About this role
Role Overview
- Supporting the ongoing development of the Group’s governance framework, aligned to UK best practice
- Leading company secretarial input on projects, including restructurings, financings and M&A
- Running board and committee processes end-to-end, from agenda setting through to clear minutes and follow-up
- Working with overseas providers to maintain strong governance across international entities
- Supporting share plans and corporate actions, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Guiding junior team members and keeping delivery on track
- Looking for ways to improve how the team operates, including better use of systems and tools
- You’ll keep projects on track, ensure international entities are well supported and compliant, and help the team operate efficiently, with a focus on quality and adding value beyond compliance
Requirements
- Qualified or part‑qualified Company Secretary (CGI/ICSA or equivalent), or with relevant experience in a governance role
- Experience supporting Boards and Committees, with a strong understanding of UK corporate governance and statutory requirements, including across international entities
- Comfortable working across projects and transactions, able to manage competing priorities and keep momentum
- Detail‑orientated with sound judgement, and confident engaging with senior stakeholders
- Strong drafting skills, with the ability to produce Board minutes and corporate resolutions independently
- Collaborative in approach, with an interest in improving how the team operates, including the use of systems and automation
- Working knowledge of insurance markets, including Syndicate structures, a distinct advantage
- Sound technical knowledge of company law and corporate governance best practice
- Experience providing company secretarial support in overseas jurisdictions advantageous
- Exposure to private equity structures or transactions helpful, but not essential
- We are open to candidates with experience gained in a PLC, private and/or PE backed environments, what matters most is your ability to apply governance effectively in a fast-moving, commercial business
Benefits
- Love what you do: We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.
- Challenge everything: We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.
- Have fun, be good: Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.