ABOUT UNILEVERWith 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world.
Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us.
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At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.
At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment.JOB PURPOSEThe role is a part of the Corporate Legal, Governance and Corporate Secretaries team.
The role has the responsibility for the management of Unilever UK subsidiaries from a corporate governance perspective and will include all global entities over time.
This includes entity compliance, assisting with board meetings, managing subsidiary entities' governance and intra-group re-organisations.
The role also assists with general corporate governance matters, which involves liaising with other business stakeholders such as Treasury, Legal, Finance, Pensions, UK Governance Leadership team and Unilever Leadership Executive members.
Overseeing an external provider in respect of the global legal entity management and working alongside the external provider and other relevant senior stakeholders including on the rationalisation of legal entities.WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BELegal Entity Management (LEM)Attending and coordinating board meetings of the UK subsidiary entities and advising from a governance perspective.
Taking meeting minutes and ensuring circulation to relevant stakeholders.
Attending the Governance Leadership Team meeting on a quarterly basis and advising from a company secretarial perspective.
Coordinating the induction and training of Directors, including preparation of relevant materials in collaboration with UK Legal.
Working closely with the Legal and Tax team on day-to-day queries in relation to the subsidiaries.
Document execution for the subsidiaries and Unilever PLC (including notarisation and apostillisation where required) and providing general advice on signing authorities.
This includes liaising with Tax and other stakeholders where necessary (for example, while executing a power of attorney).Drafting legal documents / reviewing documents provided by stakeholders for signing from a legal perspective.
Ensuring entity compliance for UK subsidiaries and managing their regulatory filings (for example, with Companies House).#J-18808-Ljbffr