A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Company Secretarial Assistant to join the Aviva Life Company Secretarial team, on a permanent basis. This is a great job for someone who is a recent graduate, who has a passion for and/or interest in starting a Company Secretarial (CoSec) career, to join one of the UK’s leading Financial Services providers, with tons of development on offer (including completing relevant CoSec qualifications once in post).

The key focus for this role will be to deliver high quality, timely and efficient company secretarial and corporate governance support, whilst showcasing a confident, can-do demeanour. Therefore, we are looking for candidates who pride themselves on the quality of their written work, with an astute eye for detail!

A bit about the job:

• Providing support to the Aviva Life Company Secretarial team in the delivery of timely and accurate company secretarial and corporate governance services
• Supporting Board and Committee pack production
• Maintaining statutory registers and legal filings, always ensuring best practice
• Periodically auditing information held on the Company Secretarial Database to ensure accuracy
• Processing contracts, legal documents through to execution and supporting with all aspects of the year end accounts process

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Recent degree, ideally in a Legal or Business-related subject
• A keen interest in Company Secretarial / governance work and
• Willingness to study for your ICSA qualification once in post
• Excellent written and oral communication skills as well as digital literacy
• Ability to showcase excellent organisational, as well as administrative skills – ideally thanks to recent exposure working in a corporate environment since graduating

What you’ll get for this role:

• Starting salary of £22,050 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Generous pension (starting level Aviva contributes 8% when you contribute 2%)
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
• Family friendly parental and carer’s leave
• 29 days holiday per year plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
• 21 volunteering hours per year