Secretarial Assistant

Company Secretarial Assistant, Europe 12 months Fixed Term Contract to cover maternity leave

Location:

United Kingdom | Flexible and remote working available, with the ability to attend UK Board meetings at ou
** r UK offices (Crewe, Mitcheldean, Tunstall). The Opportunity

Join Assurant’s European Legal and Compliance team as a Company Secretarial Assistant, supporting high-quality corporate governance across the UK and Europe. In this fixed-term role, you’ll help keep our boards, committees, records and statutory obligations running smoothly while working with colleagues across several European markets.

• Act as lead secretary for the UK Business Committee, including meeting planning, agendas, materials, minutes and action logs.
• Support European Leadership Team and UK Board and Committee activity, including in person attendance at quarterly meetings in the UK..
• Maintain statutory registers, corporate records and governance schedules.
• Prepare and manage routine corporate documents, filings and information requests.
• Coordinate signatures, notarisation, legalisation and support from external company secretarial partners.
• Maintain the European corporate structure chart and administer entity management systems and the Board portal.
• Contribute to governance projects, process improvements and monitoring of relevant legal and regulatory changes.
• Provide wider administrative support to the team, including departmental inbox, diary, SharePoint and invoice processing.

• Qualified, part-qualified or working towards qualification with the Chartered Governance Institute, or able to bring equivalent governance experience.
• Experience supporting company secretarial and corporate governance activities, preferably in a regulated financial services business.
• Good understanding of UK company law, statutory filings, corporate records and governance processes.
• Confident and experienced preparing meeting materials, taking accurate minutes and managing follow-up actions.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and board portal and entity management systems such as Board Vantage and Diligent Entities.
• Organised, proactive and able to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines and use initiative.
• Clear communicator who enjoys working with stakeholders across different countries and functions.

• Hybrid/flexible work arrangements
• Performance Bonus Scheme
• A range of financial, wellbeing and social benefits
• Internal Wellbeing Programme
• Learning and Development opportunities

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