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Employer: SSGA Limited: SSGA Limited (“SSGAL”), a UK domiciled Investment Manager with 300+ employees and a branch in Dubai, is the primary contracting entity for State Street IM’s UK and MEA clients and investment management entity for State Street Investment Management’s UK and European Fund ranges. It is engaged in portfolio management, sales, marketing and client servicing operating as a designated State Street IM investment centre and as a global service centre. To assist with the management of SSGAL’s corporate governance framework, we are seeking to hire a Governance Support Officer.

Role Title: Governance Support Officer

Grade: Officer level

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of the EMEA CAO Team in a dynamic environment with responsibility for SSGAL’s corporate governance framework (implementation, maintenance, and support), including as Company secretary for SSGAL and State Street IM’s UK UCITS ManCo, State Street Unit Trust Management Ltd, and State Street’s Managed Pension Fund. The role will also support the broader EMEA CAO Team responsibilities. The successful candidate will work with key business stakeholders to ensure the SSGAL, UTM and MPF Boards, and their Committees are assisted with effective flow of information and ensuring that all group, local, regulatory, and legal requirements are met from a corporate governance perspective. The role involves liaising with senior management and stakeholders across State Street, co-ordinating Board and Committee agenda and papers, working closely with SSGAL’s external board support service provider, ensuring all corporate governance requirements are met, that all related procedures are properly implemented and that all legal entity, Board, and Committee governance related documentation is maintained and updated as well as supporting consistency in corporate governance practices across the region.

Reporting to: EMEA Chief Administrative Officer

• SSGAL Board and Committees: Governance Responsible for working with stakeholders at all levels across State Street to implement and maintain SSGAL’s governance framework, monitoring compliance with corporate governance, firmwide legal entity governance standards and regulatory requirements, working with and supporting the Board Committees in the execution of their responsibilities in areas such as board evaluations and ongoing suitability assessments as well as implementing procedures relating to Board and Committee governance. This includes supporting the Board and Committees in the monitoring and implementation of governance requirements set out by the FCA and PRA as well as the co-ordination and management of the SSGAL Board and related Committees’ schedules, agendas, and reporting. It also requires management of the schedule of ‘Supplemental Information and Discussion’ sessions for the Boards. This includes organizing sessions, ensuring presenters are available, following up on actions and other general administration. The role also includes supporting consistency in corporate governance practices across the corporate funds’ boards.

• Governance Frameworks Supporting the implementation and oversight of key governance frameworks and working with the first and second lines of defence.

• Governance administrative support to SSGAL Dubai Branch.

  Corporate Governance Regulatory Developments Monitoring corporate governance regulatory developments for incorporation into SSGAL’s corporate governance framework -noting in particular SMR, the Companies Act and UK Corporate Governance code requirements.

• Legal Entity Governance Documentation Maintaining key legal entity documentation e.g. Board & Committee Terms of Reference, licensing documentation and ensuring adherence to processes and procedures regarding document maintenance and retention, including maintaining & updating Company Organisation Charts quarterly, and ensuring all company filings are complete.

• Company Secretary Company Secretary for SSGAL, SSUTM and MPF including managing Companies House and other required filings, legal entity filing and reporting requirements, minute taking (as required) together with managing the relationship with SSGAL’s board support services provider.

• Administrative point of contact for Non-Executive Directors (“NEDs”): ensuring requirements and information requests of NEDs are met.

• Board/Committee materials ensuring materials are consistently produced to a high standard, whether by other teams or, in certain cases, by the UK Governance team. Ensure proposed enhancements are implemented correctly and consistently in compliance with State Street Legal Entity and Governance Standards.

• Coordination of European meeting scheduling across all boards and SMC in partnership with the Europe Governance Team and Funds Management together with the preparation of the annual calendar of Board and Committee deliverables.

• Monitoring of Action Items Ensure timely and comprehensive closure of Action Items by this function or by other teams.

• Broader EMEA CAO team responsibilities including assisting with various regional initiatives, organisation and delivery of EMEA Town Halls and the EMEA New Hire Orientation Programme.

• Fluent English

• Excellent communication and organisation skills

• Logical, structured approach to problem solving.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Self- starter who works well as both a team player and individually

• Possesses a strong work ethic embodying State Street values.

• Proven ability to work effectively under pressure and across teams to meet tight deadlines.

• Experience of UK corporate governance requirements

• Excellent IT skills – strong proficiency in MS tools - Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint

• 5-7 years’ experience working with a fund administrator or asset manager an advantage.

• Preferably Chartered Governance Institute qualified.

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