Senior Assistant Company Secretary – Salary circa £100,000
Are you a qualified company secretary looking for a new and exciting opportunity as a Senior Assistant Company Secretary?
If the answer is ‘yes’, we would love to hear from you!
We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior CoSec / Corporate Governance advisor to join our Insurance, Wealth and Retirement (IWR) team within our high performing Corporate Governance function. The role will focus on acting as a trusted advisor to the board and related entities, and supporting the Head of Corporate Governance in the delivery of their accountabilities and assisting in the provision of high end corporate governance support enabling the boards within IWR to set and achieve the strategic goals.
This is truly an exciting role to be a part of the IWR Corporate Governance team, as well as engaging with Directors and senior stakeholders across the business. This role could be ideal for you if you enjoy monitoring the corporate governance and company secretarial landscape, acting as a source of guidance and input into the development of corporate governance practices, and providing advice on the business impact.
A bit about the job:
The Corporate Governance function is a strategically important Aviva team providing high quality corporate governance and company secretarial support and advice across the Aviva Group boards and committees. As the Senior Corporate Governance Assistant - UK IWR (reporting into the Head of Corporate Governance IWR), you will be responsible for working within a high performing team on providing timely and best practice corporate governance advice and assurance, and company secretarial services.
You would be required to provide support and advise on Company Law, Regulatory Rule compliance activity, relevant codes of corporate governance, such as Wates, and other related rules, regulations and guidelines. Supporting, advising and training directors of companies within the business area to ensure that their statutory duties are discharged effectively is a critical element of the role, in addition to ensuring statutory filings and records are made and kept up to date at all times including Board appointments, share transactions and overseas requirements.
Aviva operates a “smart-working” policy meaning that we spend approximately half of our time working in an office, and this role is based in London.
Skills and experience we’re looking for:
- Strong experience delivering high-quality Corporate Governance Services, preferably within a FTSE100/250 organisation and ideally within the financial services industry/ regulated environment. Fellow/Associate of the Chartered Governance Institute (FCIS/ACIS) or qualified lawyer.
- Proven experience delivering high-quality Company Secretarial and Corporate Governance support in a fast-paced environment. Commercial driven with working knowledge of the regulatory environment and industry developments.
- Strong stakeholder management and engagement experience at all levels, particularly with executive and non-executive Board Directors of Group subsidiary companies.
- Proven extensive minute writing experience (ideally within a regulated environment) and producing other governance documents to a high standard and accurately.
- Self-motivated and highly organised with a proven track-record of taking ownership and responsibility, with the ability to lead and coach more junior members of a team.
What you’ll get for this role:
Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.
- Starting salary circa £100,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
- Bonus opportunity - 12% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
- Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
- 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
- Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
- Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
- Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
- Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
- Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
- We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools
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Aviva is for everyone:
We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.
We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.
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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Alannah Burgess a call on 07391381173 or send an email to alannah.burgess1@aviva.com.
