Description:
Role & Responsibilities:The Corporate Governance Team of the General Counsel's Organization is seeking a Director & Counsel, Assistant Secretary to advise on a variety of corporate governance and related matters at the parent level.
Here's just some of what you'll do in this role:
- Provide legal counsel and strategic support on a variety of corporate governance matters and disclosure control processes
- Provide legal counsel and strategic support on a wide range of disclosure issues and corporate transactions
- Assist the Corporate Secretary in all corporate secretarial functions with respect to the An American Multinational Financial Services Corporation, the publicly traded parent company
- Monitor, review and advise colleagues worldwide on key policy and regulatory issues and evolving disclosure trends
- Assist drafting the An American Multinational Financial Services Corporation Proxy Statement and manage the shareholder proposal process
- Assist preparation for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
- Provide support for the Board of Directors and executive leadership team on governance- and shareholder-related matters
- Benchmark securities and governance issues providing proactive updates and e-mails/memos to team members
- Draft governance policies, including committee charters and related policies
- Advise on insider trading and Section16 issues
- Act in a leadership role in relation to corporate governance developments and drafting corporate policies and public disclosures
- Advise with respect to executive compensation matters
- Advise on ISS and Glass Lewis and other proxy advisory service positions and corporate responses
- Act as a people leader of certain legal professionals in support of AXP corporate secretarial functions
- Assist with managing Board materials, including agendas, review of presentations, drafting materials for Board and Committee meetings, and taking minutes
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree & J.D.; good standing member of a State Bar Association
- 7+ years of related legal experience, ideally at least two years in an in-house legal role
- Demonstrated strong knowledge of board governance, best practices, protocols and procedures
- Expertise on issues of corporate and U.S. securities laws
- Experience with coordination and filing of timely and continuous disclosure documentation with the U.S. SEC, the Federal Reserve and the New York Stock Exchange
Preferred Qualifications:
- Business oriented approach to problem solving
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Superior legal and analytic skills
- Excellent legal judgment and drafting skills
- Detail oriented
- High level of personal accountability
- Ability to work well under pressure and to manage heavy workload in a challenging and fast-paced environment
- Ability to build relationships
- Executive presence and excellent oral communication skills