Our client is currently seeking an experienced and accomplished General Counsel and Company Secretary to oversee the in-house legal, compliance and risk functions.

This role offers provides significant diversity, challenge and reward in a highly professional business environment and is suited to qualified persons with a demonstrated commercial orientation.

- Executive leadership position reporting to CEO
- Diverse family-owned business

KEY OBJECTIVES

- Set and manage the development and communication of the Group legal, risk and compliance strategy.
- Be involved in key projects and strategies to add value at the front of initiatives rather than simply a review function for decisions taken.
- Offer a seamless “one stop shop” for legal, risk and compliance issues.
- Co-ordinate the development of key legal and risk policies across business units.
- Ensuring the General Counsel budget is delivered and maintained.
- Manage and engage the Group Legal external panel as required.
- Provide Company Secretarial Services to all Group entities.
- Manage and maintain the Group risk register.
- Ensure the Group is not inappropriately exposed to risk.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES & ACTIVITIES

- Proactively participate as a member of the Executive Leadership Team.
- Develop, recommend and approve appropriate policies and standards.
- Provide input to the business’ strategic planning process.
- Maintain an up-to-date understanding of market and economic conditions that affect the business and adjust strategies as required.
- Act as an advisor to the CEO/ Director.
- Arrange for and give notice of all Board of Directors, Board Committee and shareholders meetings.
- Assess, arrange and direct insurance cover.
- Make sure the Group meets its compliance obligations under relevant laws.
- Ensure that all returns, continuous disclosures and filings required by the Corporations Act are made.
- Direct the preparation of all minutes, agenda,



notices, proxies, waivers of notice and associated correspondence for meetings of the Directors or shareholders.
- Be accountable for and control the Group’s Legal Budget.
- Formulate strategy and direct carriage of all complaints of a legal or compliance nature and resolve major disputes.
- Brief and direct the engagement of all external legal advisers.
- Maintain and manage relationships with external Group legal advisers that support effective and effective provision of legal services to the Group.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications + Experience

- Tertiary qualification – Bachelor of Law
- Successful completion of the Governance Institute of Australia Company Secretaries course or the AICD Directors Course and its associated Diploma
- Current Practising Certificate and Admission as a Legal Practitioner
- At least 10 years legal experience
- Previous experience as a Company Secretary

Capabilities

- Ability to understand and adapt to changing business requirements and develop appropriate action plans.
- The capacity to build and maintain collaborative, productive working relationships internally and externally through hands-on, honest and high integrity leadership and influencing skills.
- Able to influence in a mature and positive manner and provide effective direction and support at operational business levels.
- Strong business awareness and commercial acumen.
- Strong contracting and negotiating skills.
- Calm, wise, mature, measured, organised, conservative and experienced but energetic.
- Demonstrable aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving.
- Reliable with an ability to multi-task and work well under pressure.
- High attention to detail.
- High ethics, principled, high integrity, pleasant, engaging style with a strong moral compass.
- Sound working knowledge of contract and commercial law.
- Has and continues to maintain professional development levels as required by WA Legal Practice Board.

📌 General Counsel + Company Secretary (Western Australia)
🏢 Taylor Executive Recruitment
📍 Western Australia