Corporate Secretarial Officer in Adelaide

Lend your CorpSec expertise to a national professional services team. Flexible and hybrid working that supports when, where and how you work. Recharge Time to refresh, reset and support work-life balance.

Grant Thornton Australia is one of Australia’s leading professional services firms, providing audit, tax, and advisory services to a diverse range of clients. Our culture is underpinned by a commitment to our clients, people and communities, and our promise to ‘Reach for Remarkable’ by providing proven expertise, principled execution, and personalised experience.

About this role: An exciting opportunity is now available for a Corporate Secretarial Officer to join our close-knit, friendly national team. You will provide support to our Private Enterprise (PVE) – National Corporate Secretarial team as a subject matter expert on CorpSec matters, delivering consistent, high-quality compliance, governance, and company administration services across our diverse client base, and ensuring that all statutory requirements are met in collaboration with stakeholders. This role is based in our Adelaide office, with hybrid and flexible working options available.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide support and address day-to-day issues and technical queries from PVE team members in relation to Corporate Secretarial work.
• Tracking and management of ASIC lodgements, following up clients as required to ensure that lodgement due dates are met.
• Draft documentation to effect changes to companies, including (but not limited to) change of directors / proprietors, addresses, issue and transfer of shares.
• Company registration, change of company name, address, change of proprietors and deregistration / cessation.
• Establishment of discretionary and unit trusts.
• Attend to Annual Company Statements and ASIC invoices.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including ASIC, clients and national teams.
• Maintain proficient and up-to-date knowledge of Corporations Act and ASIC requirements.
• Help provide coaching and training opportunities to other team members and proactively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills and experience:

• Technical understanding of the Corporations Act and ASIC requirements.
• Significant experience in a corporate secretarial, corporate governance or compliance role (professional services experience highly regarded).
• Highly organised and collaborative, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and confidentiality.
• Desirable: Experience in the use of corporate secretarial software, specifically such as CAS360.

If you’re interested in this role but don’t feel that you match every single one of our requirements, we would still love to hear from you and explore the unique skillset and attributes that you can bring to the team.

Remarkable perks that put you first:

• Flexible working options and Recharge Time available.
• Balance work from home with collaborative team connection days.
• Up to 26 weeks’ paid parental leave | paid secondary carers’ leave.
• Fully funded gym membership | Health insurance discounts.
• And many more!

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible for anyone who wishes to apply, and we warmly encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, those in the LGBTQI+ community and individuals who identify as having disability or are neurodivergent.