外資系大手生命保険でのCorporate Governance Professional or Lawyerの求人

● Responsibilities:

This position reports to the Head of the Corporate Secretary team of the Legal Department. This position is to support the Corporate Secretary’s following responsibilities:

・ Provide legal advice and services to ensure the integrity of the corporate governance framework of the company and to continuously enhance the effectiveness of the governance function at the company.
・ Corporate Secretariat services: Providing corporate secretariat services for the Board of Directors (“Board”), Audit Committees (“AC”) and Risk & Control Committee (“R&CC”); liaising with the Board and the company’s senior management on corporate governance matters; and Setting the agenda for all meetings of the Board, AC and R&CC, and conducting appropriate pre- and post-meeting briefings with management and senior staff; attending the Board and other relevant meetings and preparing / maintaining the minutes of those meetings.
・ Trainings for Directors and Statutory Executive Officers (“SEOs”): Providing onboarding and continuous trainings on duties and responsibilities of Directors and SEOs; holding Board information sessions as necessary to ensure Directors’ fulfilling their fiduciary duties
・ Compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements relating to the corporate governance: Providing legal support on corporate governance issues (e.g. shareholder dividend, commercial registration, management of corporate seals), monitoring various relevant rules, regulations and guidelines, focusing particularly on the requirements of the FSA)

● Experience:

・7+ years of experience as legal/corporate governance professional/regulatory relations, experience with the Board or executive meetings management, or similar experience in a major Japanese company or financial company in Japan desired; or 5+ years of experience as lawyer;
・Mature and highly professional individual with sound business judgment.
・Unquestioned ethics and integrity and ability to treat sensitive information in a confidential manner
・Ability to work well in a team environment and manage to tight deadlines
・Excellent planning and attention to detail, organizing and delegation of complex planning
・In keeping minutes of Board and Committee meetings, an understanding of what matters are important to record, and sensitivity to issues that require special attention and particularly careful treatment.
・Able to analyze governance initiatives and influence critical internal and external stakeholders through reasoned analysis and business understanding; nuanced ability to work well with and influence members of a senior management team and the Board through pro-active and positive participation in critical business discussions.

●Skills:

・Skills to deliver excellent legal and corporate secretariat advice/services
・Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Japanese and preferably the same level written communication skill-set set in English
・Skills to communicate clearly and persuasively with Board members, senior management, and business partners and fellow Legal members
・Ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders
・Excellent organizational and analytical skills
・Proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint

● Preferable:

Qualifications:
・Law Degree preferred; Japanese Bar license would be highly appreciated, but not required

Language:
・Japanese: Native, English: Business level fluency