Responsibilities:
- Manage all local corporate secretarial work for a portfolio of about +25 entities incorporated in various Asia countries (ie. Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, etc.) in compliance with all relevant local laws and regulations.
- Liaise with & give instructions to corporate secretarial agents & other relevant government authorities
- Monitor deadline for statutory filings (eg. annual returns, etc.) and generally compliance with relevant Companies Act
- Co-ordinate/Liaise with other in-house departments (ie tax, finance, treasury, etc.) to ensure smooth running of the day-to-day administrative and corporate secretarial related matters
- Maintain and timely update the secretarial database (eg. registration certificate, business license certificate, etc.)
- Prepare & Circulate resolutions, board meeting of directors and shareholders and ensure timely signing
- Update from time to time any movements and/or changes in the organization (eg. change of name, registered address, change of directors, etc.)
- Prepare & implement automatic resignations in respect of all directors in all entities in South East Asia and Taiwan
- Check the invoices for the services rendered by the corporate secretarial agents
- Develop efficient and effective system for the management of corporate secretarial procedures
- Consolidate corporate secretary information for all Asia entities (about 60 entities in total)
- Provide regular updated corporate secretary reports & legal structure chart to the French headquarters
- Handle notarization of legal documents upon request
- Assist the Legal counsel in charge of the legal restructuring works
Requirements:
· ICSA or equivalent qualifications
· 2-3 years professional experience in corporate secretarial function, in house legal department or law firm
· Perfect command of English language, verbal and written (Mandatory)
· Experienced user of Microsoft Office Applications
· Strong oft skills: rigorous, precise, organized, pro-active, research-oriented strong team player, solutions oriented, and logic, ability to work independently
· Good and effective communication skills as well as good inter-personal and inter-cultural awareness and interest to work in diverse teams