Specialist, Company Secretary (Corporate Governance) (Bangkok-based, Reloca at Agoda

Bangkok, , Thailand -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Sep, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

05 Jun, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Yes

Skills

Corporate Governance, Entity Management, Company Law, Board Meeting Coordination, Regulatory Filings, Stakeholder Engagement, Legal Entity Rationalization, Minute Taking, Document Execution, Corporate Secretarial Practice

Industry

Software Development

Description

About Agoda At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. Get to know our Team In the age of technology, things are constantly changing. The travel market is much the same, being more dynamic and complex than ever. Agoda’s Legal team is well suited to take on the opportunities and challenges presented, adopting a proactive mindset to enable the business and tackle complex and time-sensitive problems. We are quick on our feet, decisive and team players, collaborating daily with multiple stakeholders – internal and external. We hire proactive self-starting out-of-the-box thinkers that are well grounded with ethics and legal knowledge to ensure that Agoda achieves the right results, the right way. This opportunity represents an exceptional chance to embed yourself within one of the world’s most exciting groups, based in the vibrant and thriving city of Bangkok, and to help Corporate Governance and Entity Management be at the heart of how Agoda’s defines the future for accessing travel experiences across the world. **This role is based in Bangkok, Thailand with relocation provided to the successful candidate. **No full-remote option is available. Get to know the role The role is a part of Agoda’s Legal Team with the responsibility to manage of Agoda’s global subsidiaries from a corporate governance perspective. This includes entity compliance, assisting with board meetings, managing subsidiary entities’ governance and intra-group re-organisations and rationalisation of legal entities. The role also assists with general corporate governance matters, which involves liaising with other business stakeholders such as Treasury, Legal, Finance and other business stakeholders. Oversee and manage relationship with external providers with respect to the global legal entity management. Key responsibilities Legal Entity Management Coordinating board meetings of the subsidiary entities and advising from a governance perspective. Taking meeting minutes and ensuring circulation to relevant stakeholders. Coordinating the induction and training of Directors, including preparation of relevant materials in collaboration with Legal team. Working closely with Tax/Legal Teams and other stakeholders on day-to-day queries in relation to the subsidiaries. Document execution for the subsidiaries (including notarisation and apostillisation where required) and providing general advice on signing authorities. This includes liaising with Tax and other stakeholders where necessary (for e.g. while executing a power of attorney). Ensuring entity compliance for Agoda’s global subsidiaries and managing their regulatory filings. Advising on board composition of global entities alongside Tax and assisting with appointments and resignations. Assisting with audit related inquiries, if required. Leading the entity reduction process by coordinating liquidation procedures, including liaising with and managing the relationship with senior stakeholders. Addressing governance-related requests from regulators. Group Structure Joining calls on internal re-organisations and giving input from a company law perspective. Executing any internal re-organisations in conjunction with legal requirements. Addressing queries in relation to the Group Structure and assisting stakeholders in answering the same. Managing the creation of new Agoda entities and liaising with relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure accurate maintenance of records. Identifying changes to the group structure and prepare an annual group structure chart to be shared with C-forum. Qualifications and Experience 4+ years of experience in related field. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with people at all levels. This includes stakeholder engagement capabilities – ability to build strong working relationships across diverse partners and senior stakeholders. High attention to detail and a well-organised approach to work. An understanding of and the ability to apply concepts of company and corporate law, including but not limited to entity incorporation (and liquidations), governance, corporate and entity maintenance. Ability to prioritise work and to work well under pressure. Self-motivated and able to manage and train a team. Ability to handle multiple assignments and manage major projects to successful completion with external support. Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click here to learn how interviewing at Agoda works. Discover more about working at Agoda Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife Equal Opportunity Employer At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics. We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our privacy policy. Disclaimer We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.

Responsibilities

Manage global subsidiaries from a corporate governance perspective, including entity compliance and board meeting coordination. Oversee intra-group reorganizations, legal entity rationalization, and relationships with external providers.