Company Secretarial and Governance Consultant

About the role

PwC is hiring a Company Secretarial and Governance Consultant (Senior Associate, management level) in Johannesburg. The consultant advises clients on corporate governance, compliance and regulatory matters so that organisations can make decisions effectively and transparently while maintaining legal and ethical standards. The role reports to a manager and senior manager.

Key responsibilities

• Be responsible for the statutory compliance of a wide variety of clients
• Work closely with audit teams and clients to perform statutory compliance health checks
• Support team members and managers (secondary duty)
• Manage client expectations, negotiate deadlines, give regular progress updates and build strong client relationships
• Prepare board meeting agendas, attend meetings and prepare minutes

Required profile

• Grade 12
• 5 to 10 years of experience in a similar role
• Ability to work in a team, deliver quality work with minimal rework and manage multiple deadlines with little supervision

Required skills

• Solid understanding of the CIPC website and ability to complete director changes, change of registered office, change of financial year end, resignation and appointment of auditors, formation of companies, annual returns, name changes, MoI amendments, deregistration and restoration
• Ability to handle additional transactions such as share transfers, allotment of shares, buy-backs, share certificate indemnities, appointment of persons authorised to accept service and preparation of AGM minutes