Consultant - Entity Compliance and Governance

Consultant – Entity Compliance and Governance

Will you shape the future, or will the future shape you?

At EY we believe that whoever you are, your uniqueness helps us stand apart.

We bring together extraordinary people, like you, to build a better working world.

What’s in it for you?

The EY Entity Compliance and Governance (ECG) team assists client legal departments with designing, implementing, and operating entity compliance and governance systems. The team ensures clients meet legislative and regulatory requirements and provides legal and administrative support and guidance to clients' boards of directors.

To support our growing practice, we have an opening for a Consultant in our ECG team in any one of our Brisbane, Sydney, or Melbourne offices, therefore read on to see where a career with EY ECG can take you!

Your key responsibilities may include:

• Proactive support to engagement team with management of a portfolio of domestic and global multi-national companies.
• Providing corporate secretarial compliance support to external clients and internal EY stakeholders, ensuring that services are delivered to a high standard and within our commercial operating mode. This will include preparation and completion of statutory forms, minutes and resolutions, supporting legal documents and lodging documents with ASIC and related regulatory authorities. Through developing strong relationships with clients, you will be responsible for delivering technical support and governance and best practice advice.

• You will also have the opportunity to provide support to the global Subsidiary Management team, which will include project management support on large scale engagements. Applying your organisational and project management skills you will work across multiple projects and clients both autonomously and as a team member collaborating with our global network of resources.

What we’re looking for

Here’s our ‘wish list’ but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your strengths, what you want to learn, and how far you want to go.

• Tertiary qualifications with a legal, business or other relevant qualification such as the Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience providing corporate secretarial services in a legal firm/professional services firm/consulting organization with a good understanding of the Corporations Act 2001.
• Experience in providing transactional corporate secretarial support and board support including attending and minuting meetings, drafting board resolutions, registering new companies, branch offices and an understanding of the issues and requirements in respect of the same.
• Experience using Diligent/Blueprint Oneworld, CAS360, GEMS or similar corporate secretarial database and technology platforms.

Our roles can be adjusted to work flexibly with the potential of reduced hours to balance your time between the home and office. Please speak with us about potential options.

What we can offer you

• Explore how a career at EY is yours to build at ey.com/au/careerdevelopment
• Discover how, when and where you can work at ey.com/au/flexibility
• Learn about our commitment to DE&I at ey.com/en_au/careers/diversity-equity-inclusiveness
• Discover the various ways our benefits can cater to your needs, across wellness, financial wellbeing, and family-friendly policies which include 26 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave at ey.com/au/benefits
• We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation pending on skills and experience.

Acknowledgement of Country

EY acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which EY offices are located around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures, and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. Find out more about our vision for reconciliation at www.ey.com/en_au/careers/indigenous

Apply now… we’re over 9,000 perspectives in Australia and we’re ready to welcome yours.

 
Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I) are core to who we are, how we work and how we live our values. We hold a collective commitment to continue to drive an environment where all differences are valued, practices are equitable, and everyone experiences a sense of belonging— where people are inspired to team and lead inclusively in their interactions every day. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or +61 3 8650 7788 (option 2). Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.