Company Secretary

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia MMC Corporate Full time

**Company Secretary (Investments)**

**What can you expect?**

The Corporate Secretariat (Pacific) team comprises seven governance professionals, including this role. Together, they deliver a range of company secretarial services for boards across the MMC Pacific region for Mercer, Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. The team assumes responsibility for all corporate governance processes and provides advice on relevant corporate governance and prudential topics. The Corporate Secretariat (Pacific) team are a key interface with Directors, the People Leadership Team, and other senior leaders within the MMC Pacific business.

Reporting to the Corporate Secretary, Pacific, with a dotted reporting line to the Investments Business Manager within the Mercer Investments business, the Company Secretary (Investments) is a key member of the Marsh McLennan (MMC) Corporate Secretariat (Pacific) team and is responsible for the proper functioning of the Mercer Investments (Australia) Limited (MIAL) Board (the Board) and its committees. MIAL is a Registrable Entity (RE) and the holder of an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL).

The Company Secretary (Investments) is a governance leader within the team with overall accountability for the MIAL Board program, and the MIAL business’ corporate governance activities, in conjunction with the Mercer Investments business. The role actively manages a busy and complex annual schedule of meetings, the preparation and review of Board and committee documentation, including papers, minutes, and matters arising from this - as well as associated Company Secretarial reporting obligations. In a fast-paced, dynamic environment, this role provides corporate governance support to enable Directors to discharge their corporate and fiduciary duties effectively, in conjunction with the Mercer Investments business.

This is a senior position within a busy and complex secretariat, providing support to the Corporate Secretary (Pacific), Directors and Executive Group members.

**We will count on you to**:

- Manage the board and committee meeting matters
- Manage new initiatives and transactions as required
- Undertake policy and charter writing and reviews
- Lead and manage process and system development, enhancement, and training
- Other Secretariat ad hoc duties as required.

**What you need to have**:

- Bachelor of Laws or related Bachelor qualifications in a legal / business discipline.
- Member of the Governance Institute of Australia, and designation as a Chartered Secretary.
- Minimum five years’ recent experience in a senior governance role and/or a company secretary in a financial services firm, preferably in Investments.
- Corporations law, ASIC Regulations, and governance experience.
- Corporate transaction experience.
- Technical acumen and proactive, continuous improvement attitude.
- A flexible and agile work style, an ability to adapt to changing circumstances and effectively manage numerous competing priorities.

**What makes you stand out?**
- Excellent interpersonal skills: Demonstrated abilities to build appropriate, constructive, and effective business relationships throughout the organization through effective communication and social capabilities
- Demonstrated ability to operate successfully within a high caliber team environment. This includes being able to verify strong stakeholder, negotiation and influencing capabilities to best deal with strict deadlines and business priorities while also assisting colleagues to realize team objectives.
- Strong self-motivation and bias for action and results. Able to work autonomously to achieve key objectives and deliverables on time while striving to achieve stretch targets with enthusiasm, persistence, and tenacity.
- Exceptional Intellectual Capacity. Demonstrated ability to comfortably deal with new concepts and complexity. Examines problems carefully and thoroughly and comprehends relevant interdependencies. Able to source information and ideas from many sources and see the big picture alongside the intricacies and connection of many factors.
- Proven capabilities to work in a dynamic and fast-moving environment with flexibility to adapt work schedules to meet multiple priorities. Continual focus on process improvement and digitization to drive increase efficiency and effectiveness. Able to discuss confidential and commercially sensitive matters.
- Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law._

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