About this role
Allianz Services is proud to serve and be part of Allianz Group, one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers. Our global footprint, with more than 7,300 employees located across ten countries and four continents, enables us to unlock value for our partners across the insurance value chain and deliver client experience within Allianz Group. At Allianz Services, we have a specialization in core insurance operations, shared services, business analytics, engineering, and management consulting. Our people and our trusted relationships with partners are what matter most. These are rooted in our values of compassion, integrity, and expertise and we aim to continuously evolve, improve, and deliver excellence while contributing to the transformation of Allianz. Caring for the environment, for people, and for our customers is what makes us a great place to work and together we are shaping a better and more caring tomorrow.
Position Summary
A go getter with solid legal and corporate secretarial experience to be responsible and accountable for delivery of Legal and Corporate Affair (Corporate Secretarial) requirements of the entity in MY. The position would be an individual contributor as on date with possibilities of taking care of a team as the entity matures and when the position fits. This role will be located in Malaysia.
Key Responsibilities
• This role is responsible for Legal including the corporate affairs (as Corporate Secretary) (together called the function) to meet the requirements of Allianz Technology Malaysia.
• Point of contact for the Local Management and functional owners from the Region and Centre for the function.
• Responsible and accountable for delivery of all functional requirements, data and the accurateness and correctness of the same.
• Responsible to Management for strategic alignment of functional activities to be in line with Global Legal, ambitions and other strategic ambitions of the branch.
• Responsible for awareness campaigns within the branch; Managing all supervisory requirements, filings to regulators as a Corporate Secretary to ensure compliance to regulations while objectives of the function is validated for accurateness and correctness.
• Be the risk owner for the local function.
Key Stake Holders
• Local Management: for alignment of functional objectives with operational objective of the branch.
• Central and Regional function Hierarchy such as General Counsel and Regional Heads; for flagging risks within branch and for operational excellence with respect to the function.
• Other function holders especially the First line, second line and third line holders from the Entity/ branch for collaboration and synergies including for raising relevant risks if any.
• Similar stake holders from other OE's within Malaysia; for creating synergies and to enhance collaboration.
• Law firms and other consultants: to collaborate and work on projects for expert advice and create tactical ambitions for the function.
• Regulators; as and when required to support the organisation in terms of compliance to regulations Auditors and investigators as and when required to support the organisation in terms of its requirements.
Key requirements / skills / experience
• Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• University degree in Law from a top tier accredited institution including Company Secretary certificate.
• Minimum 8 years in legal (Financial, IT, Insurance, Technology, ITES business) and experience as a Company Secretary.
• Strong knowledge in IT laws, Data Privacy rules and regulations is added advantage.
• High ethics and integrity should be part of the operational culture.
• Excellence in English skill, writing and speaking.
• Deep understanding of local legal system of MY, including but not limited to civil law, contract law, company law, international trade, tax and commercial law, labour law.
• Able to work flexible hours and to travel when needed.
• Fluency in English with high level legal drafting skills.
Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.
We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.