Governance Manager

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Immediate Superior:
Legal Director & Group Company Secretary

Location:

Sandton, Johannesburg

Function:
Legal

Type of

Contract:

Permanent

Reference Number: 152088

Closing Date: 11/02/2025

The Governance Manager is responsible for overseeing and strengthening the organisation’s governance framework, ensuring effective corporate governance, statutory compliance, and robust management of governance-related master data. The role supports the Board, its committees, and the executive team by providing expert governance advice, coordinating governance processes, and ensuring that governance information is accurate, consistent, secure, and fit for purpose across the organisation.

This role incorporates key company secretarial and board governance responsibilities and acts as a central point of coordination for governance standards, policies, processes, and reporting.

• Corporate & Legal Governance Framework:
  Develop, implement, and maintain the organisation’s legal and corporate governance framework, including governance policies, charters, delegations of authority, and standards aligned to applicable legislation and recognised governance codes (e.g. King IV).
• Corporate & Legal Governance Framework:
  Ensure governance frameworks and processes remain fit for purpose through regular review, benchmarking, and continuous improvement.
• Corporate & Legal Governance Framework:
  Provide subject-matter expertise and guidance on governance matters to the Legal Director and Group Company Secretary, executive management, and the Board.
• Board & Committee Governance (Company / Board Secretarial Oversight):
  Act as a key governance advisor to the Board, through the Chair, on governance, statutory, and procedural matters.
• Board & Committee Governance:
  Coordinate and govern Board and committee processes, including annual workplans, agendas, papers, minutes, resolutions, and action tracking.
• Board & Committee Governance:
  Collaborate with the Chair, Board members, and executive leadership to ensure agendas are appropriately prioritised and support effective decision-making and discharge of fiduciary duties.
• Board & Committee Governance:
  Maintain statutory registers, Board documentation, and governance records in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Statutory Compliance & Regulatory Oversight:
  Ensure the organisation’s compliance with statutory, regulatory, and corporate governance obligations across all legal entities.
• Statutory Compliance & Regulatory Oversight:
  Monitor changes in legislation, governance codes, and regulatory expectations, assessing impact and advising on required actions.
• Statutory Compliance & Regulatory Oversight:
  Coordinate governance-related filings, disclosures, and approvals, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and completeness.
• Policies, Controls & Governance Processes:
  Develop, review, and maintain governance-related policies, procedures, and frameworks, ensuring alignment with legal requirements and organisational strategy.
• Policies, Controls & Governance Processes:
  Establish and maintain clear governance processes and controls to support accountability, transparency, and effective oversight.
• Policies, Controls & Governance Processes:
  Facilitate governance approvals, delegations, and decision-making frameworks in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory:
  Work closely with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Finance, HR, and executive management to embed governance principles across the organisation.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory:
  Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, advisors, and service providers, where required.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory:
  Provide a high standard of professional service, advice, and support to internal clients and governance stakeholders.
• Governance Records & Information Management:
  Oversee the integrity, confidentiality, and accessibility of governance records, including statutory records, Board documentation, and legal governance artefacts.
• Governance Records & Information Management:
  Ensure governance information is managed securely,…