Assistant company secretary is required in Johannesburg.
Job responsibilities:
- The successful candidate will assist the Group Company Secretary to provide an efficient and effective company secretarial service to the CLIENT Group Boards, sub-committees and other governance structures of the CLIENT Group and to ensure compliance with governance and statutory requirements.
- Act as company secretary to CLIENT Group Boards and Committees, prepare and control agendas, attend meetings and take minutes under the guidance of the Group Company Secretary;
- Assist with the compilation of the annual work plan and the Board development plan, arrangement of board inductions, the review of Board policies, charters, terms of reference and the governance framework;
- Ensure compliance with applicable legislation and the governance standards within the organisation;
- Assist with the compilation of the departmental business plan and monitor the departmental budget;
- Maintain minute books and other statutory documents in accordance with the legislative requirements and best governance practices, including the maintenance of electronic registers on a company secretarial software system and submission of statutory returns to the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and the Financial Services Board.
Job requirements:
- Preferably a law degree with CIS qualification or equivalent;
- Minimum 2 years corporate group company secretarial experience, preferably in the Financial Services industry, with a particular focus on minute taking and the practical aspects of company secretarial practice;
- Knowledge of Corporate Governance standards including King III and the upcoming King IV;
- High level of minute taking and compilation of agendas;
- Excellent command of written and spoken English
- Good interpersonal skills
- Information management and monitoring
- Planning and organising
- Telephone etiquette and high business acumen
