Deputy Company Secretary - Dublin

RSA is one of the world's leading general insurers and a global FTSE 100 Company with a heritage dating back over 300 years, and we are proud of it!
Our products are high quality and innovative – just ask our 20 million customers in over 100 countries.
We provide a great service to our customers when they need us most. That’s why we’re always looking at new and innovative ways in which to improve our service for our customers. We set new standards in the industry every day.

We’re really excited about this opportunity to welcome an experienced Deputy Company Secretary to join our team to cover an 11-month maternity leave.
This role is pivotal in ensuring we uphold best in class corporate governance standards and support the effective running of our Board, its Committees and Boards of our subsidiary and affiliate companies.

This role will also involve developing and delivering corporate governance frameworks, consulting and advising stakeholders domestically and across our international Group. 
Reporting to the Head of Legal, this exciting opportunity will provide exposure to the management and oversight of Company policies like Competition Law, Legal Risk, Conflicts of Interest, Intellectual Property and involvement in non-claims legal services.

From a project perspective, we’ve lots of interesting content ranging from Mergers & Acquisitions to Legal, Tax and Finance related projects. At RSA teamwork and collaboration is key to our success and your customers and new team will include our Board, our Regulatory Risk, Procurement, Finance/Tax, Commercial and Personal Underwriting and People Success teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contributing to the development and implementation of a corporate governance structure for the RSA Ireland business, in line with evolving statutory, regulatory and best practice corporate governance requirements
• Providing company secretarial services to Subsidiaries ensuring that relevant statutory requirements and corporate governance standards are maintained.
• Contributing to the provision to the Board, Committees and Executive Management of advice and guidance, either directly or through external providers, on all aspects of corporate governance including changes in law, regulation and best practice and advising senior management accordingly
• Managing the provision of a comprehensive secretarial and support services to the RSA business and its Committees, including production and dissemination of agendas, minutes, Board papers and statutory information and maintenance and retention of records and minutes required by statute or best practice
• Supporting Company projects as and when required e.g. M&A or corporate transactions.
• Monitor change to the Boards and the structure of regulated entities and advise Compliance of relevant changes to ensure these are actioned accordingly.
• Building & enhancing confidence and reputation with the Board, Committees and NEDs by delivering proactive, effective company secretarial support and tasks.
• Analysing emerging corporate law and corporate governance practice and drafting responses to relevant UK and EU consultation papers.
• Planning & potentially delivering training to the business in relation to legal developments
• Responding to and resolving legal and non-regulatory compliance issues (including relating to Group Policies) in relation to business operations, escalating to Head of Legal where appropriate.
• Planning, managing and/or contribute to projects that support the development of the Legal function and capabilities, in line with business strategy and/or changes in the external market, law, regulation or best practice.

Requirements:

• 2 year’s experiences within a Company Secretary role is necessary
• Chartered Secretary or equivalent qualification or at a minimum progressing towards attaining a similar qualification is advantages
• Previous experience of working in a legal environment, in private practice or inhouse
• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong attentions to detail is essential
• Relevant management experience in a listed PLC
• Experience of delivering corporate governance standards across global organisations

RSA Insurance Ireland DAC and its affiliate companies consider applicants on the basis of qualifications and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other legally protected status