Senior Assistant Company Secretary

Job Description

About the Role

Due to sustained growth and the increasing complexity of our governance landscape we are creating a new Company Secretary role. While the Head of Legal currently holds ultimate accountability for company secretarial responsibilities, this new position will be empowered to lead, manage and drive the function.

This is a strategic opportunity for an experienced governance professional to join us at a pivotal stage in our Jouet. A new Corporate Governance Framework has been designed, and this role will be instrumental in operationalising it, embedding best practices and ensuring compliance across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the administration of Board and Committee meetings including agenda setting, paper distribution and minute taking.
• Support on providing guidance to the Board and senior leadership on corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory obligations (e.g., Companies Act, Central Bank regulations).
• Maintain statutory registers and governance records including conflicts of interest and member registers.
• Coordinate AGMs, board evaluations and director onboarding.
• Oversee timely filing of statutory returns and other regulatory submissions.
• Drive the implementation of the new Corporate Governance Framework.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, auditors and legal counsel.
• Monitor legislative changes and ensure governance practices remain current and effective.
• Support governance for subsidiaries and cross-jurisdictional entities where applicable.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications and Experience

Additional Information

Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) Fitness & Probity Regime

Some of our roles are Control Functions (“CF”) as defined by the  Central Bank Reform Act 2010 . If a vacancy is for a CF role, it will be indicated above. For CF roles, appointment will be conditional on Mars Capital being fully satisfied that the appointee meets the requirements as set out in the Fitness and Probity Standards 2018 issued by the Central Bank of Ireland.  In the case of proposed appointees to Pre-Approval Control Functions, this includes prior approval by the CBI of such appointments.

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