Assistant Company Secretary in London

Assistant Company Secretary – Salary circa £75.000

We are looking for an ambitious Company Secretarial professional who is keen to take the next step in their career! If you have prior experience working in a listed company or regulated environment and are used to completing tasks to a high standard within a large, corporate setting, then we’d love to hear from you!

A bit about the job:

As an Assistant Company Secretary, you will support the Group Company Secretarial team, ensuring the provision of high-end company secretarial and corporate governance support.

You will be responsible for providing end-to-end support to a small portfolio of Aviva Group Centre entities, as well as supporting corporate transactions (as applicable), assisting with the preparation of external reporting including authoring and verifying corporate governance content within the Annual Report and Accounts, Climate-related Financial Disclosure, and Solvency and Financial Condition Report.

You will provide advice regarding the Companies Act, UK Corporate Governance Code, Listing Rules and Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules to ensure that we meet our listed company obligations, playing a key role in the Group’s Market Abuse Regulation compliance including the maintenance of Insider Lists and Confidential Lists and monitoring PDMR share dealing and permission to deal.

You will also support the Shareholder Services team on the Annual General Meeting and other shareholder matters, and support with Aviva plc risk management and controls.

The successful post-holder will need to be based a commutable distance from our London offices, as you will be required to visit this office up to 3 times per week.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

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.

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

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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.