Marsh
Assistant Company Secretary - London (Hybrid)
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Assistant Company Secretary
Marsh is seeking a skilled and motivated Assistant Company Secretary to join our London-based Secretariat team within a leading multinational organisation. This role will focus on delivering governance advice, ensuring statutory compliance, and providing comprehensive board and committee support across our UK entities. You will play a key role in supporting complex intra-group transactions and governance projects, working closely with senior management and cross-functional teams globally.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and agree agendas for board and committee meetings across a portfolio of UK and overseas companies, including FCA-regulated entities
- Manage all logistical arrangements for board and committee meetings, including coordination with senior management, distribution of meeting materials, drafting accurate minutes, and tracking action items to completion
- Maintain statutory records, minute books, and ensure compliance with statutory requirements
- Coordinate the preparation, review, and approval of annual financial statements for multiple entities
- Maintain and update board and committee terms of reference, delegated authorities, and governance frameworks
- Provide governance support for intra-group projects such as liquidations, cash repatriation, restructuring, and capital reorganisations, ensuring compliance with multinational regulatory and legal requirements
- Manage execution formalities, including notarised and apostilled legal documentation
- Manage shareholder approvals and corporate governance matters for overseas subsidiaries
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date information in the organisation’s legal entity management system
- Support due diligence, RFP, and KYC processes by providing timely corporate information and documentation
Requirements
- Knowledge:
- UK company law, corporate governance standards, and statutory compliance obligations within a multinational environment
- Experience:
- Proven experience interfacing effectively with senior management and board members
- Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex governance and legal concepts for diverse audiences
- Excellent technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with sound judgment and the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure
- Exceptional attention to detail, organisational skills, and the ability to meet tight deadlines
- Approach:
- Collaborative and proactive approach, with a commitment to personal and team development
- Education:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Qualifications:
- Qualified as an Associate Company Secretary (ACG) or equivalent professional qualification
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What Makes You Stand Out
- Significant company secretarial or legal experience within a multinational or financial services environment
- Experience managing governance and compliance across multiple jurisdictions
- Ability to navigate complex international regulatory landscapes and support cross-border transactions
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a diplomatic and professional manner suited to a global senior management audience
Why Join Our Team
- We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders
- We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities
- Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being
Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit corporate.marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
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Our Commitment
Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@marsh.com.
Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.
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