Corporate Governance Specialist
Role Overview
Administer and safeguard corporate governance processes, including corporate authorities, approvals, statutory requirements, and corporate records.
Ensure governance matters are documented and maintained in line with applicable law and the Company's constitutional documents.
Reports to the Manager – Corporate Governance.
Key Skills for This Role
Full Job Posting
Job purpose
Administer and safeguard corporate governance processes, including corporate authorities, approvals, statutory requirements, and corporate records.
Ensure governance matters are documented and maintained in line with applicable law and the Company's constitutional documents.
Reports to the Manager – Corporate Governance.
Corporate authority and powers of attorney
- Prepare, issue, record, and monitor powers of attorney and delegated authorities.
- Maintain the register of authorised signatories and corporate authorisations.
- Monitor expiry, renewal, and revocation of powers of attorney and signatory authorities.
- Ensure authorities are valid, current, documented, and withdrawn when no longer required.
Corporate records and entity administration
- Maintain statutory registers, constitutional documents, and the corporate records archive.
- Keep Group entity records current, including documents, directors, shareholders, licences, and filing deadlines.
- Support Group entity incorporations, changes, and dissolutions.
- Keep records accurate, current, properly maintained, and accessible.
Statutory compliance and filings
- Coordinate and track statutory filings, registrations, and regulatory submissions within applicable deadlines.
- Monitor statutory and corporate compliance deadlines and follow up with stakeholders.
- Coordinate with external corporate secretarial and legal advisors on administration matters.
Governance coordination and advisory
- Track Board and committee approvals, resolutions, action owners, and completion status.
- Check applicable approval routes and escalate matters requiring legal interpretation to the General Counsel.
- Guide management on established approval routes and corporate formalities.
- Support governance framework improvements, policies, and delegation of authority.
- Coordinate with stakeholders and external advisors to implement and document governance requirements.
Success measures
Board and shareholder meetings are convened, conducted, and documented without procedural defect.
Minutes, resolutions, and registers are complete, accurate, and available on request.
Statutory filings and regulatory deadlines are met without penalty or lapse.
Powers of attorney and corporate authorities are traceable and current.
Management and Board governance queries are resolved promptly and correctly.
Requirements
- The posting does not specify candidate qualifications or required prior experience.
Apply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at Gulftainer
Senior Procurement Officer
, UAE
Gulftainer is looking for a Senior Procurement Officer to manage purchasing across business divisions, including general, spare-parts, and civil construction materials procurement. The role requires at least five years o
Financial Planning Analyst
, UAE
Gulftainer is seeking an FP&A specialist to support financial planning, performance management, reporting, dashboards, and business analytics. Candidates should bring 5+ years of FP&A experience, advanced Excel and Power
Full Stack Developer
, UAE
Gulftainer is seeking a full stack developer to build and maintain web applications and deliver features across frontend, backend, databases, and deployment. The role calls for 2–3 years of production experience and skil
Senior Legal Counsel
Sharjah, UAE
Gulftainer seeks an experienced maritime legal counsel to advise across shipping, vessel, port, terminal, and logistics operations. The role handles commercial agreements, regulatory matters, claims, and disputes; candid
Project Manager - Port & Terminal Infrastructure
Sharjah, UAE
Gulftainer seeks a commercially aware project manager to own port, terminal, logistics, or related infrastructure projects from feasibility through construction and handover. Candidates need 8–12 years of relevant delive
Assistant Legal Counsel
, UAE
The employer is seeking an Assistant Legal Counsel to support the Group Legal function across contracts, disputes, research, corporate documentation, and paralegal work. The role helps protect legal and commercial intere
Compliance Manager
Sharjah, UAE
Gulftainer is seeking a Compliance Manager to manage its Group compliance programme, controls, risk reviews, investigations, training, and reporting. The role calls for compliance programme and risk assessment expertise,
Inside Sales Executive
, UAE
Gulftainer is seeking an Inside Sales Executive to grow its Port and Terminal customer base by proactively managing many mid-sized and smaller accounts from the office. The role owns personal targets and requires commerc
Senior Procurement Officer
, UAE
Financial Planning Analyst
, UAE
Full Stack Developer
, UAE
Senior Legal Counsel
Sharjah, UAE
Project Manager - Port & Terminal Infrastructure
Sharjah, UAE
Assistant Legal Counsel
, UAE
Compliance Manager
Sharjah, UAE
Inside Sales Executive
, UAE