KPMG Hiring for Assistant Company Secretary Job at Sydney Full Time

Location: Sydney or Melbourne

KPMG is one of the most trusted and respected global professional services firms. Through depth of expertise, clarity of insight and strength of purpose we help our clients solve complex challenges, steer change, strengthen, transition and grow. We are looking for talented people who share our purpose of inspiring confidence and empowering change for our clients, our people and our communities.

Your Opportunity

Working as an Assistant Company Secretary within our National Corporate Secretarial function. You will report to and support the Company Secretary and Directors of KPMG statutory entities by ensuring board processes and procedures are organised efficiently and effectively and that all corporate governance responsibilities are appropriately discharged.

You will work closely with the Company Secretary, COO-CFO and a further broad range of senior stakeholders to assist in managing operational governance matters across the firm.

Your duties and responsibilities as Assistant Company Secretary will include but not be limited to;

• Supporting the Company Secretary in planning and implementing the strategy and structure for the KPMG National Corporate Secretarial function, including appropriate governance structures, policies and procedures;
• Managing staff in the Corporate Secretarial team, including performance management and career development;
• Assist the Chair and directors in the conduct of statutory meetings and of their director and governance obligations and responsibilities;
• Review meeting documents and presentations, and coordinate the timely completion and distribution of statutory entity meeting papers;
• Attend Board meetings, and ensure that the business undertaken is accurately captured in the minutes. Maintain an actions register for each of these meetings and manage the completion of all actions;
• Monitor that Board policies and procedures are followed and adhere to the applicable statutory corporate governance obligations;
• Provide strategic guidance and advice regarding the content and positioning of information to the Board;
• Maintain statutory records and registers as required under the Corporations Act;
• Ensure the completion and lodgement of statutory forms/returns and reporting under the Corporations Act, and other relevant legislation/regulations;
• Manage Corporate Secretarial lodgements for individual Partners with Industry bodies, and compliance with the requirements of those bodies;
• Act as the alternate secretary for the National Board and the NEC in the absence of the Company Secretary;
• Perform the role of Company Secretary for selected KPMG statutory entities.

How are you Extraordinary?

At KPMG, we believe diversity of thought, background and unique experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities.

To be considered for this opportunity, your qualifications, skills & experience could include;

• Deep commercial experience, with a strong understanding of corporate governance and of finance and accounting;
• Experience in working closely with Senior Leadership and Executive Management;
• Advanced management skills with a proven ability to provide guidance and advice to senior leadership
• Providing proactive advice on contemporary Corporate Governance matters and practices;
• Efficient and effective management of the governance operations and discharging all associated corporate governance responsibilities;
• Degree qualified
• Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Governance Institute of Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand or equivalent.

The KPMG Difference

At KPMG, we’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We believe that everyone’s unique experiences enable us to deliver meaningful benefits for our people, our clients and communities. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ages, religions, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, LGBTIQ+ people, those with a disability, women and people with a cultural or linguistically diverse background.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

KPMG has a decade-long, proud commitment to Indigenous Australia, as demonstrated by the achievement of an Elevate level Reconciliation Action Plan. KPMG is a foundation member and Principal Partner of Pride in Diversity started in Australia by ACON and the Diversity Council of Australia, and is recognised in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) which evaluates LGBTIQ+ inclusiveness in the workplace. KPMG Australia has been consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice in the Australian Government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) annual index.

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