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Senior Officer – Company Secretary (UAEN) Jobs in Dubai, United Arab Emirates at RAKBANK
Title: Senior Officer – Company Secretary (UAEN)
Company: RAKBANK
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Join Our Leadership Team as a Senior Officer – Company Secretary
Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for corporate governance and regulatory compliance? We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Senior Officer – Company Secretary to play a pivotal role in ensuring our organization operates with integrity, transparency, and in full compliance with legal and regulatory frameworks.
What You Will Be Doing:
Supporting the Group Company Secretary in shaping and developing RAKBANK’s Group Corporate Governance & Secretariat function.
Ensuring compliance with changing corporate governance statutory landscape and best practices.
Advising the Group Board of Directors on statutory Corporate Governance requirements to support strategic decision-making processes.
Designing and implementing the Group Corporate Governance framework and ensuring all statutory responsibilities are met.
Maintaining corporate records, including by-laws, charters, and minutes.
Preparing agendas and meeting packs for Board meetings, Board committees, and annual general meetings (AGMs) and following up on action points.
Convening and servicing Board, Board Committees, and AGMs; supporting the review of meeting minutes, drafting resolutions, and lodging required forms and annual returns with appropriate authorities.
Advising and updating the Board on matters relating to Corporate Governance and Company Secretariat.
Working closely with the management team to ensure the proper implementation and execution of Board resolutions and actions.
Liaising with regulators and advisors such as lawyers and consultants.
Maintaining statutory books and handling correspondence, information collation, report writing, and decision communication to stakeholders.
Ensuring compliance with regulatory practices and operational business delivery through a risk-based monitoring program.
Carrying out designated operational duties, recommending process improvements, and ensuring high standards of customer service.
What You Should Have:
Strong communication skills to effectively interact with Management, CEO, Board, shareholders, and other stakeholders.
The ability to manage complexity and balance stakeholder interests.
Solid planning and alignment skills to coordinate and prioritize project tasks.
A proactive approach in providing early warning to Management and the Board of Directors by reading signals and anticipating issues.
Executive presence with the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary setting to achieve consensus.
High attention to detail and the ability to operate in a time-sensitive, fast-paced environment.
What We Are Looking For:
A bachelor’s degree, with an MBA preferred.
3-5 years of experience as a Corporate Governance officer or in a Corporate Secretary function at Board & corporate affairs level.
Proficiency in the latest corporate governance legislations and practices, including the CBUAE & SCA Codes of Corporate Governance and related regulations and legislations.
Knowledge of the Federal Companies Act No 32/2021 and listing and statutory disclosure requirements, primarily for Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange and related listing requirements.
What’s In It For You:
Pay for performance culture (Competitive and performance-linked compensation)
Provision of medical care plan for your family and you
Comprehensive Life insurance plan
Diverse workforce and inclusive culture
Career development and growth opportunities by design
Work with the best minds in the field
Get opportunities to bring your whole-self to the organization and perform to your best
