Assistant Company Secretary

**WPP** is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.**

**Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 115,000 accomplished people in 110 countries. WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide.**

**We create transformative ideas and outcomes for our clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology.**

**WPP and our award-winning agencies work with most of the world's biggest companies and organisations - from Ford, Unilever and P&G to Google, HSBC, and the UN. Our clients include 61 of the FTSE 100, 307 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100. WPP are the leader in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and 20th in the FTSE 100 rankings for Women on Boards.**

**Why we're hiring**:
To support the function of local AUNZ and global WPP offices and subsidiaries with timely and accurate company secretarial services and corporate governance.

**What you'll be doing**:
**Local WPP AUNZ **Subsidiary Support**:
Responsible for governance and Company Secretarial administration for WPP AUNZ Group and subsidiaries the position requires:

- Maintenance of all AUNZ hard copy and electronic regulatory files and registrations. Activities may include, drafting agreements and resolutions, managing filing statutory forms, updating statutory registers on GEMS, and lodging all corporate changes with Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and NZ Companies House
- Working closely with the Finance and Tax teams locally on the ongoing simplification of the WPP AUNZ group structure.
- Managing the flow of senior management document executions and filings as required.

**Global Team **Support**:
As a member of a global Company Secretarial team lead out of the UK, global responsibilities include:

- Ongoing updates to global register via the central company secretarial inbox
- Production of KYC organisational charts and Internal Audit charts as requested.
- Distribution of fortnightly GEMS reports to UK senior management.

**Projects**:

- Legal entity simplification project
- RFPs for key suppliers

**What you'll need**:
Qualification or equivalent experience and understanding of:

- company law and administration and corporate governance best practice
- relevant software and systems (GEMS, ASIC Edge, NZ Companies House)
- Customer oriented with a willingness to work collaboratively
- Highly organised with the skills to prioritise workload and deal with conflicting priorities
- Attention to detail
- Excellent written communication skills

**Who you are**:
**You're open**_:_** **We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

**You're optimistic**_:_** We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

**You're extraordinary**: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

**What we'll give you**:
**Passionate, inspired people** - We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

**Scale and opportunity** - We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

**Challenging and stimulating work** - Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?