Company Secretary SA at MultiChoice

Key Customers

• Shareholders of the group and its subsidiaries, the boards and committees of the South African based entities, group legal, group executives and segment/business unit/regional CEOs.

Purpose of the Position:

• This position is responsible to assist the MultiChoice group company secretary in relation to company secretarial task for the South African entities.
• Assistance with end-to-end governance support across the South African entities.

Key Performance Areas/Tasks

Policy development

• Group Policy Custodian: Responsible for the development (drafting/review), implementation and maintenance

Governance

• Input on King IV requirements and group disclosures, particular in relation to the South African (SA) based business
• Develop and maintain the King IV register for group and SA
• Draft reports for King IV application reporting for group and SA
• Develop, implement and maintain the Corporate Governance framework across the group companies ensuring alignment with legislation
• Develop, implement and maintain the group levels of authority and SA downward delegations’ framework
• Governance reporting, advisory and opinion drafting
• Board and committee charter drafting and maintenance
• Keep an updated database of all Phuthuma Nathi share scheme issuer representatives
• Conduct board evaluations for SA based boards
• Conduct committee evaluations for SA based boards
• Conduct director evaluations for SA based boards
• Review and advise on board and committee compositions for SA based boards
• Assist with director induction, particularly on corporate governance for SA based boards

Compliance

• Monitor Companies Act compliance
• Monitor SA compliance with the group governance guidelines ensuring alignment with legislation
• Oversea, advise on SA entity compliance with the group levels of authority and SA entity delegations of authority
• Monitor JSE listing compliance in respective of SA based entities
• Monitor changes in relevant legislation and regulatory environment
• Monitor and ensure compliance with the board and committee charters
• Compliance reporting, advisory and opinion drafting
• Monitor and report on Equity Express listing requirements compliance
• Lead and ensure compliance to King IV requirements

Operational Delivery

• Assist with the fulfilment of the statutory duties as outlined in the various Companies Acts
• Assist with and prepare all necessary governance and compliance documentation, such as board resolutions, MOls, AGM agendas etc., for SA incorporated entities and its subsidiaries
• Assist and attend to all statutory matters for the SA incorporated entities, including the timely preparation and submission of statutory documents to relevant company houses and registrars, such as annual returns, registration of new companies, directors' consent form, etc.
• Assist with the provision of information required for inclusion in the MCG and MCSA integrated annual reports, provisional reports and interim reports
• Input into the group and SA cosec budget
• Manage the impact of data privacy for the company secretariat department
• Handle ad-hoc queries from internal customers and other entity shareholders
• Work with the M&A team when necessary
• Ad-hoc project management for the company secretariat department
• Assist with annual general meetings across the group

SA Training

• Contribute to the governance, risk and compliance training
• Develop, rollout and maintain of corporate governance related training modules

SA Special projects

• Ensure overall coordination of Project management on special projects e.g. liquidations, group entity restructures, share issues, share exchanges etc.
• Assist with annual general meetings

SA reporting

• Ensure project management of, drafting and reviewing of the integrated annual reports published by Multichoice Group Limited, MultiChoice South Africa and Phuthuma Nathi.
• Assist with shareholder queries

SA sustainability

• Sustainability lead (material matter identification and implementation across group)
• Attends to ESG reporting reviews and responses

Qualification

• BComm, Law or CIS qualification

Experience

• 5 years’+ experience in similar role
• Solid previous experience in a JSE listings environment
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the JSE Listing requirements, King IV and the Companies Act 2008

Technical Competencies

• Excellent research and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (including presenting to stakeholders)
• High degree of analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to multi-task and work effectively in a high-pressured environment
• Deadline driven
• Organisational skills
• Industry knowledge
• MS Office (advanced Excel and PowerPoint)
• Project and time management

Closing date:

05 Jul 2023