Company Secretary

About the role

Our client is looking for a highly organized Company Secretary to support their professional services team in Port Elizabeth. The role involves managing company secretarial functions, maintaining statutory records, and ensuring compliance with corporate governance and legislative requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive administrative and company secretarial support to management and clients.
• Maintain accurate company records, statutory registers, databases and corporate documentation.
• Manage CIPC submissions, including director changes, auditor appointments, registered office updates and financial year‑end changes.
• Process share transfers, allotments and keep shareholding registers up to date.
• Administer amendments for Close Corporations and other registered entities.
• Prepare and submit Beneficial Ownership documentation in line with legislation.
• Update Trust Beneficial Ownership information for the Master of the High Court.
• Handle company deregistrations, reinstatements and other regulatory applications.
• Prepare, format and distribute business correspondence, reports, presentations and legal documents.
• Maintain electronic and physical filing systems while ensuring confidentiality.
• Monitor statutory deadlines and ensure timely submission of documentation.
• Support the firm’s compliance framework, quality management systems and professional standards.

Required profile

• Grade 12 qualification.
• Proven experience in a company secretarial, corporate governance, legal administration or compliance environment.
• Strong knowledge of CIPC processes and statutory compliance requirements.
• Experience using CIPC eServices and related company secretarial systems.
• Understanding of Beneficial Ownership legislation and compliance requirements.

Required skills

• CIPC eServices
• Company secretarial systems