Job Description:
Corporate Governance Officer
Bupa Egypt Insurance SAE, District 5 Campus, Building B07, Ain Sokhna Road, New Cairo 11361, Cairo, Egypt
Full Time Permanent (40 hours per week)
Egypt Bonus Scheme
Hybrid Working (Office based 2 days per week)
We make health happen
Bupa Global is the international health insurance division of Bupa. We provide customers who want premium international coverage with products and services to access the healthcare they need anytime, around the world, whether at home or when studying, living, travelling or working abroad.
Bupa Global has offices around the world including London and Brighton (UK), Dublin (Europe), Miami (USA), Dubai (UAE, in partnership with OIC), Egypt and Hong Kong (China) as well as regional offices in mainland China, Singapore, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Panama, Guatemala and Ecuador.
The Corporate Governance Officer and Board Secretary, Egypt is part of the Bupa Global, India & UK Market Unit (“BGIUK”) Legal team with a reporting line to the Company Secretary, Provision & International, BGIUK. The Corporate Governance Officer and Board Secretary’s primary role is to support
Bupa Egypt with respect to the provision of corporate governance and company
secretarial duties
Howyou’llhelp us make health happen
Key Responsibilities:
Working closely with theCompany Secretary, Provision & International to deliver effective corporate governance support and advice to the Egypt Boards and their Committees
Being the named Corporate Governance Officer and Board Secretary for Bupa Egypt
Insurance and coordinating the project work to ensure initial and ongoing compliance with the new Egyptian Corporate Governance Code.
Serve as the primary point of contact for the board of directors (including the
independent non-executive directors when appointed), shareholders and regulatory
authorities on corporate governance matters.
Coordinate and facilitate board/committee/shareholder meetings, including preparing
agendas, reviewing board papers, collating board packs, taking minutes/actions (in both English and Arabic) and organising board training.
Coordinating and facilitating the statutory audit by the external auditors.
Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, including the appointment requirements for executive management personnel, filing annual returns, disclosures and resolutions and management of conflicts of interest procedures.
Coordinating succession planning, recruitment and appointment activities for independent non-executive directors.
Draft and fill statutory documents, such as annual returns, board resolutions and meeting minutes.
Maintain corporate records, registers and statutory books as per the applicable laws
and regulations.
Advise management and board members on corporate governance best practices, legal requirements and compliance issues.
In conjunction with the Company Secretary, Provision and International manage shareholder communications, including organising and minuting general assembly
meetings.
Liaising with BGIUK Corporate Governance team as part of financial year-end activities and other internal requirements such as Internal Control and Risk Management Assessment (ICRMA).
Liaising with BGIUK Corporate Governance team to ensure Diligent Entities
information for the Egyptian entities is maintained.
Ensuring appointments to the Egyptian Boards are in accordance with the requirements of the Bupa Subsidiary Governance Policy
What you'll need:
Qualified corporate governance professional or working towards professional
qualifications
Experience of a Corporate Governance / Company Secretary role is within a global organisation
High quality written and spoken English and Arabic
Strong knowledge of corporate law, regulations and governance principles.
Experience with corporate secretarial software and tools for document management and compliance tracking.
Qualified Company Secretary with a membership of the Institute of Company
Secretaries or equivalent
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with senior executives and board members.
Credibility to develop strong relationships with senior stakeholders, managers, peers, and wider colleagues, both legal and business and internal and external.
Strong communication skills and confidence to challenge effectively as appropriate
Demonstrates the right behaviours to reinforce and develop an environment where ideas and innovation thrive and outputs demonstrate this.
Plays a key leadership role helping to ensure the community is a key contributor to BGIUK’s and Bupa’s growth and success.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people.Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial,socialand environmental wellbeing.We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
Egypt Bonus Scheme
Why Bupa?
We’rea health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus.Our people are alldriven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave,caringand responsible in everything we do.
We encourageall ofour people to “Be you at Bupa”,we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our peoplerepresentingthe communities and customers we serve. That’swhy weespeciallyencourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet theminimumcriteria for the role.We’recommitted to ensuringyou’retreated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who maybenefitfrom accommodations to the recruitment process.
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Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
Legal, Risk & Audit
Locations:
Egypt - Cairo