Company Secretary

2 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Westpac Group Full time
Fulltime, 9 month parental leave cover

  • Sydney location
  • Agile/flexible working arrangements available

How will I help?


The Company Secretary, Corporate Governance supports the Head of Corporate Governance & Policy in providing corporate governance guidance to Business Partners, and in delivering key corporate governance deliverables, strategic matters, and special projects relevant to our stakeholders (including the Westpac Board).


Some of your responsibilities include:

  • Assisting with the preparation of Westpac's Corporate Governance Statement, including engaging with a range of stakeholders to prepare relevant disclosures.
  • Coordinating the Group Secretariat divisions' contributions to Westpac's half year and full year financial reporting suite.
  • Assisting with the annual disclosure letter process.
  • Lodging ASX announcements and completing regulatory filings.
  • Providing guidance in relation to APRA prudential standard CPS 510.
  • Developing and refining internal policies and procedures to ensure accuracy and compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.

What's in it for me?
You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grow, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure.

Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers.

This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements.

And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.


What do I need?

  • Experience working in company secretariat/governance or corporate legal fields, ideally with ASXlisted companies.
  • An understanding of the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rules and ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations.
  • Demonstrated capability to manage projects on an endtoend basis.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills both written and verbal.
  • A diligent approach to completing tasks, and strong attention to detail.

What is it like to work there?
We aim to provide one big, supportive team to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together.

As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family means you will get some of the best banking, wealth and insurance benefits in the market.


We back our employees by helping them work towards industry-recognised qualifications, using online learning, training modules and career planning tools for you to grow with us.

We will even pay you to do volunteer or community work.


As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.


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