Deputy Company Secretary JSE Listed

Job Description

Role Title

Deputy Group Company Secretary

Client Summary

Our client is a prominent market-leading JSE-listed group with an expansive footprint spanning Retail Financial Services Consumer Finance and Fintech sectors. Driven by continuous strategic growth and innovation our client maintains a culture of excellence high operational integrity and robust corporate governance. They offer an agile collaborative executive environment where top talent can make a tangible impact across dynamic business operations.

Job Description

This is a newly created highly visible opportunity designed for a proactive technically grounded corporate governance professional. Reporting directly to the Group Company Secretary within a streamlined team you will play a pivotal role in maintaining corporate governance standards across three core business units during a period of active growth and expansion.

This role offers exceptional career exposure placing you at the heart of board support regulatory compliance and M&A activity. You will act as a trusted governance advisor to key leadership figures helping guide executive decision-making while ensuring full alignment with regulatory frameworks. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your expertise is valued and your voice is heard this role provides the ideal platform to advance your career.

Responsibilities

• Subsidiary Governance:Implement refine and oversee a standardized corporate governance framework across group subsidiaries to ensure seamless compliance and alignment.
• Governance & Advisory:Serve as an authoritative governance advisor to boards committees and internal stakeholders on fiduciary duties the Companies Act King V principles and JSE Listings Requirements.
• Board & Committee Management:Lead end-to-end meeting preparationdrafting and reviewing agendas board packs and resolutions as well as producing precise executive-level minutes.
• Regulatory Compliance & Filings:Oversee statutory returns (including CIPC filings) maintain company registers and manage regulatory announcements and compliance requirements (including FSCA and Prudential guidelines where applicable).
• Monitoring & Briefing:Continually track legislative developments and regulatory updates delivering practical briefings and policy adjustments to senior leadership.

Requirements

Must-Haves

• Experience:Minimum of 5 years dedicated company secretarial experience including at least 2 years in a JSE-listed environment with hands-on substantive governance depth.
• Technical Knowledge:Strong demonstrated mastery of the Companies Act JSE Listings Requirements and King V principles.
• Core Skills:Exceptional minute-taking ability expert drafting skills (resolutions packs policies) and high proficiency with modern board portal technology.
• Leadership & Gravitas:Confident articulate and resilient with the professional presence required to push back guide board members and enforce governance best practices.
• Qualification:Relevant tertiary qualification (LLB BCom Law or equivalent corporate governance degree).

Nice-to-Haves

• Industry Background:Prior experience in financial services fintech consumer lending retail or FMCG environments.
• Professional Accreditation:Admitted Attorney or CGISA (Chartered Governance Institute Southern Africa) qualification.

Required Experience:

Junior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1