Senior Manager - Global Structure Governance and Compliance

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Your New Role

      WBD is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented legal professional with substantial corporate governance experience to join our dynamic legal team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in managing and supporting our global tax and governance structure by overseeing the corporate governance of various executive committees within our organization.

      We are seeking a seasoned legal professional to be responsible for a major initiative with global implications.  This role will establish appropriate corporate governance processes and controls to ensure compliance with all legal requirements and tax regulations relevant to this initiative and will be accountable for the results of these processes and the successful governance of the overall project.  The role is also responsible for facilitating effective communication with and between all relevant stakeholders, including the President – International, EVP – Head of Tax, CFO, Chief Legal Officer and other members of the WBD C-Suite.

      The ideal candidate is self-motivated, able to take initiative and adept at using critical and strategic thinking coupled with their legal knowledge to solve problems and drive results.

Your Role Accountabilities

• Provide corporate secretarial support and oversight of various internal committees, overseeing and coordinating the required activities and actions of such committees.  Responsibilities will include:

• Schedule and organize committee meetings; ensure committee requirements, such as meeting location and frequency, are complied with and properly documented;

• Attend all committee meetings and serve as secretary of internal committees.  Secretarial duties will include:
  • Collect and ensure timely distribution of materials and agendas to committee members;
  • Prepare and distribute committee meeting minutes in a timely manner;
  • Collect and maintain documentation of decisions that have been delegated to employees outside of the committee (i.e., deal memos);
  • Maintain accurate and organized records of committee meetings, decisions, and resolutions; and
  • Collaborate with legal counsel to ensure that corporate actions and decisions align with legal standards and requirements.

• Facilitate communication between committee members, executives, and other relevant stakeholders, conveying important information and decisions.

• Documentation and Record Keeping:
  • Maintain accurate and organized records of committee meetings, decisions, and resolutions.
  • Manage corporate records and documentation, ensuring accessibility and compliance with document retention policies.
  • Produce documentation of committee actions, as requested, by tax, legal or other internal departments or external regulators.

• Ad Hoc Legal Support:
  • Utilize skills to assist with legal research, document preparation, and contract review as needed.
  • Other projects to support WBD’s legal entity structure and management of legal entities as assigned.

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience as a paralegal or other legal professional in a large law firm or corporate legal department working on sophisticated corporate governance and tax compliance matters
• Has comprehensive knowledge of corporate governance principles and other related areas of accountability and can lead the execution of approved plans
• Comfortable and capable of working and communicating with senior leaders (e.g., CFO, Head of Tax, Chief Legal Officer, President - International)
• International corporate governance experience a plus
• College degree
• Paralegal certification a plus
• Proficient with standard document creation and business communication software, such as Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe, Zoom, DocuSign, One Drive, Sharepoint, etc.
• Familiarity with relevant software and tools fo