Senior Assistant Company Secretary (12 month-FTC)

Location London
Discipline: Audit, Risk & Compliance
Job type: Contract
Contact email: alex@weareedenbrook.com
Job ref: J5325
Published: 2 days ago
New Senior Assistant Company Secretary (12 month-FTC) opportunity working with a market leading Insurance brokerage. Reporting into the Head of Company Secretariat, you will help ensure that the Group maintains high standards of corporate governance across all its entities and complies with all statutory requirements. Supporting on key governance projects and will be an integral part of the change process for the department. Key Responsibilities: • Responsible for the company secretarial functions relating to management committees and certain regulated boards. • Provide advice on corporate governance and regulatory matters to group directors and officers. • Supporting the establishment and alignment of procedures and policies to conform to UK and relevant international regulatory changes affecting corporate governance. • Maintain/oversee UK and non-UK corporate regulatory filings and corporate records. • Providing support to the Company Secretariat department in view of governance best practice. • Assisting with the review of existing governance and compliance policies. • Responsible for the in-depth audit and updating of all corporate files, statutory databases and entity registers. • Supporting the onboarding of new agency partners, including uploading detailed corporate profiles onto Diligent entity management system and formulating registers. • Assisting with the review of all legal agreements and formulating registers. • Assisting the team with the formulation of a governance framework for the AIH group. • Assisting with the filing of statutory and regulatory forms and documents. Key Skills and Experience: • Qualified / part qualified Company Secretary (Chartered Governance Institute Qualifying Programme or equivalent) • Understanding of company secretarial governance, corporate business practices and company law/regulations. • Understanding of regulated entities and key regulatory practices. • Experience with multijurisdictional entities and maintaining external stakeholder relationships.