Senior Manager, Corporate Secretarial

About the role

This role leads the corporate secretarial function, ensuring robust governance, regulatory compliance and high-quality board support across a portfolio of regulated and non-regulated entities. It advises senior stakeholders on company law and governance best practice, oversees complex corporate actions and drives continuous improvement in service delivery. The position is advertised by Gravitas Recruitment Group in Singapore.

Key responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end corporate secretarial support, including board and committee meeting planning, agenda management, paper collation, minute-taking and action tracking.
• Advise directors and senior management on Singapore Companies Act requirements, corporate governance standards and regulatory expectations relevant to financial services.
• Manage statutory compliance, including statutory registers, annual returns, resolutions and other submissions.
• Oversee incorporations, reorganisations, share allotments and transfers, capital reductions, liquidations and other corporate actions.
• Act as primary liaison with regulators, auditors, external counsel, banks and service providers.
• Lead, mentor and develop a team, allocate workload, review deliverables and maintain quality control.
• Drive process improvements, template standardisation and governance frameworks, and maintain policies and procedures.
• Support KYC/AML and client due diligence where relevant, working with compliance and risk teams.

Required profile

• Degree-qualified; ICSA/CGI qualification (or equivalent) strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of corporate secretarial experience, including a leadership or managerial remit, ideally in financial services, trust/corporate services or a regulated environment.
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-entity portfolios and competing deadlines with attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, stakeholder management and client-service mindset.
• High integrity, sound judgement and discretion with confidential information.

Required skills

• Strong working knowledge of the Singapore Companies Act, ACRA filings and board governance.
• Proficiency with corporate secretarial databases and Microsoft Office.
• Experience improving workflows and controls.