Corporate Governance Manager

3 days ago


Dublin, Ireland Allied Irish Banks Full time

Goodbody is a leading financial services firm, committed to serving and growing client relationships for 150 years. We are a full service, investment-led business offering wealth management, asset management, investment banking and private equity services. Our staff of over 400 work in offices across Dublin, London, Cork and Galway. We’re proud to offer prospective employees a professional, collegial work environment that encourages diversity of thought and background. Our reputation in the Irish market for putting customers first is as consistent as the company’s long-standing commitment to giving back to the communities that we work in.

About the Corporate Governance Manager role

This role would suit an ambitious & energetic candidate looking to grow their company secretarial career in a fast-paced environment. Reporting to the Goodbody Company Secretary, you will help drive change in key areas to deliver a simple and efficient corporate governance structure for the Goodbody Board and Executive as well as ensuring Goodbody continues to meet its wider corporate governance obligations and deliver on strategic priorities. The role also encompasses the provision of secretariat support.

Corporate Governance Manager Accountabilities include:

1. Support the Company Secretary in managing the delivery of efficient, effective and high-quality company secretarial services to the Board, Board sub-committees, subsidiary companies and the Executive Team.
2. Take responsibility for driving progress and delivery of the Team’s key strategic priorities and business as usual activity, including executive governance reviews.
3. Ensure that subsidiary entities and their Directors are aware of and compliant with applicable company law, corporate governance and other statutory and regulatory obligations, including compliance with AIB’s internal governance and subsidiary management policies.
4. Minute take, ensuring content and contributions at meetings are captured and all arising action items are managed effectively.
5. Prepare top quality governance related papers in line with set guidelines.
6. Liaising with relevant stakeholders to collate and distribute Board & Committee papers through Diligent.
7. Support the preparation and organisation of Board and Committee meetings.
8. Maintain the statutory registers (on Diligent Entities), minute books and other corporate records of Goodbody and its subsidiary companies.
9. Monitor and respond to general company secretarial queries from internal and external stakeholders including regulatory requests, internal and external auditors, AML queries etc.
10. Ensure that all regulatory and statutory filings are completed on a timely basis.
11. Assist the Company Secretary in ad-hoc corporate governance projects.

Qualifications and Experience

1. Minimum 5 years’ experience gained from working in a corporate governance role or function in the recent past. The ideal / advantageous context for this experience would be a financial-services, regulated environment.
2. Strong communication, stakeholder and people management skills, with the confidence and ability to influence stakeholders.
3. Ability to work efficiently under pressure, in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities with tight deadlines.
4. Ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve shared objectives.
5. Previous minute taking experience in a regulated financial services firm would be a distinct advantage.
6. For this role, there is a preference for professionally qualified candidates (ideally ICSA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or relevant post-graduate legal or business qualifications) or candidates undergoing, or about to commence, relevant exams.

Ideal Characteristics

1. A highly motivated and assertive self-starter leader with an eagerness to learn and the capacity to work as part of a team.
2. Ability to handle multi tasks in a pressurised and demanding environment.
3. Flexible, positive attitude in their approach to work.
4. Excellent time management with the ability to work to tight deadlines and handle multiple demands.
5. A professional manner - presentable and personable with a calm demeanour.
6. A team player but also with the ability to work on own. The initiative to challenge traditional ways of working and actively propose and drive digital change where applicable.

Goodbody is focused on helping our employees thrive, and we do this by bringing to life our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) ‘Together we prosper’. Our firm’s purpose is to create long-term prosperity, and we cannot execute on our purpose without the right talent at Goodbody. To make sure we attract and retain industry-leading, passionate and inspiring talent, we’ve built a vibrant culture based on inclusion, opportunities to grow and a commitment to ‘do the right thing’, one of our core values. We live this by offering:

1. Regular employee events through our universal inclusion programme fostering a sense of belonging and celebrating differences. And an ‘always on’ approach to social, financial, mental and physical wellbeing.
2. A benefits package that includes a generous pension scheme, educational sponsorship and health insurance, along with a hybrid working model to promote better work/life balance.
3. Opportunities to give back through sustainability initiatives, volunteering and on-site and online meetings with our charity partners.

Goodbody is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please include a note in your application or email us directly at HR@Goodbody.ie.

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