Head of Company Secretariat, CS
On-siteSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Job Summary
Lead the company secretariat function for ASX's Clearing and Settlement Boards, ensuring effective governance support, forward planning, and high-quality Board operations. Maintain robust governance processes including agendas, minutes, and action records, while overseeing attendance at Board and Committee meetings. Provide trusted governance advice to directors and executives, ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory, and licence obligations. Partner with Legal, Risk, and Regulatory teams to support constructive engagement with regulators and alignment with ASX Group standards. Lead responses to regulatory inquiries and drive improvements to company secretariat processes and operating rhythms.
Required Qualifications
- Extensive company secretariat, governance or legal experience, including senior-level experience supporting Boards and Committees in a listed, licensed or highly regulated environment
- Experience working with, or advising, listed, licensed or highly regulated entities with strong governance and compliance expectations
- Strong knowledge of corporate governance procedures, Corporations Act requirements, regulatory expectations and Board governance disciplines
- Strong practical understanding of the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rules, contemporary company secretarial practice and best-practice corporate governance expectations
- Ability to operate confidently with Board Chairs, directors, senior executives, regulators and cross-functional stakeholders
- Tertiary qualifications in law, governance, business or a related discipline
- Membership of the Chartered Governance Institute or equivalent professional body
- Demonstrated leadership capability
- Sound judgement
- Discretion
- The ability to manage competing priorities in a complex matrix environment
- Legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting clearing, settlement, financial market infrastructure or other prudentially or systemically important entities
- Exposure to regulatory engagement with ASIC, RBA or other financial services regulators
- Experience improving Board reporting, governance calendars, action tracking and company secretariat operating rhythms
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