Company Secretary, Europe (Insurance)

Location: Hybrid, with three days per week in the office and two days at home; role based in London, United Kingdom, with Manchester listed as another location.

Company

hirify.global is a property casualty insurer supporting customers, communities, and employees through an innovation- and collaboration-oriented culture.

What you will do

• Manage Board and Committee meeting logistics across a portfolio of regulated and non-regulated European entities, attend meetings, record minutes, and facilitate Board communications.
• Advise UK and Irish entities on corporate governance, company secretarial practice, Board Charters, Director role profiles, Terms of Reference, and matters reserved to the Board.
• Manage Director appointments, induction, training, Board and Committee effectiveness reviews, succession planning, skills matrices, and governance evaluations.
• Draft resolutions, regulatory returns, statutory forms, compliance statements, Board papers, and non-routine minutes; lodge filings with Companies House and, where applicable, the Companies Registration Office in Ireland.
• Maintain statutory books, registers, company records, powers of attorney, governance repositories, Board portals, SharePoint resources, and related Standard Operating Procedures.
• Support compliance with UK SM&CR and Irish IAF requirements, coordinate Modern Slavery Act reporting and ESG governance, monitor UK and Irish regulatory developments, and liaise with the US parent’s corporate secretarial function.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of significant post-qualification company secretarial experience, including group or multi-entity experience.
• CGIUKI-qualified, formerly ICSA, or qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and/or Ireland.
• Company secretarial experience in a regulated financial services environment, ideally insurance.
• Demonstrable experience across multiple legal entities and both UK and Irish regulatory frameworks.
• Experience engaging with Non-Executive Directors and Board or Committee chairs.
• Ability to satisfy applicable Fitness & Probity and fitness-and-propriety standards and obtain any required regulatory pre-approval.

Nice to have

• Experience in the Lloyd’s market and/or within a managing agent.
• Familiarity with Irish company law, including the Companies Act 2014, and the Irish regulatory environment.
• Experience supporting boards across multiple jurisdictions and legal entities.
• Experience with entity-management or Board portal software such as Boardvantage, Diligent, or Blueprint OneWorld.
• Exposure to pension-scheme or trustee governance.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement for full-time employees: three days in the office and two days at home, subject to policy changes.
• Private medical insurance with optional dependent cover through payroll deduction.
• Employer pension contribution with an increased contribution available when the employee contributes.
• At least 25 days of annual holiday, with the option to purchase additional days up to 35 days total.
• Wellness, mental health counselling, caregiving resources, and volunteer and charitable giving programmes.