CORPORATE SECRETARY MANAGER

Corporate Secretary Manager Opportunity at JTI

This role offers a dynamic opportunity for a Corporate Secretary Manager within JTI’s Corporate Governance & Compliance Team, based in Amstelveen, Netherlands. The position involves providing legal support on governance matters, intragroup transactions, M&A, and corporate funding, while collaborating on cross-border projects. Responsibilities include organizing Dutch board meetings, managing corporate housekeeping, and supporting subsidiaries with legal documentation. The manager will also work closely with departments like IT, tax, and finance, and contribute to implementing a new corporate secretary tool. A flexible, agile mindset and strong initiative are essential to thrive in this collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the Corporate Governance team, corporate legal and governance colleagues, and HQ and market legal, tax, finance, and treasury teams worldwide on governance transactions and projects as required.
• Support the corporate legal team on governance and legal matters related to intragroup restructurings, business development deals, group funding, cash repatriations, and provide legal advice on business development projects, purchase and sale transactions, share transactions, capital increases, credit facilities, contract transfers, assignments, and corporate restructurings.
• Organize board meetings for Dutch entity including preparing agendas, drafting minutes, composing board packs, and facilitating the meetings, in collaboration with the corporate legal team.
• Ensure corporate governance compliance for Dutch entities and JTI group entities in line with the Corporate Governance Code and internationally accepted corporate governance principles.
• Manage corporate housekeeping activities such as maintaining and filing legal documents in corporate databases and files, coordinating legalizations, communicating with notaries and external counsel, and maintaining registrations with the Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with corporate legal team.

Requirements:

• University degree in Law and preferred in Corporate Law (Master level).
• 4 - 8 years of professional experience in a private practice as attorney, candidate civil law notary or a trust company, as well as corporate in-house experience in multinationals.
• Strong affinity with corporate governance principles and practices.
• Deep understanding of project-based work and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to connect people and foster effective communication across teams.
• Proactive attitude and self-driven approach to problem-solving and execution, with a capacity for thinking outside the box.
• Strong English skills are essential, with the ability to communicate confidently across all levels, including senior leadership. Dutch is considered a plus.

What’s in it for you?

At JTI we believe in the importance of a good work-life balance while we offer lots of opportunities for development and career progression – across functions and internationally. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why our employees stay on average for an impressive nine years with us, and we have been certified as Top Employer for over thirteen years now.

Next to a rewarding compensation package, we offer a range of other perks and benefits:

• On-going development opportunities in a multinational environment that will inspire you to grow professionally and personally
• The opportunity to work 50% of your time outside of the office and 10 days abroad per year
• Working from home equipment (e.g., chair, screen, mouse, and keypad)
• 25 vacation days + 9 so-called ADV days on a full-time basis
• 13th-month salary
• Bonus scheme
• Different engagement activities such as dinners, drinks, social gatherings, parties, etc.
• Business laptop and phone
• Unique Family leave policy (at least 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave regardless of gender, sexual orientation, or the way of becoming parents)

Are you ready to join us? Build your success story at JTI.