Group Company Secretary Fixed Term
Group Company Secretary Fixed Term
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Job Description
Team Company Secretary
Working Pattern Hybrid 2days per week in the Vitality London Office.Full time 37.5 hours per week.
Top skills needed for this role:
- Versatile with the ability to deal with change
- Confident interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of Insurance sector
- Exceptional minute taking experience
What this role is all about:
Lead the Company Secretariat team in all matters related to the corporate governance of Vitality.
Key Actions
- Responsibility for the Secretariat Function which consists of a Deputy Company Secretary and two Assistant Company Secretaries.
- Ensures that the companies with the UK Group complies with their Articles of Association the Companies Act 2006 and any other relevant legislation.
- Providing daytoday advice on wider commercial matters including management of reputational risk regulatory framework and governance matters.
- Responsible for ensuring that the organisation complies maintains a high standard ofcorporategovernance.
- Engaging with the Board members on a regular and adhoc basis to ensure their requirements for business understanding are met.
- Attending the Boards Remuneration and Nomination Committees taking the minutes ensuring a high level of accuracy with regards to capturing an account of the meetings and agreed actions.
- Ensuring high quality minutes and account taken for subcommittee and advisory committees of the Board including the Risk Committee Audit Committee Actuarial Committee and Technology Committee.
- Ensuring the highquality minutes and actions are taken for the Product Oversight and Governance Committees.
- Ensure the Terms of Reference of all Board Committees (including sub and advisory) and other governance committees enables a high level of corporate governance.
- Distribution and tracking Board and Committee actions.
- Drafting annual Board effectiveness reviews and reporting to the Board accordingly.
- Ensuring that the Code of Corporate Governance is adhered to where relevant.
- Responsible for the annual programme and setting of meeting agendas and assisting with ensuring that the Boards are considering the most appropriate topics.
- Ensuring the Board receives adequate and relevant training and that all new Directors receive an appropriate Induction Programme
- Working with the business to ensure a positive governance culture is enabled and embedded. Work closely with senior executives within the business to ensure effective communication
- Ad hoc projects in order to support and develop your understanding of the business
What do you need to thrive
- ICSA qualified
- Strong technical knowledge and familiarity with implementing the requirements of the Corporate Governance Code
- Strong attention to detail highly literate ideally with good numeracy
- Knowledge of insurance sector
- Flexible approach
- Ability to build relationships with key stakeholders across the business including the Board the CFO and senior leadership team
- Ability to communicate view and opinions clearly and persuasively
- Willing to take ownership of business area and design/deliver improved processes and precedents to drive efficiencies.
- Confident and effective communicator with good written skills and commercial understanding
- Ability to mentor and coach more junior colleagues
- Bonus Schemes A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
- A pension of up to 12 We will match your contributions up to 6 of your salary
- Our awardwinning Vitality health insurance With its own set of rewards and benefits
- Life Assurance Four times annual salary
These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer please visit our careers page.Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
- Help you to be the healthiest youve ever been.
- Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
- Give you flexibility on how where and when you work.
- Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
- Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
- Give you the space to try fail and learn.
- Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
- Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
- Be there for you when you need us.
- Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.
We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong and are supported to be happy and healthy.
About You
About Us
Were really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded Top 10 Best Places To Work in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!
Vitality is a multiawardwinning UK insurance brand here to make the world a healthier happier place.
Weve been a purpose and valuesdriven business from day 1 long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered sharedvalue insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives they benefit our business benefits and society benefits. Were successful because we attract develop and retain the best people and because we care.
At Vitality were committed to diversity and inclusion because its good for our employees for our business and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds experiences and perspectives.
Vitalitys approach to sustainability
Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LIHybrid
If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested please submit your application as soon as possible.
Employment Type
Contract
