Assistant Company Secretary

About the job

This is an exciting opportunity to join Teachers Mutual Bank Limited as Assistant Company Secretary at a pivotal stage of our growth journey. Working directly with the Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary, you'll play a critical role in ensuring TMBL's corporate governance, compliance, and board processes run seamlessly and effectively.

You will act as a trusted advisor and key liaison between Directors, Executives, regulators, and stakeholders, providing governance expertise and company secretarial support across the Bank. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, is passionate about governance, and wants to make a meaningful impact in the financial services sector.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end Board and Committee governance including agendas, papers, minutes, and secure distribution.
• Serve as Secretary to Bank entities ensuring compliance with the Corporations Act, APRA, and ASIC obligations.
• Act as the governance point of contact for Directors, Executives, regulators, and stakeholders.
• Provide governance and administrative support for Directors and Executives, including induction, travel, and professional development.
• Manage statutory filings and regulatory lodgements with ASIC and APRA, including FAR updates.
• Oversee the Annual General Meeting and Director election/ballot processes.
• Provide governance advice, insights, and updates on regulatory changes.
• Lead policy governance, records management, and governance risk monitoring.
• Drive governance projects, continuous improvement, and system/process enhancements.
• Model TMBL's values of passion, excellence, growth, and sustainability.

About you

You are a governance professional with strong technical knowledge and the confidence to advise senior stakeholders. You enjoy balancing strategic input with hands-on delivery and take pride in accuracy, integrity, and building trusted relationships. With high emotional intelligence and commercial acumen, you're motivated to deliver strong governance outcomes in a fast-paced, member-focused organisation.

Skills and experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience in governance, legal, or company secretarial roles.
• Proven experience supporting Boards and Committees, including agenda preparation and minute-taking.
• Strong knowledge of the Corporations Act, ASIC/APRA requirements, and governance principles.
• Exceptional organisational skills, able to manage competing priorities.
• High-level written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Diligent (or similar board portal systems).
• Comfortable working across administrative tasks through to strategic governance advice.
• Background in financial services or mutual banking (desirable).
• Tertiary qualifications in Law, Business, or a related discipline (desirable).

What is in it for you

• A high-profile governance role reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer.
• Exposure to Board Directors, Executives, regulators, and key stakeholders.
• Opportunity to shape governance practices at a member-owned bank during an exciting period of transformation and growth.
• Collaborative, values-driven culture with a focus on passion, excellence, growth, and sustainability.
• Competitive salary, benefits, and career development opportunities.

About Us

Teachers Mutual Bank Limited is one of the largest mutual banks in Australia. We are a globally-recognised socially responsible bank with profit-for-purpose as our business model and philosophy. At our Bank, social responsibility is built-in, not bolted on and drives our business practices, people, and products.

We are proud to serve some of Australia's essential workers in education, emergency services and healthcare. We believe they deserve a bank that does good for their community.

We have been named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for ten years in a row and are a Certified B Corp Bank.

Our employees embrace our organisation's values of passion, advocacy and sustainability, and contribute to a diverse and inclusive workplace culture founded on mutual respect, equality and a focus on striving to deliver exceptional member service.

We work under a hybrid working model to provide flexibility in the workplace. For more information about working conditions as well as our employee value proposition, please visit the careers page on our website at or find us on LinkedIn

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Teachers Mutual Bank Ltd may conduct a background or reference check (or both) as part of the recruitment process. By applying you agree to cooperate fully in those procedures and understand that an offer is subject to the satisfactory outcome of those checks, at the discretion of Teachers Mutual Bank Ltd.