Corporate Governance Manager

We have an opportunity for a Corporate Governance Manager to join our team. This is a great job for someone to support the Group and Plc Company Secretarial team, ensuring the provision of high-end corporate governance support!

A bit about the job:

• You will be responsible for providing end-to-end support to a portfolio of Aviva Group Centre entities, including board meeting attendance, minuting, support and administration (including drafting agendas and corporate governance papers, and loading papers).
• Engagement with directors and senior management, advising and training directors of companies within the Group to ensure that their statutory duties are discharged effectively using the Companies Act and UK Corporate Governance Code (as applicable) to ensure that we meet our company obligations.
• The role holder would also be involved in ensuring statutory filings and records are made and kept up to date at all times including Board appointments, share transactions, and overseas requirements.
• You will also provide support to corporate transactions and listed company compliance requirements (as applicable), assisting with the preparation of external reporting including authoring and verifying corporate governance content within the Annual Report and Accounts and support for other listed company compliance activities for example the AGM.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• Qualified company secretary with company secretarial and corporate governance knowledge, gained from working for FTSE 100/250 companies previously.
• Superb senior stakeholder management skills, confident communicating up to Executive/Director level.
• Solid knowledge of company law, administration, and corporate governance, with a particular emphasis on the UK listed company environment.
• Excellent self-management i.e., the ability to work independently, making business critical decisions.
• Attention to detail, matched with excellent presentation & report writing skills.

What you'll get for this role:

• Starting salary circa £70,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications).
• Bonus opportunity - 10% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

Aviva is for everyone: We're inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

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.

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We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Tawana Chin a call on 07789 624461 or send an email to tawana.chin@aviva.com.