Assistant Company Secretary

Legal & Company Secretarial

London, full-time

About Acrisure:

Acrisure is a global Fintech leader that combines the best of humans and high tech to offer multiple financial products and services to millions of businesses and individual clients. We connect clients to solutions that help them protect and grow what mat

ters, including Insurance, Reinsurance, Cyber Services, Mortgage Origination and more.

Acrisure employs over 17,000 entrepreneurial colleagues in 21 countries and have grown from $38 million to $4.3 billion in revenue in just over ten years. Our culture is defined by our entrepreneurial spirit and all that comes with it: innovation, client centricity and an indomitable will to win.

The Role:

The Company Secretariat function of the international (AIH) division is based in the headquarters in London.

The Assistant Company Secretary reports to the Company Secretary and plays a key role in supporting the corporate governance of the Group and ensuring compliance with applicable company law, regulatory requirements and internal processes and policies. The role provides company secretarial support to a portfolio of UK and international legal entities and assists in the delivery of high-quality governance services to Boards, Committees, senior management and shareholders.

Working within a complex international insurance and reinsurance broking group, the role requires close collaboration with the Company Secretary and other Team members, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Finance, Tax and Executive Management, as well as interaction with external advisers and corporate service providers.

This role would suit someone with Company Secretarial experience from a multi-national company and/or worked in financial services.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide timely and accurate delivery of Board and Committee governance support including, organising and coordinating Board and Committee meetings for UK and non-UK companies.
• Maintain/oversee UK and non-UK corporate regulatory filings and corporate records.
• Maintenance of complete and accurate corporate records.
• Delivery of governance projects and legal entity management activities.
• Continuous improvement of governance processes and controls.
• Provide information to other teams, management and third parties as and when required.
• Preparation of Board packs (Board Intelligence).
• Updating and maintaining the statutory databases (Diligent).
• Working closely with the Acrisure International Group senior management to deliver agreed priorities with respect to regulated UK and overseas entities.
• Protection of confidential and sensitive information.

WHAT YOU WILL ENJOY

• Working in a Company Secretariat Team within a fast-growing and successful organisation.
• Working as a close-knit team sharing ideas, as well as being responsible for your own portfolio of companies.
• Having access to a diverse range of colleagues in multiple countries with market-leading expertise in their various disciplines.
• Having the opportunity to collaborate with different business units.
• Hybrid working

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATION & SKILLS

• Either GCI (previously ICSA) qualified/part qualified with experience or having attained considerable experience.
• Previous experience gained in a Company Secretariat Team, with preference for this being a multinational company and/or a financial services company.
• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail and the ability to take the initiative and manage a diverse workload.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and confidence in communicating with all levels of people within and outside the business with a high level of professionalism.
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
• Experience of Diligent Entities (document management system) and Board Intelligence (board paper portal) or similar systems.
• Maintain strict levels of confidentiality and the ability to exercise discretion at all times.
• Personable and effective team player.