Corporate Governance Associate

Overall Purpose of the Role

To support the department and the Company Secretary with governance matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure internal clients receive appropriate advice when disputes arise.
• Provide accurate, timely, commercial advice in plain English.
• Ensure deadlines are strictly adhered to in relation to regulatory submissions.
• Work actively and productively as a team member including willingly sharing your expertise with others and clarifying the tasks assigned to you.
• Consistently display behaviours that encourage productive working relationships and a strong performance culture.
• Supporting company secretary with board and governance and regulatory matters.
• Monitoring and follow through with action items from meetings.
• Conduct research into relevant legislation and governance related matters as assigned.
• Compile Board packs and corporate calendars for meetings.
• Minute taking and related responsibilities at specified governance meetings.
• Management of key stakeholders across the company, internally and externally.
• Monitor compliance with relevant company laws and other statutory and regulatory standards.
• Ensuring tasks are completed within agreed deadlines.
• Assisting the governance and risk executives in completing the necessary regulatory reports and due to various regulators as and when necessary.
• Compiling quarterly committee meetings packs.
• Provide support to the product committee in preparation for reports to the exco and board.
• Obtain detailed understanding of problems identified and ensure communication to relevant parties to ensure the problems identified are addressed by appropriate responsible parties.
• Ensure a detailed understanding of the identified issues to make reports as efficient as possible – and easily changeable.
• Provide support to other projects affecting the broader governance and risk team.

Qualification/s Required:

• Tertiary legal qualification, (LLB) preferred
• Experience and Knowledge Required:
• Experience in a similar role within financial services will be a strong advantage
• Good understanding of statutory and legal requirements and good practice
• principles, i.e. Banks Act, Companies Act, King III and other legislation pertaining to Financial Services.
• Previous experience in regulatory or governance
• Comprehensive understanding of the political and legislative environment.

Skills and Behavioural Attributes:

• Ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment with high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to convey legal advice clearly and effectively.
• Ability and gravitas to work with management level.
• Good time management and the ability to work independently, proactively and within required deadlines.
• Strong planning, organisational, co-ordination, administrative and writing skills
• Good networking, interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to conduct research
• Writing and proof reading of reports and documents.
• Strong analytical, organisational, written/oral communication skills and attention to detail.
• Multitasking capabilities and flexibility to adjust to a fast-paced, deadline[1]driven work environment.
• Ability to adapt to and accept change