Associate, Corporate Secretarial

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EY is seeking a Corporate Secretarial Associate/Consultant in Singapore for a full-time onsite role. You’ll join a growing global team, manage client portfolios, contribute to corporate transactions, and ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements including ACRA lodgments, minutes and resolutions, and up-to-date records. The role emphasizes independent client servicing and accountable delivery in a fast-paced environment. To qualify you should have ICSA qualification, 3-5 years in corporate secretarial work, solid knowledge of the Companies Act and ACRA processes, strong organisational and communication skills, and the ability to work with minimal supervision under deadlines. Ideally degree in related fields and SCTP accreditation. Tips: tailor your CV to show end-to-end secretarial duties, client relationships, accurate filings, and examples of working in diverse teams; convey your enthusiasm for EY’s collaborative culture and its focus on learning and leadership development.

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Join EY and shape your future with confidence.

Join a global network that understands what businesses need to have access, visibility and control. Our market-leading approach combines extensive local compliance and accounting experience with a standard global compliance process and web-based tools to help you execute your job. In one country or many, you have the opportunity to provide clients an integrated, consistent, quality service that unlocks the potential of the compliance function, with tax compliance, statutory accounts preparation and tax accounting calculation support.

The opportunity

You’ll be part of a growing global team, acting as a key point of contact for a wide range of clients and colleagues. In return, you can expect plenty of support designed with your own personal skills and experience. EY is a dynamic place to develop not only your technical knowledge, but also your professional leadership and business acumen.

You have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well this is just the beginning. Because your professional development is important to us and we are fully committed to helping you realise your potential.

Your key responsibilities

As a Corporate Secretarial Associate / Consultant, you’ll be a key member of the team, committed to supporting the Corporate Services executives in building and maintaining relationships with clients. You’ll spend most of your time in managing corporate transactions. You enjoy actively contributing to the growth and development of the practice by taking operational responsibility and accountability for engagement team support and delivery.

Skills and attributes for success

• Managing a portfolio of clients independently
• Preparing resolutions and minutes of meetings of directors and shareholders
• Providing advice on compliance requirements and ensure client’s compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements
• Providing day-to-day support in corporate secretarial work
• Lodge returns and documents with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)
• Maintaining proper statutory records
• Maintaining proper corporate secretarial database
• Perform customer due diligence according to ACRA Act

To qualify for the role you must have

• ICSA qualification/certification
• At least 3-5 years of working experience in corporate secretarial work
• Conversant with the Companies Act and familiar with the regulatory and reporting requirements
• Good knowledge of processes and electronic filing requirements of ACRA
• Strong interpersonal skills, excellent organisational skill
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Able to perform under tight deadlines
• Meticulous and organised individual with initiative
• Good verbal/written communication skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A degree in economics, finance, law, tax or accounting
• Experience working in multicultural teams
• Accreditation by SCTP

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