valued worldwide.