Specialist Company Secretarial Services at Sasol

Short Description / Purpose of Job

• To provide company secretarial support services to assigned Sasol subsidiaries to enable compliance to relevant statutory and regulatory corporate governance requirements. Advise and guide directors, prescribed officers, trustees and management on their fiduciary duties and liabilities.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Provide company secretarial services support to assigned Sasol Limited subsidiary entities.
• Provide board and committee meeting administration as required in accordance with legislation and listings requirements.
• Maintain statutory records and ensure filings are up to date, accurate, and readily available.
• Manage the liquidation and/or deregistration of Sasol earmarked companies.
• Provide corporate law and best practice advice and oversee compliance with statutory, corporate regulatory, and internal governance requirements.
• Provide input into corporate documents and agreements that may impact corporate governance.
• Providing guidance on dealing with any failure by the directors, prescribed officers, and trustees of relevant Sasol subsidiaries to comply with the memorandum of incorporation, the Companies Act, the trust deed, and any other relevant legislation.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
• Review and ensure that financial statements and annual reports of Sasol subsidiaries comply with legislative requirements and that the returns filed timeously and notices appear correct and up to date.
• Raise awareness to directors, prescribed officers and trustees on any law relevant to or affecting the legal entity.
• Support management in the facilitation of the implementation of any changes in corporate law and governance environment to ensure legal compliance.
• Collate and review the board and shareholder documents and provide support to litigation or dispute resolution proceedings when required.
• Provide directors, prescribed officers, and management with guidance on their duties, responsibilities and liabilities.
• Manage the identification of training needs and coordinate the development of the training and induction materials for directors, prescribed officers and trustees.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor's Degree in law or related field

Min Experience

• 6+ years’ relevant experience

Competencies

• Collaboration: The action of working with someone to produce something
• Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
• Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible way and taking all factors into consideration.
• Customer Focus: A continuing focus on the needs and requirements of customers and clients, anticipating their needs, remaining sensitive to customers while performing services for them, responsive to customer needs.
• Reporting: The ability to access information from databases, forms, and other sources, and prepare reports according to requirements.
• Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting
• Verbal Communications: Any exchange of words, either written or spoken, used to transmit information