Senior Assistant Company Secretary

Canada Life UK; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial services sector is seeking a Senior Assistant Company Secretary to support high-quality company secretarial services. The role involves governance oversight, board support, and coaching junior team members, making it ideal for candidates with substantial company secretarial experience and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Personal and professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Substantial Company Secretarial skills required.
• Experience in a regulated environment is essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of Company Secretarial processes.
• Provide board and committee support.
• Governance oversight and advice.

Skills

Company Secretarial skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Governance support

Education

Associate Chartered Governance

Tools

Diligent

GEMs

Job description

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Location: London

Canada Life UK looks after the retirement, investment and protection needs of individuals, families and companies. We help to build better futures for our customers, our intermediaries and our employees by operating as a modern, agile and welcoming organisation.

Part of our parent company Great-West Lifeco, Canada Life UK has operated in the United Kingdom since 1903. We have hundreds of respected and supported employees committed to doing the right thing for our customers and colleagues.

Canada Life UK is transforming to create a more customer-focused business by providing our customers with expertise on financial and tax planning, offering home finance and annuities propositions, and providing collective fund solutions to third party customers.

Job Summary:

To support the Company Secretary and Deputy Company Secretary in the provision of high-quality company secretarial services to the Canada Life UK (“CLUK”) Division entities including The Canada Life Group (U.K.) Limited. Responsibility for specific company secretarial processes as well as board governance and meeting support for some of the CLUK entities. Company Secretarial / governance lead on certain business initiatives and Company Secretarial projects and assisting the Deputy Company Secretary in the delivery of the annual governance process.

What you will doing:

1. Ownership of specific Company Secretarial Processes – Subsidiary Accounts Process, Regulatory Application Process for Non-Executive Directors and the Annual Governance Process.

2. Board and Board Committee support.

3. Governance oversight and advice.

4. Company Secretarial / governance lead on certain business / Company Secretarial projects.

5. Coaching junior members of the team (Company Secretarial Assistant / Senior Company Secretarial Assistant).

Experience Required:

• Substantial Company Secretarial skills.

• Experience in a regulated environment.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Excellent organisational skills.

• Experience of providing end-to-end governance support to Boards and Board Committees.

• Solid understanding and application of the UK Companies Act, Corporate Governance Codes and the FCA’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime.

Qualifications

• Associate Chartered Governance / Associate Company Secretary (Chartered Governance Institute)

• Excellent computer skills with working experience of Diligent and GEMs (or similar board governance or entity management system)

Benefits of working at Canada Life

We believe in recognising and rewarding our people, so we offer a competitive salary and benefits package that’s regularly reviewed. As a Canada Life UK colleague, you’ll receive a competitive salary and comprehensive reward package including a generous pension and bonus scheme, along with, income protection, private medical insurance and life assurance. We have a fantastic number of other benefits and support services as well as regular personal and professional development.

How we work at Canada Life

Our culture is unique and incredibly important to us. We care about doing the right thing for our people, customers and community and helping others to build better futures. Our blueprint behaviours shape and influence how we work, and are central to the relationships we have with others. Every day we are encouraged to be more curious, own the outcome, face into things together and find a way forward.

We want colleagues to have rewarding careers with us so we invest in the development of our people, technology and workplaces. That’s why we offer a range of training, flexible working and opportunities to grow and develop.

Diversity and inclusion

Building an inclusive workplace with a diverse workforce where everyone can feel they belong and achieve their potential regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic is a key commitment for us. We are proud of the progress we’re making in DEI, and we continue for it to be a significant focus.

“At Canada Life we believe in the power of great people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives coming together to build better futures. Emerging talent is crucial to our growth and creating an environment that continues to inspire us all.” Nick Harding, Chief People Officer, Canada Life UK

We appreciate that everyone has different work and life responsibilities. We’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part time, for any of our roles should this be a requirement for you.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal and Finance

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